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Computer Bob
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 9:50 pm Post subject:
8-Bit Display |
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I have a Windows 2003 Standard Terminal Sever that all of a sudden will only
display in 8-bit color. Both from remote and Console access. Although it
didn't make 100% sense to me, I did try a new PCI video card to see if that
would solve it but it presented the same result. It has been working great
for two years and no new software has been added although I consistantly
apply updates.
Any help is much appreciated
Thanks,
Bobg |
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Mark
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Mon Nov 14, 2005 1:50 am Post subject:
Re: 8-Bit Display |
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I ran the Microsoft Update on 11Nov05 on one of the W2K3 box, and after
rebooting, the display into a state that was completely different than
before running the MU. The logon screen was inlarged, and the blue
background changed into grey, the Task Bar became silver gray, the display
settings dialog box have the Blue color as background and most of the
Descriptions and Choices became unrecognizable. And they are the same in the
safe mode as well. The 16bit and 32 bit are still available but the display
settings seems completely out of order.
On 13th of Nov, I ran MU on another two W2K3 boxes, and the same thing
happened on both of them. ???????????????
"Computer Bob" <ComputerBob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3920A5E7-55CA-4D32-A6EC-3B2461BAB8D9@microsoft.com...
| Quote: | I have a Windows 2003 Standard Terminal Sever that all of a sudden will
only
display in 8-bit color. Both from remote and Console access. Although it
didn't make 100% sense to me, I did try a new PCI video card to see if
that
would solve it but it presented the same result. It has been working
great
for two years and no new software has been added although I consistantly
apply updates.
Any help is much appreciated
Thanks,
Bobg |
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Mark
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Mon Nov 14, 2005 9:50 am Post subject:
Re: 8-Bit Display |
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After removing KB896424, the problem was fixed. But why????
"Mark" <markxgzhang@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:epqku0K6FHA.2676@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
| Quote: | I ran the Microsoft Update on 11Nov05 on one of the W2K3 box, and after
rebooting, the display into a state that was completely different than
before running the MU. The logon screen was inlarged, and the blue
background changed into grey, the Task Bar became silver gray, the display
settings dialog box have the Blue color as background and most of the
Descriptions and Choices became unrecognizable. And they are the same in
the safe mode as well. The 16bit and 32 bit are still available but the
display settings seems completely out of order.
On 13th of Nov, I ran MU on another two W2K3 boxes, and the same thing
happened on both of them. ???????????????
"Computer Bob" <ComputerBob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3920A5E7-55CA-4D32-A6EC-3B2461BAB8D9@microsoft.com...
I have a Windows 2003 Standard Terminal Sever that all of a sudden will
only
display in 8-bit color. Both from remote and Console access. Although
it
didn't make 100% sense to me, I did try a new PCI video card to see if
that
would solve it but it presented the same result. It has been working
great
for two years and no new software has been added although I consistantly
apply updates.
Any help is much appreciated
Thanks,
Bobg
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Computer Bob
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Mon Nov 14, 2005 5:50 pm Post subject:
Re: 8-Bit Display |
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I removed that fix and it gave me back my 16-bit color. Things look much
better now but I still have one problem that I thought this would solve.
That is when I first connect via Remote Desktop, the screen that displays the
Windows 2003 pictures and has the prompt for your UID and PWD is all black.
All you see is the Windows 2003 picture and the cursor. I can't see where I
am typing. If I guess right and type in the dark, it will log me in and now
(because of the 16-bit color) the desktop looks great. I thought this was
due to the 8-bit resolution problem but this part of the problem still
remains. I wonder too about that Microsoft update and if another is causing
me this stress. Have you ever seen this?
Thank you very very much for responding, I never would have found that fix
for my color with out your help. That at least makes my client somewhat
happy as I can set their Remote Desktop connection to automatically supply
the UID and PWD and it bypassed this black screen and goes right to their
Desktop
Thanks again,
Bobg
"Mark" wrote:
| Quote: | After removing KB896424, the problem was fixed. But why????
"Mark" <markxgzhang@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:epqku0K6FHA.2676@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
I ran the Microsoft Update on 11Nov05 on one of the W2K3 box, and after
rebooting, the display into a state that was completely different than
before running the MU. The logon screen was inlarged, and the blue
background changed into grey, the Task Bar became silver gray, the display
settings dialog box have the Blue color as background and most of the
Descriptions and Choices became unrecognizable. And they are the same in
the safe mode as well. The 16bit and 32 bit are still available but the
display settings seems completely out of order.
On 13th of Nov, I ran MU on another two W2K3 boxes, and the same thing
happened on both of them. ???????????????
"Computer Bob" <ComputerBob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3920A5E7-55CA-4D32-A6EC-3B2461BAB8D9@microsoft.com...
I have a Windows 2003 Standard Terminal Sever that all of a sudden will
only
display in 8-bit color. Both from remote and Console access. Although
it
didn't make 100% sense to me, I did try a new PCI video card to see if
that
would solve it but it presented the same result. It has been working
great
for two years and no new software has been added although I consistantly
apply updates.
Any help is much appreciated
Thanks,
Bobg
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JohnK
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Mon Nov 14, 2005 5:50 pm Post subject:
Re: 8-Bit Display |
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I’m in the exact same situation. I manually ran Windows updates for a
Windows Server 2003 box on 11/12/05 and the display changed exactly as you
described. I also reproduced this on a test box this morning. Removing the
update you referenced worked on the test box. I’ll try it on my production
box tonight. Thanks for figuring this out!
"Mark" wrote:
| Quote: | After removing KB896424, the problem was fixed. But why????
"Mark" <markxgzhang@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:epqku0K6FHA.2676@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
I ran the Microsoft Update on 11Nov05 on one of the W2K3 box, and after
rebooting, the display into a state that was completely different than
before running the MU. The logon screen was inlarged, and the blue
background changed into grey, the Task Bar became silver gray, the display
settings dialog box have the Blue color as background and most of the
Descriptions and Choices became unrecognizable. And they are the same in
the safe mode as well. The 16bit and 32 bit are still available but the
display settings seems completely out of order.
On 13th of Nov, I ran MU on another two W2K3 boxes, and the same thing
happened on both of them. ???????????????
"Computer Bob" <ComputerBob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3920A5E7-55CA-4D32-A6EC-3B2461BAB8D9@microsoft.com...
I have a Windows 2003 Standard Terminal Sever that all of a sudden will
only
display in 8-bit color. Both from remote and Console access. Although
it
didn't make 100% sense to me, I did try a new PCI video card to see if
that
would solve it but it presented the same result. It has been working
great
for two years and no new software has been added although I consistantly
apply updates.
Any help is much appreciated
Thanks,
Bobg
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