Just updated my mums comp from win 98 to win 2000, went on the net and all her colours are shaded like this "+" (minus the speech marks) and not solid making it impossible to read text, also all pictures on web or photos are solarised rendering them useless. Does anyone have and clues as to what's wrong?\nAny help greatfully received
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try doing a update to the video card through microsoft.   if this still does not fix the problem find updated drivers for windows 2000 for the video card.
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i just bought an eMachines T 6410 four months ago.  The firewall never worked right.  I keep it disabled so that I  can run my email.\nAfter using my computer for about a month, a little star appeared in the botton right of my computer (right next to the time).The star would produce a little pop up to tell me that my version of windows xp is not genuine and that I can purchase a Genuine windows licence.  I've been ignoring it because I have all the paperwork for the xp and the genuine sticker is on the back of my computer.  It is a pain though.
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im not sure if there's a way to chage this, but im pretty sure its not in Windows (or whatever OS you're using). Mine (HP) dims or brightens the screen weather in Windows or just booting up. So, the only place i know to check would be BIOS: when your PC boots up, it will tell you to press F1 or F2 or F10 or F12 or maybe another key, but usually its F-something. so, press it when u see the message, look throught the menus to see if anything means like "don't dim the screen" or "screen always bright"...
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You can try Neowin XP THEME patch. It's free and you can change any colours you prefer. YOu can find it anywhere on the net, for example here:
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this will help\n\nhttp://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f1f367bx(VS.80).aspx\n\nmy VB is a lil rusty but i looked it up
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Many people are complaining that the text in their browser looks poorly after installing IE7. This is because IE7 enabled ClearType by default. Here is how to fix that problem.\nBe default, IE7 enables ClearType font rendering in the browser. Most people, especially those with LCD screens, will notice a big improvement (if ClearType is not installed already). However, many people will not like this type of font smoothing. \n\nHere is options for fixing it. \n\nYou may want to completely disable it: \n\n\n\n1. Open IE7 \n2. Open Tool Menu \n3. Click Internet Options \n4. Click Advanced Tabs \n5. Under Multimedia, clear the Use ClearType checkbox \n6. Click OK X 2
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Try this - you'll be surprised how many people have a degree of colour-blindness without realising\n\nhttp://128.121.139.89/SWF/ColorBlind21.swf
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The data is probably (hopefully!) still there, the system just cannot display it.  Head for Control Panel and poke around in Regional Options.  There's an option somewhere around (can't remember where exactly) that allows you to install further language packs - you'll need to reinstall Greek characters.  You may need your Windows 98 disc.
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I think that 3d effect with purple toolbars is only supported in Windows XP.\n\nYou'll notice that all your windows have flat blue frames, not like the fancy ones Win XP has.\n\nSo you can't help it...
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Hmm, if you've already lowered your graphics rendering thingy, reduced the fonts (like, in the on-screen messages), and changed the resolution on your games colors, i can't think of anything else.\nRAM is cheaper these days, so just buy more.  More computers these days have at least a Gig of RAM, it's the wave of the future!  Plus, games will just keep getting better and better, so eventually you'll need to keep up, so when's a better time to buy more RAM?\nGood luck
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Actually I had a similar problem. Surprisingly (and unfortunately) Windows 2000 does NOT have a compatability mode, like XP does. I eventually upgraded, but yea, my program wouldn't work. Give it a shot though. Good luck.
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Try opening the Accessibility Options icon within control panel.  If you can open this item then you would select the Display tab and uncheck the "Use High Contrast" checkbox.  Finalize this decision by clicking the Ok button at the bottom of this dialogue window.  This could be a quick way of fixing your problem.  Email me if you still have problems.\n\nYou could also try the shortcut keys...\n\nyou can turn High Contrast on or off by pressing the \nleft ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN keys
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yeah the software stuff could have messed it up u might have 2 much crap on ur comp. lol just try taken some of the stuff off cause it might b 2 loaded =)
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could be one of two things:\n\n- software problems: fix this first\ncheck for driver updates for both your video (graphics) card and your monitor. install the updates. if there aren't any updates then reinstall the lastest version of the drivers for both.\n\n- hardware problem\neither the monitor or the video card is busted. whichever one has a prob, it will stop working completely eventually. you're looking at repair or replace as your options here.\n\n\na 3rd, but less likely, culprit is the actual video settings. someone may have changed those by mistake so that the colours looked all messed up.
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Restore the windows to a back date. My friend had the same problem but his windows was 98 and he deleted clipboard file by mistake.
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Check out the display properties in control panel.  Some software lets you change the orientation of the screen image.  Otherwise, download any updates and do a thorough virus scan.  It sounds to me like a display properties, or joke program problem....\n\n-Zach
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****Updated response per update posted to by the asker***\n\nCan't think much more about what might be wrong, but after doing some research, I came across the following resource:\n(http://www.djvagon.co.uk/sonyhotkeyutility.html). \n\nI found it on a message board, and apparently, it has resolved the problem for the guy. The message can be found at the following \nurl: http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread25715-2.html). For convenience, this is what it asks you to do.\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n(previous answer)\nA lot of people are reporting problems similar to yours after reinstalling/formatting their computer.\n\nThe most common fix for this is:\n\nReinstall the HotKey utilitysoftware support for this function from Sony. Try checking their support site there is one here for 2000 so you may need to search for the XP\n\n\nhttp://www.ita.sel.sony.com/support/pc/pcgf270280/windows2000/