I have a question about Screen Resolution in Windows XP. When I go through the boot up proceedure the screen appears fine, however when the sequence is finished it is only in 8 bit and very grainy. I resolve this by altering the settings in the control panel and I am able to use 16 or 32 bit. and save setting. My problem is, after I shut down and re boot it reverts to 8 bit. Look forward to any suggestions.

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Possible driver problem - you might want to either reinstall the video adapter drivers or check to see if there are some updated ones out there. It might also be an idea to look for XP drivers for your monitor even if it is plug-n-play. Good Luck


On Tuesday, February 25, 2003 at 3:45 am, John Jarvie wrote:
>I have a question about Screen Resolution in Windows XP. When I go through the boot
>up proceedure the screen appears fine, however when the sequence is finished it is
>only in 8 bit and very grainy. I resolve this by altering the settings in the control
>panel and I am able to use 16 or 32 bit. and save setting. My problem is, after I
>shut down and re boot it reverts to 8 bit.
>Look forward to any suggestions.
>
>

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i agree this is how i solved my problem both with a voodoo card and a ati card was uninstal drivers re-run the cd fot the card problem solved if u have an ati card do not download the windows update ati driver it will screw up most games u play if u already did go to the device manager for display adapters and do a roll back on the driver


On Tuesday, February 25, 2003 at 3:45 am, John Jarvie wrote:
>I have a question about Screen Resolution in Windows XP. When I go through the boot
>up proceedure the screen appears fine, however when the sequence is finished it is
>only in 8 bit and very grainy. I resolve this by altering the settings in the control
>panel and I am able to use 16 or 32 bit. and save setting. My problem is, after I
>shut down and re boot it reverts to 8 bit.
>Look forward to any suggestions.
>
>

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Question: Did you ever find a fix to this problem? I have just installed XP on my computer with a NiVidia GForce FX 5200 with the exact same result. Reinstalled drivers (including those that came out this month) several times to no avail. Please let me know the fix if you found it. I would be grateful.


On Tuesday, February 25, 2003 at 3:45 am, John Jarvie wrote:
>I have a question about Screen Resolution in Windows XP. When I go through the boot
>up proceedure the screen appears fine, however when the sequence is finished it is
>only in 8 bit and very grainy. I resolve this by altering the settings in the control
>panel and I am able to use 16 or 32 bit. and save setting. My problem is, after I
>shut down and re boot it reverts to 8 bit.
>Look forward to any suggestions.
>
>

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I've run into the identical problem...tried reloading video drivers (NVidia Gforce) but no luck. I've not found any other place on the web where this situation is posted. If anyone else knows of other possible fixes, please reply. Thanks.


On Monday, December 15, 2003 at 10:59 am, Peter wrote:
>Question: Did you ever find a fix to this problem? I have just installed XP on my
>computer with a NiVidia GForce FX 5200 with the exact same result. Reinstalled drivers
>(including those that came out this month) several times to no avail. Please let
>me know the fix if you found it. I would be grateful.
>
>

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I did find the exact same problem on the Microsoft XP discussion site, but no fixes mentioned there at all (http://communities2.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default). Hence, I formatted my hard drive and reinstalled XP. No problems since then. Sorry. Peter


On Monday, January 19, 2004 at 7:19 pm, Jeff wrote:
>I've run into the identical problem...tried reloading video drivers (NVidia Gforce)
>but no luck. I've not found any other place on the web where this situation is posted.
> If anyone else knows of other possible fixes, please reply. Thanks.
>
>

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Peter: I've just run into this problem on my system with an NVidia 4400...no one seems to know how to solve this issue. Have you had any luck since you posted your reply on December 15th? If so, how did you you do it?


On Monday, December 15, 2003 at 10:59 am, Peter wrote:
>Question: Did you ever find a fix to this problem? I have just installed XP on my
>computer with a NiVidia GForce FX 5200 with the exact same result. Reinstalled drivers
>(including those that came out this month) several times to no avail. Please let
>me know the fix if you found it. I would be grateful.
>
>

