[SOLVED] Grainy icons on desktop

kenny09 · 06-03-2009, 02:49 AM

Hi all.. Hope someone can help.. Occasionally (especially when it is colder) my computer requires several attempts to get going.. after the first failure it tries to go to "Safe mode" unless an alternative type of starting is selected.
Recently, whilst in Safe mode a message popped up that i couldn't make sense of, and when i finally got going i found that my icons on the desktop were larger and grainy ..identical in appearance to those in safe mode !!
Looking through my folders i notice it has affected everthing that i have stored on my computer.. everythings grainy !!
Is it possible to retrieve that error message?.. either way I hope that someone can help
Thank's in advance.
Kenny09

**blah789** · 06-03-2009, 04:05 PM

Right-click on your desktop and pick properties. Under the settings tab, what's the color depth (16 colors? 256 colors? 16-bit or higher? - you want the highest you can get).
If for some reason it doesn't let you set a higher resolution or color depth, the drivers for your video card might be broken. What model and make is your computer? Or what make and model is the graphics card? You could redownload and re-install the drivers to try to fix it.

kenny09 · 06-04-2009, 06:03 AM

Well done !!..

that's fixed it alright.. highest setting was 32bit.
I wonder what caused it to change the settings in the first place ?

Thank's again..

06-03-2009, 02:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
kenny09 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2 OS: win98	[SOLVED] Grainy icons on desktop Hi all.. Hope someone can help.. Occasionally (especially when it is colder) my computer requires several attempts to get going.. after the first failure it tries to go to "Safe mode" unless an alternative type of starting is selected. Recently, whilst in Safe mode a message popped up that i couldn't make sense of, and when i finally got going i found that my icons on the desktop were larger and grainy ..identical in appearance to those in safe mode !! Looking through my folders i notice it has affected everthing that i have stored on my computer.. everythings grainy !! Is it possible to retrieve that error message?.. either way I hope that someone can help Thank's in advance. Kenny09

06-03-2009, 04:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
blah789 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,235 OS: Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows XP SP3	Re: Grainy icons on desktop Right-click on your desktop and pick properties. Under the settings tab, what's the color depth (16 colors? 256 colors? 16-bit or higher? - you want the highest you can get). If for some reason it doesn't let you set a higher resolution or color depth, the drivers for your video card might be broken. What model and make is your computer? Or what make and model is the graphics card? You could redownload and re-install the drivers to try to fix it.

06-04-2009, 06:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
kenny09 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2 OS: win98	Re: Grainy icons on desktop Well done !!.. that's fixed it alright.. highest setting was 32bit. I wonder what caused it to change the settings in the first place ? Thank's again..