Your video card was not properly detected and configured. If you know what
device the video is, you can install the driver manually (not automatically
detected). Perhaps you can download the latest driver and install it. After
the proper driver is installed, you will have the full color and refresh
adjustments possible on the hardware you have.

Peter
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The NoSpin Group
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> -----Original Message-----
> Hello everyone, I really don't know if this is a software or 
> a hardware
> problem . I received a P III hand me down from a friend 
> running Win 98. The computer was running ok and the monitor 
> (a 19 ViewSonic) was in good working order also.  However, 
> the hard drive was completely full and things were running 
> very slow. I formatted the hard drive (a first for me) and
> installed a clean copy of 98. When it booted up for the first time the
> monitor only had 16 colors instead of 256. I went into the 
> 
> Many thanks............Donald DeWitt

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