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I too have this problem. My screen resolution is 8-bit.
I am not able to raise this to 16 or 32 bit. I mean, in the properties dialogbox, 
I do not have the option to change this. It appears some driver is missing. Kindly 
advise me, from where I can download this. Thank you!!
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On Tuesday, February 25, 2003 at 3:45 am, John Jarvie wrote:
>I have a question about Screen Resolution in Windows XP. When I go through the boot 
>up proceedure the screen appears fine, however when the sequence is finished it 
is 
>only in 8 bit and very grainy. I resolve this by altering the settings in the control 
>panel and I am able to use 16 or 32 bit. and save setting. My problem is, after 
I 
>shut down and re boot it reverts to 8 bit.
>Look forward to any suggestions.
>
>

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Got a machine here at the shop that shows all the same problems, with one funny twist - there are 3 accounts on the machine and the problem only exists on one account. Any ideas on that one? I havent seen any mention about it anywhere, and its not likely the driver as the other 2 accounts keep their settings...?


On Tuesday, February 25, 2003 at 3:45 am, John Jarvie wrote:
>I have a question about Screen Resolution in Windows XP. When I go through the boot
>up proceedure the screen appears fine, however when the sequence is finished it is
>only in 8 bit and very grainy. I resolve this by altering the settings in the control
>panel and I am able to use 16 or 32 bit. and save setting. My problem is, after I
>shut down and re boot it reverts to 8 bit.
>Look forward to any suggestions.
>
>

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Have got the same problem, have 2 accounts on my machine. Have found if I log in on the account that keeps the settings, then switch user to the one that keeps loosing its setting and going back to 8 bit mode, then everything is ok ? Have you found a fix for this problem ? Cheers


On Tuesday, March 16, 2004 at 10:56 am, MCSTek wrote:
>Got a machine here at the shop that shows all the same problems, with one funny twist
>- there are 3 accounts on the machine and the problem only exists on one account.
>Any ideas on that one? I havent seen any mention about it anywhere, and its not likely
>the driver as the other 2 accounts keep their settings...?
>
>
>

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Same Problem. Using the Nvidia Gforce 5200.. When it boots up and you sign in all is okay. Then the system32.cmd.exe script runs and pow! It goes back to 8bit. And then i have to change the settings again. It not only happens when i reboot but just simply logging off and logging back on reverts it back to 8bit. I have even tried reformating and it worked fine for a week then all of a sudden right in the middle of working it went back to 8-bit. Is there a fix for this????


On Sunday, August 8, 2004 at 3:00 pm, Kym Butler wrote:
>Have got the same problem, have 2 accounts on my machine. Have found if I log in
>on the account that keeps the settings, then switch user to the one that keeps loosing
>its setting and going back to 8 bit mode, then everything is ok ?
>Have you found a fix for this problem ?
>
>Cheers
>

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I have the same problem with multiple accounts. Spcifically, the main user (w/admin priveledge) is the only account to revert to 8-bit color. I thought it was a unique problem one until I read this thread. I have tried various things and still do not have a solution. For what its worth, this is probably a known but unpublicized bug at Microsoft.


On Tuesday, March 16, 2004 at 10:56 am, MCSTek wrote:
>Got a machine here at the shop that shows all the same problems, with one funny twist
>- there are 3 accounts on the machine and the problem only exists on one account.
>Any ideas on that one? I havent seen any mention about it anywhere, and its not likely
>the driver as the other 2 accounts keep their settings...?
>
>
>

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I thought that I would reload the XP OS to make the machine more efficient, but unfortunately the colours are all grainy: 4 bit! What the heck is Gates making his money from. If he tried this in any other industry he'd be taken to task. I have no idea how to fix this and it seems from the other contributors no one else does.

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Wow! How disapointed Iam to find no answer at the bottom of thispage. This is the first page I have found of people who have this problem. I have the Nvidia GeForce mx200 with a fresh install of XP Home with SP2. Whatever account I log on to first is 16 or 32 bit I can't remember. But if I switch users the second account is always 4 bit. I am currently tryin older drivers as the newer ones have not worked out. I assume now that this may be a conflict with SP2. So any answers yet from anyone? I even talked to Microsoft today and they suggested older drivers or taking off SP2.


On Sunday, October 24, 2004 at 1:04 am, Tony wrote:
>
>
>I thought that I would reload the XP OS to make the machine more efficient, but unfortunately
>the colours are all grainy: 4 bit! What the heck is Gates making his money from.
>If he tried this in any other industry he'd be taken to task. I have no idea how
>to fix this and it seems from the other contributors no one else does.

