My screen resolution stays on low bit 4,
when I move the slider to the normal position,
click Apply, it moves back down to 4 again.
All my desktop icons, games and Internet
windows are very pale colour, windows
have many dots in them which's very
difficult to look at.

I've tried downloading drivers and 1 didn't
complete yet it said it was 'safe!' The
others take far too long which uses my
Fair Use Policy (FUP) and with T-Mobile
Internet it goes very quickly, I can't go on
the Internet at all most of the time.

I also need help with my sound driver too.

My home PC's:

COMPAQ 2.4 40GB HDD DVD-RW XP PRO with
no system CD-ROM and Floppy disks, I bought
it second hand and didn't have any trouble until
recently.

Thanks

CHAMP44, June 2010

Temporary:
Switch to "classic" windows theme.
Switch for a colour sheme that display correctly without to much dithering.

Go on the Compaq web site and download the appropriate drivers for your system.
You will get a package containing all the needed drivers for your specific model.

Électro, August 2010

try starting in safe mode using plus VGA it may work ,but worth trying?

colin, June 2010