Computer: eMachines with Intel chip 200 Mhz speed
Operating System: Windows 98
I tried several monitors but I'm still having this problem. Letters
look fine, but images (like photos on a CD) look very bad - almost
completely washed out and not good color at all. Is my video card
going bad ? What can I do to get the best image possible on the monitor
? This problem only exists when I load a disc with pictures stored on
it. Many thanks.

On 21 Jan 2007 20:21:08 -0800, "moonlite" put
finger to keyboard and composed:

Computer: eMachines with Intel chip 200 Mhz speed
Operating System: Windows 98
I tried several monitors but I'm still having this problem. Letters
look fine, but images (like photos on a CD) look very bad - almost
completely washed out and not good color at all. Is my video card
going bad ? What can I do to get the best image possible on the monitor
? This problem only exists when I load a disc with pictures stored on
it. Many thanks.

What is the colour depth of your graphics card, 256 colours, or 16bit
colour, or better?

- Franc Zabkar
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Hmmm I wish I could answer your question. How can I find out ? I'm sure
it's a matter of clicking the right buttons.



Franc Zabkar wrote:
On 21 Jan 2007 20:21:08 -0800, "moonlite" put
finger to keyboard and composed:

Computer: eMachines with Intel chip 200 Mhz speed
Operating System: Windows 98
I tried several monitors but I'm still having this problem. Letters
look fine, but images (like photos on a CD) look very bad - almost
completely washed out and not good color at all. Is my video card
going bad ? What can I do to get the best image possible on the monitor
? This problem only exists when I load a disc with pictures stored on
it. Many thanks.

What is the colour depth of your graphics card, 256 colours, or 16bit
colour, or better?

- Franc Zabkar
--
Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

moonlite spake thus:

Hmmm I wish I could answer your question. How can I find out ? I'm sure
it's a matter of clicking the right buttons.

For later versions (Windows 2000, for instance), you can just
right-click anywhere on the desktop (that is, *not* in any window),
select "Properties", and see your current video settings. Look at the
settings under the "Settings" tab. Think this is pretty much standard
across all versions of Windoze.


Franc Zabkar wrote:

On 21 Jan 2007 20:21:08 -0800, "moonlite" put
finger to keyboard and composed:

Computer: eMachines with Intel chip 200 Mhz speed
Operating System: Windows 98
I tried several monitors but I'm still having this problem. Letters
look fine, but images (like photos on a CD) look very bad - almost
completely washed out and not good color at all. Is my video card
going bad ? What can I do to get the best image possible on the monitor
? This problem only exists when I load a disc with pictures stored on
it. Many thanks.

What is the colour depth of your graphics card, 256 colours, or 16bit
colour, or better?


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On 22 Jan 2007 08:35:26 -0800, "moonlite" put
finger to keyboard and composed:

Hmmm I wish I could answer your question. How can I find out ? I'm sure
it's a matter of clicking the right buttons.

R-click a blank area of your desktop, select Properties - Settings,
and experiment with Colors and Screen Area. You might also like to
experiment with lower Refresh Rates (Advanced - Adapter).

Franc Zabkar wrote:
On 21 Jan 2007 20:21:08 -0800, "moonlite" put
finger to keyboard and composed:

Computer: eMachines with Intel chip 200 Mhz speed
Operating System: Windows 98
I tried several monitors but I'm still having this problem. Letters
look fine, but images (like photos on a CD) look very bad - almost
completely washed out and not good color at all. Is my video card
going bad ? What can I do to get the best image possible on the monitor
? This problem only exists when I load a disc with pictures stored on
it. Many thanks.

What is the colour depth of your graphics card, 256 colours, or 16bit
colour, or better?

- Franc Zabkar

- Franc Zabkar
--
Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

moonlite ha escrito:
Computer: eMachines with Intel chip 200 Mhz speed
Operating System: Windows 98
I tried several monitors but I'm still having this problem. Letters
look fine, but images (like photos on a CD) look very bad - almost
completely washed out and not good color at all. Is my video card
going bad ? What can I do to get the best image possible on the monitor
? This problem only exists when I load a disc with pictures stored on
it. Many thanks.

Probably your VGA card is working at 16 colors only, because it lacks
the proper drivers to achieve 16bit color depth (windows default
drivers aren´t proper drivers) or as other posters suggested, the
color depth is not correctly adjusted.