Form "Losing colours" - nVidia Card Installed (2 Viewers)

[RaptorRaptur]

I am using Access 2003 on an old desktop running Windows XP. I have an application that requires extensive use of colours. This was running perfectly until:
I had an nVidia card installed to allow me to use 2 monitors at the same time.
After tweaking the appearance, I went back to my Access program and found that all my colours had disappeared.
Anyone have a similar problem and how to solve it?

 

[The_Doc_Man]

First thing I would do is visit web pages that offer "color test" pages to verify that a non-Access utility (the web browser) does or doesn't retain normal coloration. Or play with Paint, Word, PowerPoint, or Excel - all of which have the ability to assert a color from an app-based palette but which use different methods for implicit colors. OR - depending on your PC's original vendor - there might be some program diagnostics that include a screen color test, which would likely bypass system themes completely.

I mention System Theme because a common "gotcha" is using System Theme as a color choice, because a change of System Theme affects everything. Essentially, one choice at the system level changes every color in any of your controls.

How to solve it, like many old Bugs Bunny cartoons, requires us to first CATCH the rabbit that has run off with your colors. After that, the fix might be easier.

 

[Mark_]

To add to Doc's comment, in the video settings you can also select number of colours. I remember this because one user had set theirs to (iirc) 16, then wondered why all pictures looked horrid. Could be a very quick first check.

 

[RaptorRaptur]

First thing I would do is visit web pages that offer "color test" pages to verify that a non-Access utility (the web browser) does or doesn't retain normal coloration. Or play with Paint, Word, PowerPoint, or Excel - all of which have the ability to assert a color from an app-based palette but which use different methods for implicit colors. OR - depending on your PC's original vendor - there might be some program diagnostics that include a screen color test, which would likely bypass system themes completely.

I mention System Theme because a common "gotcha" is using System Theme as a color choice, because a change of System Theme affects everything. Essentially, one choice at the system level changes every color in any of your controls.

How to solve it, like many old Bugs Bunny cartoons, requires us to first CATCH the rabbit that has run off with your colors. After that, the fix might be easier.

I've done what you suggested. There is nothing wrong with the colours in terms of the PC, Windows, Paint etc.
Someone suggested that Access 2003 does not react well to "scaling".
However, nothing I could find in either the XP screen and themes settings or thed nVidia settings where there was an option to affect scaling.

So short of throwing away my PC and starting again I have NO idea of what to do next