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re: stuck in 16 colors 640x480!!
Monday, December 13, 2004 at 10:33 pm
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Posted by zippohci (1 messages posted)


Try restoring your registry to an earlier date, either in dos or windows. Go to start menu, run, then type scanregw /restore. Pick a date before the error took place if possible. Hope this helps


On Friday, February 7, 2003 at 12:36 am, Filofax wrote:
>
>Try two things... First, reboot and start windows in safe mode by pressing the F6
>key repeatedly just as the first screen you see flips to the next screen. You may
>have to try this several times to get the timing right.
>Once you're in windows (in safe mode), right click on the "My Computer" icon and
>choose "Properties". Next choose "Device Manager". Go down the list and click on
>the "+" sign next to "Display Adapter". You may see your video card listed there.
>Write down the name and then right click on it and choose "Remove". Now reboot and
>if Win98 doesn't automatically install it, you now know what card to look for.
>
>If that doesn't work then you may need to open up the computer and pull out the card.
>Look carefully for any names and numbers that look familiar, then go by that name
>and number when you try to install the correct driver. If your video card is built
>into your motherboard this step may not be of much help.
>
>Good Luck! :-)
>


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