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by circus_99_2000_ca

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I just got my computer up and running it had a virus so I
> had to reinstall everything. My problem is that the only 2 display
> colors I have in my monitor display are 2 and 16 I should
> have close to 200. This stops me from looking at pictures
> and videos clearly. The only thing you see is a couple of
> visable colors and lots of little boxes. I have tried
> everything, looking through the help menu's even browseing
> my windows 98 (upgrade) cd, and have found nothing. Is there something I can download to fix this or what>
help me josh

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by ann777

Who makes your video adapter? Download and install the win98 drivers for your video adapter and then you should be able to use Control Panel --> Display --> Settings and increase the colors/resolution.

by thechas

Depending on your system configuration and video card, you need to install up to 4 drivers to get things working 'normally'

In order of installation:

Chip-set driver for the system / motherboard.
If this is a name brand system, you should be able to download the drivers from the manufacture.
If not, use the motherboard manufactures download page.
If you need help identifying the motherboard, use the ID tools at either www.wimsbios.com
or www.motherboards.org

DirectX (from Microsoft) Check with the video card manufacture first. I recommend installing the newest version of DirectX that is supported by the video card driver.

Video card driver.
Get this from the card manufacture, or if you cannot find the card manufacture, usethe graphics processor manufactures 'reference' drivers.

Monitor driver.
Some monitors are not listed or recognized by Windows. If need be, install the driver from the monitor manufacture.

Chas

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