Desktop Graphics

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Often, simply re-finding the video driver will fix that.

Go to Start/Run, and type DEVMGMT.MSC , highlight the video device, Action menu, "Uninstall", then restart Windows, to find the
device drivers again automatically.

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Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
FAQ for MS Antispyware version 1.0.509
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
marfers notes for windows xp http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
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"BOBKILL" <BOBKILL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:76B068FA-3685-47FE-B836-969F576C5000@microsoft.com...
> Since installing SP-2 on re-booting, my desktop settings come up with 256
> Colors instead of True Colors as normally selected. There seems to be some
> conflict with my Genius ColorPage III V2 USB Scanner despite downloading its
> current XP compatible driver. How do I remedy this irritating Start-Up
> problem?

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"BOBKILL" wrote:

> Since installing SP-2 on re-booting, my desktop settings come up with 256
> Colors instead of True Colors as normally selected. There seems to be some
> conflict with my Genius ColorPage III V2 USB Scanner despite downloading its
> current XP compatible driver. How do I remedy this irritating Start-Up
> problem?