New PCAnswers website section
We are proud to announce the official launch of our all new Tutorials section. Many of you may remember the tutorial section from the old PCAnswers website. Well now it's back with more up-to-date tutorials, guides, tips and tricks. If you're in desperate need of help or are looking for something interesting to do with your PC then this is the place for you.
Right now at the time of launch the section only hosts two entries, however we'll be adding a few each day for a week or so, then after that period we will update slightly less frequent. The ultimate aim of the PCAnswers Tutorials section is to make a one-stop-tutorial-shop that covers any and all of your computing needs, so watch this space.
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32 bit colour depth
richgriff - 7 September 2008 - 7:35pmi recently bought a pc theory test game and installed on my pc but then it told me that i needed a 32bit colour depth???????
i checked in conrol panel and i only have 16bit and 24bit!!!! do you know what i can do to get the 32bit??????????????
Hi Rich, This is sort of the
Scott Ewart - 8 September 2008 - 8:23amHi Rich, This is sort of the wrong area to post that question, Really it should be in here: http://www.pcanswers.co.uk/forum/12 - regardless I'll answer try answer. I really need more information however like:
Most likely this is down to the age of your computer or the specification. Most likely the problem lays with your Graphics card, if this is very old (like 7-8 years+), then that's the problem. Another issue could be that you don't have the drivers installed for this Graphics Card. To check if everything is in order (I'll assume you are using Windows XP), goto Start > Control Panel, once here open System, then click the Hardware tab. Now find and click the Device Manager button, this will open a new window. In the device manager check for collapsed entries that have a yellow exclamation mark next to them. If there are any there, get back to me here.
The second possibility could be that you're using an old monitor, If it's a CRT, then this could be the case. In the olden days of computing the monitor family was categoried into VGA and SVGA (super VGA), these two determined the max colour depth. You might find that your monitor falls into this old technology type. If so the old solution is to get a new monitor.
The third possible issue could be that you've got your resolution too high for your monitor, some monitors have a max resolution, going beyond that using the standard plug and play driver can cause you to loose colour depth options. If so try a lower resolution.
The forth and final possible issue is that you could be using an old version of Windows that is too old for your hardware. If you're using Windows 95 - 98, then it might not have any drivers suitable for your monitor.
If you can let me know your Spec and/or which of the possibilities above apply then I might be able to solve the issue, however all fingers point to either a missing driver or old hardware/OS.
Video Tutorials
inkdrop - 11 September 2008 - 7:53pmKeep this Short but Sweet
Video Tutorials on the PC Answers website - Great!
Keep up the Good Work
Inkdrop
Brilliant
babyblur - 13 September 2008 - 2:42pmHi
I've just come across this section and already find it immensely useful. Thanks
Steve
Thank you both for your kind
Scott Ewart - 15 September 2008 - 1:54pmThank you both for your kind words, we will continue to develop this section over the months and hope to make it an essential source of solutions and information. Do you chaps feel that a list version should be available? as the current version is searchable and filterable, however it's not practical for viewing multiple entry names. Having a table/list view would be easy to do.