Hi All
I recently added a new drive and had the same problem after a new install
of Win95 4.00.950B
My fix was to upgrade my video driver, and I now have these choices 256
Color, High Color (16 bit), True Color (24 bit)
Here a few sites to check on drivers.
http://www.DriversHQ.com
http://www.drivershq.com/list.html
http://www.cobb.com/w95/software/drivers.htm
http://www.windrivers.com/
Good luck
Don Weckler
On Wed, 21 Oct 1998 13:23:52 -0700 Alan Geist <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
>> From: K. Karl Kuller [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>> Subject: [PCSOFT] Color Palette
>>
> <<
>> Hi All,
>> After my Windows 98 crashed and took a number of
>> programs with it, I re-installed Win 95B OSR2 from the OEM's
>> CD and downloaded IE 4.01 with SP1 from Microsoft. Most
>> everything is working normally, but I do have two annoying
>> problems:
> <snip>
>> 2 - My color photographs now look terrible because I am
>> limited to a choice of 16 colors and monochrome. When I go
>> into Control Panel and check out the Display, I see ONLY
>> those two choices! I lost 256 colors and higher choices in
>> the menu!
>> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >>
> Hi,
>
> I had a problem with my machine for over a year. After my Win
>95a
>system crashed, I could only get it back with the 16 colors. This
>meant
>that I couldn't install half the software that I wanted to. I tried
>many
>different things over and over (and over and over). As I remember, I
>selected install new hardware from the Control Panel Display option.
>It
>asked me if I had the Disk and I put my CD Rom in the bay and
>everything
>worked like magic. I don't understand why my other ten efforts at
>doing the
>same thing failed, but I've had no more trouble.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Alan Geist
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