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How can I set the color depth to 8-bit in Windows XP?
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How can I set my resolution to use 8-bit color on Windows XP? I can only pick 16-bit, 24-bit, and 32-bit color. I know 8-bit is possible because if I have two monitors, and I run a really old game that changes the resolution to something like 640x480 @ 256 colors, the other monitor still displays t…
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I think it is deliberately not possible to move to 8-bit as a desktop option. XP only allows older apps to force the issue because otherwise their palette switching tricks simply wouldn't work (without some sort of palette switching emulation that w…
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