----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Parkinson" <wraithp@charter.net> > Small problem here. My computer hiccuped, so I am using my > hubby's. I installed 9.0 and then downloaded and installed > the patch to update to 9.02. I no longer have the option of > having my favorite parchment background. Instead I am left > with toning down the color by making a custom color, but > still have the pattern, which I do not like. > > Any way to fix this?? > > Kathy Parkinson > I think Margaret hit it squarely when she mentioned the windows color resolution. I had to try it, I knocked the color depth down from 16 bit to 256 colors, I have no texture choices anymore. (and the screen colors are YUCKY) I like the wood texture best, the medium one, because it is darker it seems that it is easier on my eyes. Alfred

>I think Margaret hit it squarely when she mentioned the windows color >resolution. I had to try it, I knocked the color depth down from 16 bit to >256 colors, I have no texture choices anymore. (and the screen colors are >YUCKY) >I like the wood texture best, the medium one, because it is darker it seems >that it is easier on my eyes. > >Alfred After poking around in an area I had no business (or knowledge) poking into (not uncommon for me sometimes) last year, I had the same problem, and that is precisely what corrected it for me. Apparently I had changed the settings, but in this case it is probably the default color settings on the new computer, but they can be changed. David *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 06/03/2001, at 4:00 PM, Alfred Eller wrote: <snip> MSgt David E. Cann, USMC (Ret'd) Phone: 540-372-7868 Fax: 540-372-7707 E-mail: decann@infi.net Family home page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~decann

Here's an idle comment: If you frequently use different windows color schemes or desktop themes, then if you set the FO screen color to the standard gray background then the FO colors will change along with the windows or desktop scheme colors that you use (as also will the colors of the other programs that you use). Wayne League