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aphex140 · 10-30-2003, 01:47 AM

Help -Have set my mum up with a P.C and Internet accesses, (god help her and us the grey army approaches). The monitor only has two colour or 16 colour options, when checking in the display, why is the case and how can I get it back to say 256.
Thanks

supafly · 10-30-2003, 02:47 AM

If your monitor cant display more than 16 colours, you cant get more out of it.
However, you can check your monitor properties by right clicking on your desktop. Then choose settings. Here you can change the colour options.

Good luck

aphex140 · 10-30-2003, 03:12 AM

the monitor can handle256, it is not being shown as an option to change to ( WIn98)

Lasereth · 10-30-2003, 01:14 PM

You need to install the video drivers for the video card in the computer. That will allow more colors and a bigger resolution to be chosen. Without video drivers installed (or even with the wrong ones), only a very low amount of colors will be allowed and the resolution will be VERY low. Good luck!

-Lasereth

spived2 · 10-30-2003, 01:32 PM

Try changing the monitor type to something else, like vga or svga, and see if it changes the options you can choose from.

What operating system are you using?

10-30-2003, 01:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
aphex140 Psycho Location: northamptonshire	Help with monitor display colours Help -Have set my mum up with a P.C and Internet accesses, (god help her and us the grey army approaches). The monitor only has two colour or 16 colour options, when checking in the display, why is the case and how can I get it back to say 256. Thanks

10-30-2003, 02:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
supafly Psycho Location: Rotterdam	If your monitor cant display more than 16 colours, you cant get more out of it. However, you can check your monitor properties by right clicking on your desktop. Then choose settings. Here you can change the colour options. Good luck __________________ Thumbs up

10-30-2003, 03:12 AM	#3 (permalink)
aphex140 Psycho Location: northamptonshire	the monitor can handle256, it is not being shown as an option to change to ( WIn98) __________________ Computers allow us to make more mistakes at a faster rate than any other man-made thing, with the exception of handguns and tequila. [/QUOTE=BAMF]Do they role a die, with a 1/3 chance of being flacid?[/QUOTE]

10-30-2003, 01:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
Lasereth Knight of the Old Republic Location: Winston-Salem, NC	You need to install the video drivers for the video card in the computer. That will allow more colors and a bigger resolution to be chosen. Without video drivers installed (or even with the wrong ones), only a very low amount of colors will be allowed and the resolution will be VERY low. Good luck! -Lasereth __________________ "A Darwinian attacks his theory, seeking to find flaws. An ID believer defends his theory, seeking to conceal flaws." -Roger Ebert

10-30-2003, 01:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
spived2 Desert Rat Location: Arizona	Try changing the monitor type to something else, like vga or svga, and see if it changes the options you can choose from. What operating system are you using? __________________ "This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, and so it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V." - V