Posted on 09/06/2008 3:23:44 PM PDT by valkyry1
Computer problems. I just assembled a new machine and I cant get the browsers to recognize the coloring for background and text in FireFox or explorer.
Standby for sample screen capture
Need a bigger pic.
Yes I know, will try anther free hosting site.
Regards,
Is the check box checked that says “allow sites to override my text selections” or something to that effect?
Allow pages to choose their own colors is checked
Interesting... mine looks precisely like that, in IE, Firefox and in Safari.
Raises an interesting question for me: how is it supposed to look? I’e never known it any different...
I will swap over to the old machine and send a screen cap up for you.
In FF, when I uncheck the “Tools->Options->Content->Colors->Allow pages to choose their own colors, instead of my selections above” box, FR looks like your screenshot. If it is checked, try unchecking and checking it again.
I’ve been having a similar problem with my browser. Every time I check my bank account online, the number in the “available balance” area looks entirely too small.
Whoah! That really *is* different. Now you’ve got me curious (thanks!) — I am going to check my settings now...
(Hmmmmmmm... I never thought to question it before.)
Gut tells me it’s probably a driver thing (checking drivers)
Well, well, well. (I’m running XP) — I run “Add Hardware” wizard, and after stepping thru it my “Video Controller (VGA Compatible)” and “SM Bus Controller” are both showing as “The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28)”
I dunno about the SM Bus Controller, but the Video Controller being “Unknown” is bound to be problematic...
I’m running a Compaq, and because I do not like their default build I de-res’ed it and re-installed XP from the ground up. This tells me that Compaq probably had a driver that is specific to this machine that XP does not know about and cannot find.
I wonder if you are having a similar problem? What does your Control Panel say?
I would have to back over to the new machine, but I installed the drivers that came with the card. It is a new box I built.
An AMD dual core 3.0GHZ with 2 Gig of Ram, 150Gig SATA Hard Disk, CD-Rom writer, and 256MB video card all for $600!
I already had the OS etc
> An AMD dual core 3.0GHZ with 2 Gig of Ram, 150Gig SATA Hard Disk, CD-Rom writer, and 256MB video card all for $600!
Nice spec for $600 — I bet that thing screams!
> I already had the OS etc
What OS are you running?
XP Pro
I hung on to OS/2 as long as I could.
And I am no stranger to getting under the hood but Linux is to demanding, and there are not enough Apps for it.
So I am stuck with XP.
I quite like XP. UNIX is better-engineered by miles but I agree: not enough apps to justify the jump to Linux (yet). XP is the best Windows attempt yet.
My line-of-enquiry is going to start with this driver that my machine says is missing (Code 28) — it’s an obvious place for me to start.
Is it showing up that way on your machine?
Does you machine use onboard graphics or addon card graphics?
Either way you will need to determine the OEM of the motherboard and/or the graphic card to get the drivers.
The only message I have on this machine is for a USB controller, and I doubt that would have anything to do with my problem.
I just cleared the USB message.
It is fast.
The speed of my seems to DSL vary though and I wont pay for an entire cable package just to get fast internet.
> Does you machine use onboard graphics or addon card graphics?
No, it’s a laptop.
> Either way you will need to determine the OEM of the motherboard and/or the graphic card to get the drivers.
That’s simple enough. I wonder if it’s worthwhile?
> The only message I have on this machine is for a USB controller, and I doubt that would have anything to do with my problem.
If I had to stake my life on it, I’d say definitely not. Unrelated part of the architecture.
> I just cleared the USB message.
(Whew! Lucky for me!)
OK, so perhaps not a driver issue... might just be time for me to place a call to me ol’ mate “The Poison Elf” — if anyone knows where to look next, he will.
Stand by: it’s Sunday here and Himself-the-Poison-Elf may well be down at the rubbidy-dub pouring a few pints down his neck. Wouldn’t be the first time...
(grin!) even slow American Internet will be faster than what is available here in New Zealand, I reckon...
Now. As predicted, The Poison Elf was at his place of worship doing his libations. And he was full of the Spirit.
However, he had some sound advice: don’t take it as a “given” that it’s not a hardware problem. It could be. you have one machine that works the way you like, and one that doesn’t. Starting with the screen and working your way back, swap components and see if the problem moves. Use that to isolate where to look next.
(I should have thought of that — it’s obvious enough!)
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