Like I say, this has happened to me before and was found
not to be a problem with the video card, but the monitor
(which seems to be ok this time around).

I have not just re-installed Windows, this is something
that has happened between closing down the computer and
starting it up again, which is baffling.

Thanks



-----Original Message-----
If you just reinstalled Windows, or you cannot change to
256, 16 bit, or 32
bit color, you probably need to reinstall your video
card drivers.

To reinstall your video card drivers, you need to know
the exact make and
model of your video card in order to install the
correct/updated drivers.

There are several ways to determine what kind of video
card you have.

1. Check the manual that came with your PC.

2. You can open your PC tower to look at the video card
and note the name
and numbers printed on it.

3. You can download and run this free program. It might
be able to
determine what kind of video card you have:

Everest Home Edition

http://www.lavalys.com/products/download.php?
pid=1&lang=en&pageid=3

To find the Everest info you need to post, run the
Everest program, and
click the + sign next to Computer
on the left side of your screen then click Summary.

Then Right click the information on the *right* side of
your screen and
select Copy. You can then paste the information in
Notepad or paste it
directly to this newsgroup.

Everest will tell you a lot about what's inside your PC.
In addition to
telling us the *Brand and Model Number* of your
computer, please post back
the information Everest reports for your:

Motherboard

CPU

Chipset

Display PCI/AGP Video

Display GPU

This information will assist us in finding the correct
video drivers, and
directing you to the video card manufacturer's website
so you can download
and install them.

*** IMPORTANT *** Remember to tell us the *Brand and
Model Number* of your
computer which is printed on your PC case or is listed
in the manual that
came with your computer.

Joe

"John" wrote in
message
...
For some reason my computer has reverted to using on 16
colors and has the smallest resolution available. When
I
attempt to change this, I restart the computer as
instructed and the computer restarts but without the
desired increase in color/resolution.

This happened to me a few months back and I went
through
many suggested solutions (including re-installing the
video card) but it turned out that I had to re-install
the plug and play monitor as for some unknown reason
the
monitor was installed twice. However this is not the
problem this time.

Any suggestions would be very welcome.


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