C:\My Computer Pie Chart - Supposed to be in color or B&W in Win98SE?

I can't remember.

Recently wiped HDD of laptop and reinstalled Win98SE to start fresh (giving
laptop to my sister). WinXp Pro has a color pie chart. Silly, I know, but I
want to be sure things are as they should be.

Help please. :-)
Cheryl

"Cheryl" wrote in message
...
I can't remember.

Recently wiped HDD of laptop and reinstalled Win98SE to start fresh
(giving
laptop to my sister). WinXp Pro has a color pie chart. Silly, I know, but
I
want to be sure things are as they should be.

We assume the pie chart you mean is / Properties [ for one drive
selected ]: yes, it should be in two colours (space filled and space
used.) If yours is not, this is a hint you may not have installed
the correct video card drivers. Two items to check:
1. Is there a yellow trouble flag at
/ Settings / Control Panel / System / Device Manager / Display Adapter ?

2. When you right click on a patch of empty Desktop and select
/ Properties (last item) do "Display Properties" show a variety of
panels from BACKGROUND (leftmost) to SETTINGS (rightmost)
each with a variety of settings and custom options? SETTINGS
ought to allow you to select (for example) 256 colors or 16-bit
color system or True Color (32-bit). Try other settings if they
are present. If not present, reinstal the Display Adapter Driver.
(If installing Win98SE from a generic CD it may lack the
custom video driver for your laptop. You may find it at the
maker's web site.)

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

It should be in color.

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.org/index.htm



On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 16:52:30 -0500, in microsoft.public.win98.setup,
"Cheryl" wrote:

I can't remember.

Recently wiped HDD of laptop and reinstalled Win98SE to start fresh (giving
laptop to my sister). WinXp Pro has a color pie chart. Silly, I know, but I
want to be sure things are as they should be.

Help please. :-)
Cheryl

"Alan Edwards" wrote in message
...
It should be in color.

...Alan



That's right...
but if all else is OK I would not worry about it...

OTOH: If *all* your colors are muted...then you will probably need to
install the video card drivers
to get it to work right

"philo" wrote in message
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|
| "Alan Edwards" wrote in message
| ...
| It should be in color.
|
| ...Alan
|
|
|
| That's right...
| but if all else is OK I would not worry about it...
|
| OTOH: If *all* your colors are muted...then you will probably need to
| install the video card drivers
| to get it to work right
|

Thanks Don, Alan and philo. My fault. I was looking under My Computer
without selecting a drive then Properties first. Duh. The pie chart IS in
color. So sorry. Don, your mentioning "Properties" helped me to see my
mistake. I've been sleepwalking cross-eyed all week (not enough rest).
Thanks again! :-/ :-)

Cheryl

Thanks Don, Alan and philo. My fault. I was looking under My Computer
without selecting a drive then Properties first. Duh. The pie chart IS in
color. So sorry. Don, your mentioning "Properties" helped me to see my
mistake. I've been sleepwalking cross-eyed all week (not enough rest).
Thanks again! :-/ :-)



Hey , you could have worse problems.
I've got a friend who is a photographer...only he's *color blind*...

of course he works in black and white !