Display Wont Change

MY COMPUTER WILL ONLY SHOW 16 COLORS WHEN I TRY TO CHANGE AND IT TELLS ME TO RESTART COMPUTER IT GOES BACK TO 16 AND WE GO OVER AND OVER AGAIN WITH NO RESULTS. MY SON CHECKED THE EXTEND BOX ON DISPLAY AND I CANT GET IT OFF. THAT MIGHT BE PROBLEM NOT SURE. ALSO EVERYTIME I TURN OFF COMPUTER I HAVE TO RELOAD WINDOWS BECAUSE IT SAYS INTERNET EXPLORER NOT RESPONDING IF I DON'T ANY HELP ON THESE ISSUES WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED, IVE TRIED EVERYTHING THANKS:

 

ALSO EVERYTIME I TURN OFF COMPUTER I HAVE TO RELOAD WINDOWS BECAUSE IT SAYS INTERNET EXPLORER NOT RESPONDING

Lets start at the beginning please.

First thing we need to know what do you have for a machine ?

Then we need to clear up what you mean by having to reload Windows.

At what point does the message appear ?

Does the message say Internet Explorer or Windows Explorer or just plain Explorer ? There is quite a difference between them.

Internet Explorer is the Browser which unless something is trying to connect at bootup should not come into play until you do try to connect.

Explorer or Windows Explorer ( same thing ) involves the OS.

BillyBob

 

when windows starts to load it stops responding and when i click ctrl and alt and delete it says explorere not responding and when i click on end task i lose everything and have to reboot and load windows again i have a microsource computer was gift dont know much about it did take your advice on display and worked thanks now i can view pics of new granddaughter

 

OK. From what I read into the above is a Windows operating system problem.

As I mentioned before Explorer is the OS. IEXPLORE would be the Browser.

And when you select delete on Explorer and you lose everything that is normal. Windows needs Explorer.exe to run.

I do not know a thing about your microsource computer so I can not say how but it reads like a re-install of the OS is in order. But how you would go about it depends on your machine and which version of 98 you have.

BTW. Have you done a system wide Virus check lately ?

BillyBob

 

i am scared to restart computer now that i have color right the microsource does not have a webpage i did run virus scanner it is saying no virus. do you think i will lose everything if i cut computer off? i've been working on this thing for about a month and it is really agitating when i have to load windows every time i get on it. please let me know what you think

 

do you think i will lose everything if i cut computer off? i've been working on this thing for about a month and it is really agitating when i have to load windows every time i get on it. please let me know what you think

Yes, you could lose things if you shut it down.

I agree to the agitation part.

Don't know what to think other than seing about re-installing the OS.

But maybe soneone else will jump in here with some ideas.

BillyBob