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Old November 21st 08, 10:13 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.display
Mart
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Default display settings default to 16 colors ??Smc not responding

Are you reporting two faults?

"Colour" issues and/or "Smc not responding" issues?

If "Colour" issues, did you try Noel's recommendations? :-

Reboot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL Display Adapters
Remove ALL Monitors
Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required drivers -
hopefully curing your problem.


What were the results? (more details please)
N.B. You *might* need special drivers (originally supplied with the
computer) which may be on a separate CD or floppy disks. Consult your User
Manual.

If you a reporting the "Smc not responding" problem, then it sounds like you
*may* have Sygate's firewall running on your PC. It appears that (according
to Google searches) there may be issues with this utility and it may not be
fully compatible with WinMe. The short term solution seems to be to
uninstall SMC to see if that fixes the problem and then review your options.

Mart



"hhllbllybb" wrote in message
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"Noel Paton" wrote:

Reboot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL Display Adapters
Remove ALL Monitors
Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required drivers -
hopefully curing your problem.



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"david" wrote in message
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My computer's display defaults to 16 colors - 640 x 480 and will not
be
reset through display/settings


with "-alt-ctrl -del" - Smc not responding is highlighted, end task
frees
the computer but could this be an indication of the underlying problem

the fault seems to have arrisen since i have been usingdigital cameras

any suggestions - i'm very much a novice!!
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david



hello i hope you can help me my cmputer wont let me swt the colors for
my computer its got weird colors on the start bar and on everything so
please can you help me get my right colors back