Vista video settings

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Dazed and Confused

I just downloaded Turbo Tax, and a screen tells me my video settings are
640x480, or 256 colors or lower, and it cannot operate o those settings. My
settings are currently 1280x800, with color set on 32 bit. After spending
over an hour with TT, we could not find any other place to adjust video. I
have Vista Basic. My knowledge of computers are limited, but I no idea where
to go from here to go from here to resolve this issue. Any help would be
greatly appreciated.
 
Create a shortcut to the app, and use the setting for XP "Compatibility
mode" on the shortcut properties.

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Mark L. Ferguson

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"Dazed and Confused" <Dazed and Confused@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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>I just downloaded Turbo Tax, and a screen tells me my video settings are
> 640x480, or 256 colors or lower, and it cannot operate o those settings.
> My
> settings are currently 1280x800, with color set on 32 bit. After spending
> over an hour with TT, we could not find any other place to adjust video. I
> have Vista Basic. My knowledge of computers are limited, but I no idea
> where
> to go from here to go from here to resolve this issue. Any help would be
> greatly appreciated.
 
Thanks for your prompt reply. I did as you suggested, opening
thecompatibility tab on the properties of the shortcut, and it had no effect.
I even went to the target and generated a shortcut from there, with no effect.

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> Create a shortcut to the app, and use the setting for XP "Compatibility
> mode" on the shortcut properties.
>
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> "Dazed and Confused" <Dazed and Confused@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:1F3FD416-D3BE-4480-ABEF-952C4FB3C1B7@microsoft.com...
> >I just downloaded Turbo Tax, and a screen tells me my video settings are
> > 640x480, or 256 colors or lower, and it cannot operate o those settings.
> > My
> > settings are currently 1280x800, with color set on 32 bit. After spending
> > over an hour with TT, we could not find any other place to adjust video. I
> > have Vista Basic. My knowledge of computers are limited, but I no idea
> > where
> > to go from here to go from here to resolve this issue. Any help would be
> > greatly appreciated.
>
 
Without doubt Turbo Tax will find a fix for that before April 15 :).
I guess I would try it from Safe Mode next. (F8 on restart)

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"Dazed and Confused" <DazedandConfused@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> Thanks for your prompt reply. I did as you suggested, opening
> thecompatibility tab on the properties of the shortcut, and it had no
> effect.
> I even went to the target and generated a shortcut from there, with no
> effect.
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>
>> Create a shortcut to the app, and use the setting for XP "Compatibility
>> mode" on the shortcut properties.
>>
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>> interface.
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>>
>> Mark L. Ferguson
>>
>> .
>> "Dazed and Confused" <Dazed and Confused@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>> in
>> message news:1F3FD416-D3BE-4480-ABEF-952C4FB3C1B7@microsoft.com...
>> >I just downloaded Turbo Tax, and a screen tells me my video settings are
>> > 640x480, or 256 colors or lower, and it cannot operate o those
>> > settings.
>> > My
>> > settings are currently 1280x800, with color set on 32 bit. After
>> > spending
>> > over an hour with TT, we could not find any other place to adjust
>> > video. I
>> > have Vista Basic. My knowledge of computers are limited, but I no idea
>> > where
>> > to go from here to go from here to resolve this issue. Any help would
>> > be
>> > greatly appreciated.
>>
 
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