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re: Question about 'Windows keeps forgetting simple settings, such as screen colors!'
Thursday, December 6, 2001 at 7:13 am
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Posted by Richard (1 messages posted)


This normally happens when the drivers for your video card are not the correct ones. Have a look at them and make sure they are the correct ones for your graphics card. If they are not, go to the manufacturers site and get the right ones and install them.


On Wednesday, November 28, 2001 at 5:29 pm, Nick wrote:
>I am having the same problem. Namely, W98 simply will not apply
>a color setting change from 16 to 256. After rebooting the color setting remains
>at 16.
>A few of us are having the same problem. Someone surely must have an answer for us.
>
>


>On Sunday, October 21, 2001 at 10:11 am, Alyssa wrote:
>
>I think what it is is that when I tell it to reboot, it doesn't do it correctly.
>When it reboots for the color/res. it just goes to a black screen with gray lettering
>that says "Windows is rebooting", it doesn't actually boot up again. Though I still
>don't know what's causing it
>
>
>


>On Friday, October 19, 2001 at 8:58 pm, Alyssa wrote:
>I have a question about Windows
>
>keeps forgetting simple settings, such as screen colors!
:


>
>Okay, it's a little bit more complicated than the article. I tried what the article
>
>said, and it still doesn't work. My computer is stuck in 640x480 and 16 colors,
>and
>though I have tried REPEATEDLY to change it, Windows reboots and forgets that I
>changed
>the settings. This keeps happening. Windows keeps resetting everything and I can't
>
>understand why, but it's driving me insane! Help, please!


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re: Question about 'Windows keeps forgetting simple settings, such as screen colors!' (Nick: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 at 5:29 pm)

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-re: Question about 'Windows keeps forgetting simple settings, such as screen colors!' (Alyssa: Sun, Oct 21, 2001, 10:11 am)
-re: Question about 'Windows keeps forgetting simple settings, such as screen colors!' (Nick: Wed, Nov 28, 2001, 5:29 pm)
*Well...? (Alyssa: Wed, Nov 28, 2001, 6:29 pm)
*re: Question about 'Windows keeps forgetting simple settings, such as screen colors!' (Richard: Thu, Dec 6, 2001, 7:13 am)
-re: Stuck in 16 colours, 640 x 480 (Alan: Sun, Feb 10, 2002, 4:22 pm)
-A Solution to stuck in 16 colors 640x480 (Alan: Sun, Feb 10, 2002, 6:23 pm)
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*re: A Solution to stuck in 16 colors 640x480 (Jake: Tue, Jan 7, 2003, 5:48 pm)
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*re: Stuck in 16 colours, 640 x 480 (Andy Jenkins: Thu, May 6, 2004, 10:48 am)
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