In a message dated 1/23/2007 6:50:37 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
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Thanks  for your suggestion. I have tried this, and did again, downloading 
several  drivers from driverguide.com specific to the silicon motion lynx 
display  adapter which Belarc says is in my computer. But still the update wizard 
tells  me the drivers do not match the hardware, and of course, the color 
setting  remains at 16. Very puzzling! Any further ideas?
Ron

[log in to unmask] wrote:

In a message dated  1/22/2007 4:04:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
[log in to unmask]  writes:

I've been trying to update the Display Adapter in W98 to  improve the colo
r from 16 to 256 pixels


I just went thru the  same thing rebuilding a Compaq and fixed it by going to 
the Compaq site's  driver download section and drilling down to the origional 
driver. If  you've found where to download the drivers for your system you 
might check  to see if there is a previous version you can try.  



The following microsoft link may give you some options to try:
 
 _http://support.microsoft.com/kb/127139/en-us_ 
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/127139/en-us) 
 
 I found this link on the page below which also has other  links that may 
apply.
 
 
_http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?catalog=LCID%3D1033&spid=global&query=+win+98+only+16+colors&adv=&ast=1%2C2%2C3%2C4&mode=a&cat=False&kt=A
LL&title=false&mdt=&pwt=False&res=20&1033comm=1_ 
(http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?catalog=LCID=1033&spid=global&query=+win+98+only+16+color
s&adv=&ast=1,2,3,4&mode=a&cat=False&kt=ALL&title=false&mdt=&pwt=False&res=20&1
033comm=1) 
 
  Good Luck!
 
 -Phil Williams-

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