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AJ, Just a follow up to the last message I sent you. I have had this problem BEFORE I ever installed SP2. So I don't think uninstalling SP2 will be particularly helpful for any of us. Jon


On Friday, January 28, 2005 at 11:32 pm, AJ wrote:
>Wow! How disapointed Iam to find no answer at the bottom of thispage. This is the
>first page I have found of people who have this problem. I have the Nvidia GeForce
>mx200 with a fresh install of XP Home with SP2. Whatever account I log on to first
>is 16 or 32 bit I can't remember. But if I switch users the second account is always
>4 bit. I am currently tryin older drivers as the newer ones have not worked out.
>I assume now that this may be a conflict with SP2.
>So any answers yet from anyone? I even talked to Microsoft today and they suggested
>older drivers or taking off SP2.
>
>
>

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Many people with the same problem here. I have scoured the net and came up with a solution that worked for me. I hope this helps you all. I recently installed a new nvidia driver 71.84 for a ti4400 and then rebooted only to find that I had a 4 bit display with no option to increase to 16 or 32 bits. I installed 4 previous driver versions thinking they would work at some point. Finnally I searched the net for 4 bit display only on google and found that if the monitor driver is not correct, higher resolution display settings will not be available. I checked my monitor driver and found it was the generic plug and play driver. I updated the driver and told it that I would choose the driver. I pointed to the folder my driver was in for my gateway ev910c monitor and installed the driver. I rebooted and had 32bit diplay settings available. Boy I hope this helps! Colin


On Saturday, January 29, 2005 at 1:40 pm, Jon wrote:
>AJ,
>Just a follow up to the last message I sent you.
>
>I have had this problem BEFORE I ever installed SP2. So I don't think uninstalling
>SP2 will be particularly helpful for any of us.
>Jon
>

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on1 Jun '05,Chi asks the same question...


On Tuesday, February 25, 2003 at 3:45 am, John Jarvie wrote:
>I have a question about Screen Resolution in Windows XP. When I go through the boot
>up proceedure the screen appears fine, however when the sequence is finished it is
>only in 8 bit and very grainy. I resolve this by altering the settings in the control
>panel and I am able to use 16 or 32 bit. and save setting. My problem is, after I
>shut down and re boot it reverts to 8 bit.
>Look forward to any suggestions.
>
>

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Having the same problem and I'm totally lost, nothing on the net except this thread. I installed XPpro SP1, works like a charm, then, after updating to SP2 the result after reboot is a 4 bit screen (as described in this thread). I have no option to change it, nothing is wrong in device manager, Nvidia Geforce should work, no error log entries, nothing. In windows logo screen (on boot) the blue moving line goes out of its bar and after a few restarts the puter dies, leaving just an endless black screen when booting...:-((


On Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at 7:57 am, Chi wrote:
>on1 Jun '05,Chi asks the same question...
>
>
>

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Same basic problem: Nvidia GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU, AMD 3200, running XP SP2. Downloaded new Nvidia drivers to no avail. Thinking of switching to BIOS instead of Plug-n-Play setting on bios and trying again. Very frustrating.


On Monday, July 4, 2005 at 7:00 am, Karin wrote:
>Having the same problem and I'm totally lost, nothing on the net except this thread.
>I installed XPpro SP1, works like a charm, then, after updating to SP2 the result
>after reboot is a 4 bit screen (as described in this thread). I have no option to
>change it, nothing is wrong in device manager, Nvidia Geforce should work, no error
>log entries, nothing. In windows logo screen (on boot) the blue moving line goes
>out of its bar and after a few restarts the puter dies, leaving just an endless black
>screen when booting...:-((
>
>
>

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James, I've solved my problem!! it turned out to be a broken VGA, to try it out I replaced it with another one, and the puter started working just fine......never expected it, but those Nvidia VGA's can die slowly someone told me....lol. hope this helps!


On Friday, July 15, 2005 at 12:16 pm, James Patrick Bowman wrote:
>Same basic problem: Nvidia GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU, AMD 3200, running XP SP2.
> Downloaded new Nvidia drivers to no avail. Thinking of switching to BIOS instead
>of Plug-n-Play setting on bios and trying again. Very frustrating.
>
>
>

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Karin, thanks. I am going to try your fix!


