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re: Shell icon display problems with Dual Monitors
Monday, November 15, 2004 at 9:37 pm
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Posted by Dragonmun (2 messages posted)

I tried finding this "use all possible colors" box that you were talking about, but I can't see it anywhere. I'm having the exact same problem you did, and I can't fix it. =>_<=

On Wednesday, June 23, 2004 at 7:47 am, drpugh wrote:
>

Ok, I was running dual monitors with 2 video cards. Just before I installed the
>second video card, everything looked great, but after, it looked nasty. Well, come
>to find out that I was running 16 bit colors on one monitor and 24 bit on the other.
> I changed them both to 16 bit, rebooted, but to no help. I then unchecked the box
>for use all possible colors, applied that, and then rechecked it, and low and behold,
>it worked!

So, in conclution, If you are running dual monitors, make sure the bitrate are
>the SAME on both monitors. Then make windows rebuild the cache file.

>
>Good Luck!

Written in response to:: Shell icon display problems with Dual Monitors (drpugh: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 at 7:47 am)

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