Please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our computer is old, it had many problems in the past but
this one is out of my resources... While I was installing
a game, the screen turned to 256 colors from true color
(32). I didn't like it and tried to change the device
driver/adapter for the monitor...Unfortunately I forgot
which device driver/adapter for monitor was primary...I
therefore chose to let Microsoft update the computer to
the best driver...When it did, I found out that I now
could only choose from 2 color or 16 color...I tried other
device adapters but nothing helped...please give me a
solution to this problem cause being on the computer with
a 16 color screen is annoying!!!(I changed device adapter
in DEVICE MANAGER in DISPLAY SETTINGS IN SYSTEM IN CONTROL
PANEL.)

If this problem is less than five days old, restore a copy of the registry
that predates the onset of the problem and see if that helps. The five-day
limit assumes that the computer is booted every day. If it is not booted
every day, you may have an old enough registry backup that you can use even
though more than five days have elapsed. Any registry changes made after
the date of the restored registry will be lost.

On the Start Menu, select Shut Down and Restart in MSDOS Mode. At the
Windows prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit enter. Once the
registry restore screen appears, select the date of the registry that you
wish to restore by highlighting it and then click enter. If you see a
registry named: Rbbad.cab, that is a copy of the registry that has already
been replaced.

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If over five days old, here is my standard blurb on video drivers:

When the correct screen resolution (screen area) or the right number of
colors are not available choices in display properties, settings tab, then
it is a good bet you do not have the right driver installed for your display
adapter. The display adapter in your PC is either a video card or a display
chipset on the motherboard.

If you received a CD or floppy disks with drivers along with your PC, see if
they contain a display adapter driver and install it using: control panel,
system, device manager, display adapter.

If you know what display adapter your PC has but you have no disks, use
www.google.com to track down the correct driver on the internet.

If you do not know what display adapter your PC uses, you can go to a MS-DOS
prompt and type: Debug and hit enter. The screen will display a
flashing prompt next to a - sign. Type: DC000:35 (DC000:50 may also work)
and hit enter. The name and possibly model of your display adapter should
appear on the right hand side of the screen. To quit Debug, type Q and hit
enter. If Debug is not helpful, you can try this program: Advanced PCI
Info, available at: http://www.upsystems.com.ua/support/alexmina/ If all
else fails, you will have to remove the computer case. Look at where the
monitor plugs into the back of the case and then check that location inside
the case. If there is a card there, you obviously have a video card and if
not, you have on board graphics. Write down any information displayed on
either the card or the chipset on the motherboard. Then use www.google.com
to search for the information. Do not include all the data you found in one
search message--search on each piece individually. If you include all the
information at once, you might not get a hit.

I have found that a video card will generally have to be removed in order to
see the information. Be careful of static electricity as it can fry
components. Before touching anything in the computer case (the cord is
unplugged, right?), ground yourself to the case by touching it. Don't work
on carpeting since shuffling your feet on it can generate static electricity
after you grounded yourself. Remove the one screw that holds the card in
place and using a rocking motion (left to right and back) and pull the card
straight out.

Once you have the right driver, install it through control panel, system,
device manager or through control panel, add new hardware, as appropriate.
--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Dimitri" wrote in message
...
Our computer is old, it had many problems in the past but
this one is out of my resources... While I was installing
a game, the screen turned to 256 colors from true color
(32). I didn't like it and tried to change the device
driver/adapter for the monitor...Unfortunately I forgot
which device driver/adapter for monitor was primary...I
therefore chose to let Microsoft update the computer to
the best driver...When it did, I found out that I now
could only choose from 2 color or 16 color...I tried other
device adapters but nothing helped...please give me a
solution to this problem cause being on the computer with
a 16 color screen is annoying!!!(I changed device adapter
in DEVICE MANAGER in DISPLAY SETTINGS IN SYSTEM IN CONTROL
PANEL.)