Display Color Quality

[Guest]

This is a recent problem. My Display is "Dell 1800 FP(Analog) on DDR ATI
RADEON 9700 TX w/TV-OUT." Lately, every time I re-start my computer the color
quality opens at "Lowest (8 bit)" and I have to go into to Display on the
Control Panel, check Settings, and set it back up to Highest (32-bit). For a
while, the Screen Resolution was doing the same thing (i.e. sliding back down
to 600 x 800), but now that seems to have corrected back to opening at the
highest setting.

Any advice on how to get the color quality to STAY at 32-bit. I always shut
down the proper way --- "saving your settings: etc., but upon restart, the
color quality is right back down to Lowest (8-bit).

 

[Jerry]

And the tech support folks at Dell have said what?

 

[Guest]

Dell said my whole system has been corrupted, since "System restore" also no
longer works, and I keep getting prompts about McAfee security, which came
pre-installed but expired long ago. I now use my IP's free CA Security.

Dell suggested I save all my files to disks, uninstall then re-install the
whole operating system. I'm in no hurry to do anything that drastic, if
several minutes of tweaking gets me back to "normal."

 

[S.Sengupta]

Have you tried updating the driver?

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

 

[Guest]

Yes, several times. When in settings, I click, in turn: Advanced, Monitor,
Properties, Driver, Driver Update, with the original 1800FP Color Monitor
disc in drive D. After a while, I get: "The wizard could not find a better
match than the software you currently have installed. To search again in
another location, click Back."

At this point, I don't know how to proceed, or where to search. Any advice??
--
Thanks, Alex

Have you tried updating the driver?

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

This is a recent problem. My Display is "Dell 1800 FP(Analog) on DDR ATI
RADEON 9700 TX w/TV-OUT." Lately, every time I re-start my computer the color
quality opens at "Lowest (8 bit)" and I have to go into to Display on the
Control Panel, check Settings, and set it back up to Highest (32-bit). For a
while, the Screen Resolution was doing the same thing (i.e. sliding back down
to 600 x 800), but now that seems to have corrected back to opening at the
highest setting.

Any advice on how to get the color quality to STAY at 32-bit. I always shut
down the proper way --- "saving your settings: etc., but upon restart, the
color quality is right back down to Lowest (8-bit).

 

[S.Sengupta]

Hi Alex,
Try here:-
http://tinyurl.com/dgpou

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

 

[Plato]

This is a recent problem. My Display is "Dell 1800 FP(Analog) on DDR ATI
RADEON 9700 TX w/TV-OUT." Lately, every time I re-start my computer the color
quality opens at "Lowest (8 bit)" and I have to go into to Display on the
Control Panel, check Settings, and set it back up to Highest (32-bit). For a
while, the Screen Resolution was doing the same thing (i.e. sliding back down
to 600 x 800), but now that seems to have corrected back to opening at the
highest setting.

Your pc may have lost its specific video drivers. Re-install them.