On Friday, July 15, 2005 at 12:40 pm, Karin wrote:
>James, I've solved my problem!! it turned out to be a broken VGA, to try it out I
>replaced it with another one, and the puter started working just fine......never
>expected it, but those Nvidia VGA's can die slowly someone told me....lol.
>hope this helps!
>
>
>
>
>
>

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This might help...  All my systems have nVidia cards.
Everytime nVidia issue new drivers I load them up, (not forgetting to uninstall the 
old ones first)! and lo and behold, I get the same problem when rebooting i.e. the 
screen resolution drops to 800x600 @ 60Hz.

First thing, get rid of the "Default Monitor"  anyone who has had a Voodoo card will 
know this.  Find ANY other type of monitor driver that can be installed (check in 
Device Manager) and can stay there - preferably the monitor manufacturers own driver. 
 

Now log on as Administrator, and make sure you have a password.  XP can misbehave 
if it doesn't have an admin password to play with, don't ask me, ask Bill...

Change your desktop to the required settings, reboot and log on as you would normally.

This has worked for me for all my systems, from an old Aopen MV200 up to the FX5200 
I have in my main XP box now  It's still a pain in the *rs*, but it works for me, 
and so far, all of my students

Give it a shot, and good luck

Paul T







On Tuesday, February 25, 2003 at 3:45 am, John Jarvie wrote:

>I have a question about Screen Resolution in Windows XP. When I go through the boot 

>up proceedure the screen appears fine, however when the sequence is finished it 
is 

>only in 8 bit and very grainy. I resolve this by altering the settings in the control 

>panel and I am able to use 16 or 32 bit. and save setting. My problem is, after 
I 

>shut down and re boot it reverts to 8 bit.

>Look forward to any suggestions.

>

>
 

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I have a XFX 6600GT and when I started my computer one day the resolution was 800x600 with 4-bit colors. I was unable to change these settings, and updating the drivers solved nothing. I called XFX and their solution solved everything: Go to nvidia.com and download the newest drivers, which is 81.95, don't install yet. If you don't have DriverCleaner, download it. Start the computer in safe mode and run driver cleaner, have it erase all traces of Nvidia installation. Restart the computer in normal mode and install the 81.95 drivers, this should solve the problem.

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Look at: http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-009469.htm Isn't it terrible how software, hardware and others in the computer industry will not admit to a problem in their on product. Instead they will let us run around in circles forever in order to avoid taking responsibility.


On Tuesday, February 25, 2003 at 3:45 am, John Jarvie wrote:
>I have a question about Screen Resolution in Windows XP. When I go through the boot
>up proceedure the screen appears fine, however when the sequence is finished it is
>only in 8 bit and very grainy. I resolve this by altering the settings in the control
>panel and I am able to use 16 or 32 bit. and save setting. My problem is, after I
>shut down and re boot it reverts to 8 bit.
>Look forward to any suggestions.
>
>

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In case anyone is still having this problem, I found a solution for mine. I had to use the MS private newsgroups to get it resolved.
Try these settings:
1.Go to display properties
2.Click the Settings tab
3.Set the color and resolution to a desired level
4.Click the Advanced button
5.Click the Monitor tab
6.Set the refresh rate to a lower level
7.Click the Troubleshoot tab
8.Uncheck “Enable write combining”
9.Click OK
10.Restart and see if the problem is fixed

Good luck,

Corey



On Tuesday, February 25, 2003 at 3:45 am, John Jarvie wrote:
>I have a question about Screen Resolution in Windows XP. When I go through the boot
>up proceedure the screen appears fine, however when the sequence is finished it is
>only in 8 bit and very grainy. I resolve this by altering the settings in the control
>panel and I am able to use 16 or 32 bit. and save setting. My problem is, after I
>shut down and re boot it reverts to 8 bit.
>Look forward to any suggestions.
>
>

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I had the same problem.Try *START* *ACCESSORIES* *SYSTEM TOOLS* *SYSTEM RESTORE*...Pick "restore my computer to a previous time"....Pick a date before you started having problems,and you should get your original resolution..


On Tuesday, February 25, 2003 at 3:45 am, John Jarvie wrote:
>I have a question about Screen Resolution in Windows XP. When I go through the boot
>up proceedure the screen appears fine, however when the sequence is finished it is
>only in 8 bit and very grainy. I resolve this by altering the settings in the control
>panel and I am able to use 16 or 32 bit. and save setting. My problem is, after I
>shut down and re boot it reverts to 8 bit.
>Look forward to any suggestions.
>
>

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