I thank you for your reply, and I apologize for the one thing that I
forgot to mention:

My machine is a dual-boot system, WinXP and Win98SE.

The problem that I described on a previous message only happened to
XP,
and it doesn't happen at all to the Win98SE.

But I will do what you said, and see if the problem goes away.

Thanks !!


R. McCarty wrote:
> Here is what I'd recommend. First, Uninstall all nVidia driver
> packages. Download the latest Chipset driver set for your PC.
> Everest Home Edition, which is a software/hardware inventory
> tool can display that information for you.
> Install the appropriate Chipset package. Then download and
> install the latest nVidia software.
> Everest Home edition here:
> http://www.lavalys.com/products/down...ng=en&pageid=3
> nVidia Driver Menu page:
> http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
> It might also help if you redefined the driver for you monitor
> to a more exacting driver. Most monitors are defined simply
> as "Plug-&-Play". Check your monitor vendor's website for
> a driver.
> It would probably also be a good idea to go through Device
> Manager (w/ Show Hidden Devices) and examine both the
> Display & Monitor categories and check for "Phantoms".
>
> <penang@myrealbox.com> wrote in message
> news:1128857955.584786.150590@g44g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> > My Problem: XP keep drops back to 16 colors
> >
> > Hello all, greetings !!
> >
> > My XP system has a problem. It has a taste for 4-bit, or 16 color
> > display. No matter which setting I have determined, if I shut down the
> > computer, and reboot it, XP drops everything back to 16 colors.
> >
> > My display card is NVIDIA GeForce MX400 based, with 256MB of RAM on it.
> > It isn't any fancy top-of-the-line card, but it does get the job done.
> > My computer is a typical Pentium 4, with 2 GB of RAM. Not fancy, but
> > workable.
> >
> > The problem is that XP has a liking of 4-bit display.
> >
> > Everytime I turn on the computer, I have to get on "Control Panel" >
> > "System" > "Hardware" > "Device Manager" > "Monitors", to delete the
> > "default monitor".
> >
> > Then I have to get on the "display property" > "setting" > "advance" >
> > click on the "adapter" tab, and then click on the "List All Modes"
> > button to reset the display back to 32-bit (or 16-bit, or whatever
> > setting other than 4-bit, 16-color setting).
> >
> > If I do not delete the "default monitor" using the "Device Manager"
> > method, I can't change the color quality of the display.
> >
> > I have absolutely no idea why my XP machine loves the 16-bit color
> > display setting so much. I have a lot of friends having XP machines,
> > and none of their system have this type of "love affair".
> >
> > My question to you is this -
> >
> > Is there a permanent way to make my XP system to stick with whatever
> > display setting I chose for it ?
> >
> > I thank you for your help.
> >