White has turned green!

[Dan]

Hi All,

I have been restoring an old laptop to its former glory. Everything was
going just fine. During the installation of outlook (may or may not be
related ) my problem first reared its ugly head.

What has happened is that any graphic that is supposed to appear white
(so folder blackgrounds, word documents, notepad etc... etc...) now
appears as a disgusting green color. Text now has a white shadow, and
all other colors are fine. I tried to take a screen shot of the problem
but when I opened the picture on another computer, everything appeared
to be just fine.

I believe I have elimiated the obvious; so it isn't fixable via display
properties -> effects/settings.

Has this happened to anyone else before? Or can anyone recommend a fix?
I would greatly appreciate your help.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hi All,

I have been restoring an old laptop to its former glory. Everything was
going just fine. During the installation of outlook (may or may not be
related ) my problem first reared its ugly head.

What has happened is that any graphic that is supposed to appear white
(so folder blackgrounds, word documents, notepad etc... etc...) now
appears as a disgusting green color. Text now has a white shadow, and
all other colors are fine. I tried to take a screen shot of the problem
but when I opened the picture on another computer, everything appeared
to be just fine.

I believe I have elimiated the obvious; so it isn't fixable via display
properties -> effects/settings.

Has this happened to anyone else before? Or can anyone recommend a fix?
I would greatly appreciate your help.

This is most likely a hardware problem and not related to
Windows. Reboot the laptop and go into the BIOS.
If the colours are still green then you know for sure it's
a hardware problem.

 

[Alfred Falk]

This is most likely a hardware problem and not related to
Windows. Reboot the laptop and go into the BIOS.
If the colours are still green then you know for sure it's
a hardware problem.

Seconded. And the first thing I'd look at is VGA connector(s). Could
be a failure in the monitor or the video card too.

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