display problems

[mwr1550]

Freinds system can't get anything more than 16 colors, lowest resolution. Would this indicate a driver problem? If so would it be monitor related or video display adapter?
Their system is as follows; cyrix mII 266 mhz processor
sis onboard chipset
win98 se
40g hd, 128mb sd ram

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[YODA74]

when you right click the desktop look under settings you should have 3 choices High color 16bit,256colors,True color32bit make sure you press Apply when you change it your not going to notice that much difference any way not to the naked eye.is this a CRT,have you gone to M$ update page it usually will pick up on a driver up-date?

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[mwr1550]

I don't know what they get when they right click on desktop, I have been talking with them on the phone, They tell me in control panel>display properties>settings>color pallette, all that is available is 16 color, not 16 bit.
They're not connected to the internet yet so they can't go online for drivers.

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[Fruss Tray Ted]

mwr,
You could get them for your friend and put them on floppy to load later. You'll need their system plus videocard info (or mobo if onboard video) if M$ doesn't have ones that will work.

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