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by carneddllewelyn

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the colour on my belinea monitor has returned to 16 bit from its normal true colour. How can i retrieve it.

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by parvus1202

Did you install a new OS? Go to display/settings, under colors, change it to whatever your like.

by carneddllewelyn

thanks parvus, tried that but now it only gives me two options 2 or 16 bit colour. when i switch the computer on it says a file PNCRT.DLL is missing, could this affect the monitor? thanks.

by rcom

You didn't mention what version of windows you are using.

Try reinstalling your video drivers and Direct X.

PNCRT.DLL sure sounds like a CRT (monitor) related file. Don't know if that's causing your problem.

If your operating system is win98 or higher you can run MSINFO32 then choose file checker from the tools menu to see if it finds that the missing DLL is a system file. If so it will prompt you to restore the file from the win98 disk if the cab files are not on the hard drive, usually "C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS" if not have your win98 CD handy.

I searched my drive (Win ME) and it wasn't there so it may be part of your video driver or Direct X.

Good luck

by carneddllewelyn

this reply helped up to a point. unfortunately the file pncrt.dll was not in windows/cabs on my c drive and isnt on my windows 98 disc. anyone know where i can download it from? thanks

by rcom

The following registry key is more than likely where the DLL is loaded and the error is coming from. Run regedit and go to this key. It should be there. There will be a bunch of DLL's mentioned on the right side. You can remove the line on that calls up this file. Note if you're not sure on how to edit the registry then don't try it without backing up the registry first.

Here's the key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDLLs\

You didn't mention if youreinstalled your video drivers.

If you need more info email me at

rcom-services@qwest.net

by ctr2000

Sounds to me that all you have to do is reinstall your display adapter for your video card.
In display settings and settings tab then click on advance and click the tab that says adapter and click change so that you can put back the right driver for your video card in. As this will give you more than 2 choices for color when you have the right driver installed.

Good luck.

by rnsbanez

if your video card is built in with your system board, try to check your CMOS, and check if your video adapter is enabled.

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