28th July 1999

When monitors went from monochrome to color, geeks were taken aback. Nowadays, we can get true-to-life colors on the screen. But, just because we can operate Windows with millions of colors doesn't mean we always should. In some cases, your video will become increasingly sluggish as you use higher color depths. To change your video's settings, right-click on the Desktop, select 'Properties,' click on the 'Settings' tab, then find the 'Color' drop-down box. '256 Colors' is probably too low, and 'True Color' is most likely too high. So what's the sweet spot? 'High Color (16-bit)' will give the average user all the colors s/he would ever want.