re: Stuck in 16 colours, 640 x 480
Thursday, June 13, 2002 at 9:25 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by XKLL
(1 messages posted)
I experienced the same problem. I tried re-installing the drivers from the maufacturers
disk but got nowhere. After realizing that in safe mode the CD drives are disabled
I copied the display drivers from the manufacturer’s disk to a new folder on the
desktop.
Went to start>run and typed in dxdiag.exe to see how DirectX was holding up. After
clicking the ‘display’ tab, I was told that Direct3D acceleration was ‘not available’
and a note at the bottom said that a particular driver file had not been digitally
signed(?).
So I downloaded that file and replaced the original in the desktop folder with it.
Then did the usual right-click My Computer>Properties>Device Manager, opened display
adapters, properties on the driver inside, driver tab>Update Driver, etc. to let
it find and install the drivers in the desktop folder. Although I was told that
the drivers were now not the most appropriate, it fixed everything.
But I still don’t understand why the Windows picture on boot-up looked like it was
using all the colors but as soon as the desktop came up they had all been lost.
Or how the file on the CD could have become corrupt, if it did. Frustrating isn’t
the word.
On Sunday, February 10, 2002 at 4:22 pm, Alan wrote:
>Hi Alyssa and fellow sufferers,
>Did anyone work it out a definative answer to this, because my beast has developed
>the same complaint!
>I read through the forum replies and there seemed to be no clear cut solution -
someone
>suggested that it was the video drivers that were the wrong ones for the system
but
>I haven't changed them so why should they suddenly be the wrong ones?
>Can you remember how your problem started (I have Windows 98)? I started my computer
>and walked away, and when I came back it had switched itself off - the power light
>was off. When I turned it on again it went into safe mode (come to think of it perhaps
>the video driver was changed when it went into safe mode?). I turned it off again
>and it started to open correctly but the display was stuck in 16 colours and 640
>x 480 size. Whenever I go into settings \ display to change it, it gives me the
following
>message ...
>"System Settings Change
>You must restart your computer before the new settings will take effect.
>Do you want to restart your computer now? Y / N"
>
>Maybe that is a clue, because - as I recall - when I changed display settings previously,
>it would simply ask you something like "Do you like the settings? Y / N" and then
>the settings were saved.
>
>Getting desperate since I don't want to have to re-instal Windows!
>Regards
>Alan. Downunda
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