This is a recent problem. My Display is "Dell 1800 FP(Analog) on DDR ATI
RADEON 9700 TX w/TV-OUT." Lately, every time I re-start my computer the color
quality opens at "Lowest (8 bit)" and I have to go into to Display on the
Control Panel, check Settings, and set it back up to Highest (32-bit). For a
while, the Screen Resolution was doing the same thing (i.e. sliding back down
to 600 x 800), but now that seems to have corrected back to opening at the
highest setting.

Any advice on how to get the color quality to STAY at 32-bit. I always shut
down the proper way --- "saving your settings: etc., but upon restart, the
color quality is right back down to Lowest (8-bit).
--
Thanks, Alex

And the tech support folks at Dell have said what?

"Alex" <st7alex@nyc.rr.com.(donotspam)> wrote in message
news:00D2B711-AB81-4BB2-89B8-91AD3C81C25E@microsoft.com...
> This is a recent problem. My Display is "Dell 1800 FP(Analog) on DDR ATI
> RADEON 9700 TX w/TV-OUT." Lately, every time I re-start my computer the
> color
> quality opens at "Lowest (8 bit)" and I have to go into to Display on the
> Control Panel, check Settings, and set it back up to Highest (32-bit). For
> a
> while, the Screen Resolution was doing the same thing (i.e. sliding back
> down
> to 600 x 800), but now that seems to have corrected back to opening at the
> highest setting.
>
> Any advice on how to get the color quality to STAY at 32-bit. I always
> shut
> down the proper way --- "saving your settings: etc., but upon restart, the
> color quality is right back down to Lowest (8-bit).
> --
> Thanks, Alex

Dell said my whole system has been corrupted, since "System restore" also no
longer works, and I keep getting prompts about McAfee security, which came
pre-installed but expired long ago. I now use my IP's free CA Security.

Dell suggested I save all my files to disks, uninstall then re-install the
whole operating system. I'm in no hurry to do anything that drastic, if
several minutes of tweaking gets me back to "normal."
--
Thanks, Alex


"Jerry" wrote:

> And the tech support folks at Dell have said what?
>
> "Alex" <st7alex@nyc.rr.com.(donotspam)> wrote in message
> news:00D2B711-AB81-4BB2-89B8-91AD3C81C25E@microsoft.com...
> > This is a recent problem. My Display is "Dell 1800 FP(Analog) on DDR ATI
> > RADEON 9700 TX w/TV-OUT." Lately, every time I re-start my computer the
> > color
> > quality opens at "Lowest (8 bit)" and I have to go into to Display on the
> > Control Panel, check Settings, and set it back up to Highest (32-bit). For
> > a
> > while, the Screen Resolution was doing the same thing (i.e. sliding back
> > down
> > to 600 x 800), but now that seems to have corrected back to opening at the
> > highest setting.
> >
> > Any advice on how to get the color quality to STAY at 32-bit. I always
> > shut
> > down the proper way --- "saving your settings: etc., but upon restart, the
> > color quality is right back down to Lowest (8-bit).
> > --
> > Thanks, Alex
>
>
>

Have you tried updating the driver?

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

Alex wrote:

> This is a recent problem. My Display is "Dell 1800 FP(Analog) on DDR ATI
> RADEON 9700 TX w/TV-OUT." Lately, every time I re-start my computer the color
> quality opens at "Lowest (8 bit)" and I have to go into to Display on the
> Control Panel, check Settings, and set it back up to Highest (32-bit). For a
> while, the Screen Resolution was doing the same thing (i.e. sliding back down
> to 600 x 800), but now that seems to have corrected back to opening at the
> highest setting.
>
> Any advice on how to get the color quality to STAY at 32-bit. I always shut
> down the proper way --- "saving your settings: etc., but upon restart, the
> color quality is right back down to Lowest (8-bit).

Yes, several times. When in settings, I click, in turn: Advanced, Monitor,
Properties, Driver, Driver Update, with the original 1800FP Color Monitor
disc in drive D. After a while, I get: "The wizard could not find a better
match than the software you currently have installed. To search again in
another location, click Back."

At this point, I don't know how to proceed, or where to search. Any advice??
--
Thanks, Alex


"S.Sengupta" wrote:

> Have you tried updating the driver?
>
> regards,
> S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]
>
> Alex wrote:
>
> > This is a recent problem. My Display is "Dell 1800 FP(Analog) on DDR ATI
> > RADEON 9700 TX w/TV-OUT." Lately, every time I re-start my computer the color
> > quality opens at "Lowest (8 bit)" and I have to go into to Display on the
> > Control Panel, check Settings, and set it back up to Highest (32-bit). For a
> > while, the Screen Resolution was doing the same thing (i.e. sliding back down
> > to 600 x 800), but now that seems to have corrected back to opening at the
> > highest setting.
> >
> > Any advice on how to get the color quality to STAY at 32-bit. I always shut
> > down the proper way --- "saving your settings: etc., but upon restart, the
> > color quality is right back down to Lowest (8-bit).
>

Hi Alex,
Try here:-
http://tinyurl.com/dgpou

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]


Alex wrote:

> Yes, several times. When in settings, I click, in turn: Advanced, Monitor,
> Properties, Driver, Driver Update, with the original 1800FP Color Monitor
> disc in drive D. After a while, I get: "The wizard could not find a better
> match than the software you currently have installed. To search again in
> another location, click Back."
>
> At this point, I don't know how to proceed, or where to search. Any advice??

=?Utf-8?B?QWxleA==?= wrote:
>
> This is a recent problem. My Display is "Dell 1800 FP(Analog) on DDR ATI
> RADEON 9700 TX w/TV-OUT." Lately, every time I re-start my computer the color
> quality opens at "Lowest (8 bit)" and I have to go into to Display on the
> Control Panel, check Settings, and set it back up to Highest (32-bit). For a
> while, the Screen Resolution was doing the same thing (i.e. sliding back down
> to 600 x 800), but now that seems to have corrected back to opening at the
> highest setting.

Your pc may have lost its specific video drivers. Re-install them.


> Any advice on how to get the color quality to STAY at 32-bit. I always shut
> down the proper way --- "saving your settings: etc., but upon restart, the
> color quality is right back down to Lowest (8-bit).
> --
> Thanks, Alex

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