i got xp pro sp3. i installed a program called topdesk. i got my color depth set at 16 bit. the program was working fine for 3 months. but now, when i boot up, the program changes the color depth to 8 bit. i dont know why. how can i force my computer to accept 16 bit?
Is the color-depth okay (ie 16-bit) for everything else? If not, the video driver may have become corrupt or just gone missing & you'll need to re-install it. Check your Device Manager" -- if there's an error-symbol showing in the "Display Adapter" category, it's definitley the video-driver needs installing.
When the correct driver is missing or corrupt, Windows has to fall back on it's own built-in basic VGA driver which can't output colour any higher than 8-bit & can't display high resolutions.
hi pip22. i dont undersatand what you mean by, "is the color depth (16 bit) ok for everyting else"? if you mean that it affects every program, then the answer obviously is yes.
and i already got the latest driver from intel. when i enable the program to startup when the computer boots up, it changes the color depth to 8 bit. i then got to manually re-set it at 16 bit. is three a way at least to edit a file to force my computer to accept 16 bit at boot up all the time without me having to manually re-set it?
Hi, CCT. I apologize for not replying to you for a while. I was tied up with other stuff. But getting back to my issue, the only locations that I found that matched the locations you stated are the following. In each, I found a value of 10 for DefaultSettings.BitsPerPel:
The following are locations found in my registry that did not match your own locations, but were closely related. However, in each there was no DefaultSettings.BitsPerPel found:
Hi, CCT. With all due respect, I'm now a bit confused. I really dont know what to do. Is there a way to at least remove 8-bit from my computer, maybe through the registry, or editing the video driver? Maye that will fix it.
I can tell you what I have, and you can check what some buddies have, and you can look for some definitive answer (which neither of us doing any research could find, right?), or just;
1 - try to add the missing stuff that I said I have and gave you info on after checking some buddies registries also,
Hi, CCT. Thanks for getting back to me. I want to add your entries, but I dont know if those are appropriate for my system.
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