I recently purchased a Dell PC (Vista SP1) with Dell monitor (E248WFP
(Digital) on NVIDEA GeForce8600 GTS).
All the latest software is in installed.
When I run a slideshow in PowerPoint 2007 and the monitor color is set to 32
bit, the display appears corrupt with horizontal bands appearing in wrong
places etc.
When I change down to 16 bit the slideshows are fine!
Anyone else experience this or know why?
I would like not have to go into the control panel and change down each time
I run PowerPoint.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks

Harry, I would suggest you try these options:

1. Update your video drivers.
2. Update your copy of PowerPoint 2007 with SP1.
3. Update your DirectX version.
4. Most steps on this page discuss video playback, but will help you as
well: http://www.echosvoice.com/tshoot_video2.htm

--
Geetesh Bajaj, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
http://www.indezine.com
http://www.ppted.com


"Harry Stevens" wrote:

> I recently purchased a Dell PC (Vista SP1) with Dell monitor (E248WFP
> (Digital) on NVIDEA GeForce8600 GTS).
> All the latest software is in installed.
> When I run a slideshow in PowerPoint 2007 and the monitor color is set to 32
> bit, the display appears corrupt with horizontal bands appearing in wrong
> places etc.
> When I change down to 16 bit the slideshows are fine!
> Anyone else experience this or know why?
> I would like not have to go into the control panel and change down each time
> I run PowerPoint.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> Thanks
>

Harry,

Are you using the areo glass features in Vista? If so you might want to see
what happens (does problem still exist) if you turn it off.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
www.playsforcertain.com


"Harry Stevens" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:6B8EE7A5-7C5A-41E0-ADA8-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I recently purchased a Dell PC (Vista SP1) with Dell monitor (E248WFP
>(Digital) on NVIDEA GeForce8600 GTS).
> All the latest software is in installed.
> When I run a slideshow in PowerPoint 2007 and the monitor color is set to
> 32 bit, the display appears corrupt with horizontal bands appearing in
> wrong places etc.
> When I change down to 16 bit the slideshows are fine!
> Anyone else experience this or know why?
> I would like not have to go into the control panel and change down each
> time I run PowerPoint.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> Thanks
>

I think Harry and I are the only 2 people in the world with this probelm. My Vista Ultimate system had no display problems until 1 month ago, then as Harry said the slideshow displays in bands, but not on all slides, but I can't break the code for what is triggering it. some graphics display ok, some don't, some text is ok and some isn't. In addition to the bands, the display is huge, only 1/4 of a slide gets on the screen. It is consistant as it does the same thing every time with the same slide. Switch to 16 bit and all are ok.