Problems with display, stationary, color and more....

[Robert]

This is a multiple problem, but for the basics.... If i turn on rich text,
I am unable to change the colors or get any stationary to show up. If i try
to preview the staionary, it all shows up grey backgrounds, any headers look
ok, but they won't go into the message. it's just normal..

Now for the tricky part. The grey backgrounds... ie6 shows all my webpages
in a nice grey also, and my desktop is grey. I have all defaults set, and
settings on winxp blue! I have tried everything, including reinstalling
video card drivers and reinstalling xp. About 1/2 the items under diplay
properties advanced appearance won't change if attempt to change them. and
on webpages, the dropdown buttons are messed up. (not IE toolbar) just
individual websites. Also buttons are messed up on Media player. They look
like they are missing the detail to them. Any help is appriciated!!!

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

This is a multiple problem, but for the basics.... If i turn on rich
text, I am unable to change the colors or get any stationary to show
up. If i try to preview the staionary, it all shows up grey
backgrounds, any headers look ok, but they won't go into the message.
it's just normal..

Now for the tricky part. The grey backgrounds... ie6 shows all my
webpages in a nice grey also, and my desktop is grey. I have all
defaults set, and settings on winxp blue! I have tried everything,
including reinstalling video card drivers and reinstalling xp. About
1/2 the items under diplay properties advanced appearance won't
change if attempt to change them. and on webpages, the dropdown
buttons are messed up. (not IE toolbar) just individual websites.
Also buttons are messed up on Media player. They look like they are
missing the detail to them. Any help is appriciated!!!

You may need new video drivers. Check the site for your video board
manufacturer. Meanwhile you can do the following:
1. Use the default mouse pointers.
2. Turn down your color depth. (Right click the desktop and choose
Properties | Appearance | Settings) Some people find that increasing color
depth helps.
3. Turn down your graphics hardware acceleration. (For Win 98, Start |
Settings | Control Panel | System | Performance | Graphics button) You will
see little, if any, performance degradation.
4. Turn off your desktop wallpaper.

If these make the problem go away you need new video drivers.

If you have an ATI video board, try adding these lines to System.ini

[display]
DevBMP=0 <--- That's a zero

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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