windows xp problems (only have 8bit color!)
 

i can only get 8bit color at my screen res (1024*768)...why?
how can i fix this?

buy a better video card?

try rebooting or if that doesn't work try uninstalling your video card and rebooting

where do i go to unistall it?

control panel > system > hardware tab > device manager

what tab?
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I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark and guess "display addapters".

do i need something here:

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Did you upgrade from 98 to XP? You might need to get the XP drivers.

well kinda...we had to put 98 on there but didnt upgrade...did a clean install...where would i find those drivers tho

Either www.nvidia.com or www.ati.com depending on what chipset your card has.

No.

Personally, I would put the sRGB Color Space profile there, default it and be done with it.

Well, it is definately a driver problem. Same thing happened with my friend. All that we needed to do was to install the drivers from the CD he got with his ASUS motherboard and all went fine.. You can check for drivers at your manufacturers site or ask windows to do so.

Go to: Control Panel>System>Device Manager, select the device with an alert symbol, right click on it and click on properties. In the window go to the 'drivers' tab and select 'Install Drivers' or 'Reinstall drivers'. Ask XP to search for appropriate drivers on the web. There is an option, i just am not remebering it...

put a new video card i had laying around in and it workd

Well at least you can play NES games in STUNNINGLY ACCURATE COLOUR