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F70594F-6083-469D-BC8E-D6381B407555@microsoft.com,
tarceneaux <tarceneaux@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:
> When I boot up with high quality(32bit) color display, my screen goes
> black, and my colors are reset to low quality(8bit). Is there
> something that I forgot to do when installing, or can it be taken
> care of without reinstallation?
Update your video card drivers. If that doesn't work update the drivers for
you monitor. One or both should do the trick for that.
Galen
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Hi,
Very common issue and post, especially with nVidia drivers. Check with
their forums/faq's.
--
All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)
Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
"tarceneaux" <tarceneaux@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> When I boot up with high quality(32bit) color display, my screen goes
> black,
> and my colors are reset to low quality(8bit). Is there something that I
> forgot to do when installing, or can it be taken care of without
> reinstallation?
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