| Windows 7: I got XP mode to display 24-bit color with integration! |
25 Nov 2010
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#41 | | Windows 7 Professional (x64) Los Angeles |
Glad to see this thread is still helping people after all this time! | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Cyberpower, Inc. OS Windows 7 Professional (x64) CPU AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Motherboard Gigabyte AMD MA770T-UD3P AM3 DDR3 1666+/1333/1066 Memory 6GB (3 x 2GB) Kingston DDR3 1333 SDRAM Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Sound Card Onboard 7.1 Sound Monitor(s) Displays Samsung 24" SyncMaster 2422 Screen Resolution 1920 x 1200 Keyboard HTK-1001 Mouse Razer Viper PSU Kingwin 700 Watt Power Supply Case Silver X-Cruiser 2 Mid No Power Cooling Asetek 120MM Watercooler Hard Drives 500GB Sata II 3.0GB 16MB 7200RPM,
Western Digital 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive Internet Speed Incoming: 2496 kbps, Outgoing: 512 kbps |
06 Apr 2011
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#42 | | Win 7 Ult + Starter, XP Pro +Home, 2kAS, Linux Mint 8, SuperOS |
Just a little tip: Without integration features enabled, the built-in driver for Windows Virtual PC S3 Trio 32/64 graphics offers 32-bit colour for XPMode and other Windows virtual machines, which is slightly easier on the eye for longer periods and reading from the screen, but not so good with screen repaints when windows are moved, etc., which appear fragmented and blocky. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Acer 7520, Packard Bell dot se, Acer travelmate 2423 OS Win 7 Ult + Starter, XP Pro +Home, 2kAS, Linux Mint 8, SuperOS CPU AMD 64 Athlon X2 , Intel Atom N450, Intel Celeron M 1.50 Ghz Motherboard Acer Fuquene Memory 2.5GB ; 1GB; 2GB Graphics Card Nvidia GeForce7000m; Intel; Intel Sound Card Realtek AC57 Monitor(s) Displays 17" ;10.1"; 19" Screen Resolution 1440x900;1024x600;1440x900; PSU 19v Case Laptop Cooling Air Hard Drives WD 80, WD 320; Internet Speed 9.7Mb/s down 0.99Mb/s up Other Info ISP VIRGINMEDIA 10M cable broadband - D-Link DIR615 wireless router, 3Com OfficeConnect ASDL router used as wireless extender switch |
17 May 2011
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#43 | | Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit SP1 St Thomas, Virgin Islands |
Thanks much! 
Quote: Originally Posted by HughShaw I found an easier way to get 24 bit colors with integration on here.
1. Run regedit in XP.
2. Navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services].
3. Add a DWORD Value named "ColorDepth" w/o parenthesis.
4. Right-click it, modify, then put "4" in the Value data.
5. Restart XP mode. On another note, if you clicked the link above, you'll notice that he said 32-bit color is possible with XP mode, but you'll have to make extensive changes to the RDP! Excellent tip, Hugh! Changing from 16 bit to 24 bit made a difference. In 16 bit color the grays had a pink tint. Now in 24 bit, the grays are neutral. Go figure! | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build OS Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit SP1 CPU Intel QX9650 - Mild Overclock to 3.5Ghz Motherboard ASUS P5Q SE Plus Memory 16GB G.Skill F2-6400 at 840Mhz Graphics Card nVidia Ge Force GTX 550ti Sound Card On Board Monitor(s) Displays HP w2408h Screen Resolution 1920 x 1200 Keyboard Logitech Illuminated Mouse Logitech Wireless Trackball M570 PSU Antec Basiq BP500U Case CoolerMaster ATX ATC-210 Cooling Non-Stock Heatsink w/high speed CPU fan Hard Drives CRUCIAL M4 128Gb SSD, --
Two - WDC WD1001FALS-00J7B0 SATA's, -- One
WDC WD2001FASS-00U0B0 SATA |
17 Jul 2011
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#44 | | Windows 7 Pro x64 UK/Germany/NYC |

Quote: Originally Posted by HughShaw Glad to see this thread is still helping people after all this time! It's still helping in 2011. Loving the ClearType wizard link someone posted, and 24 bit color makes a HUGE difference (thanks for the .reg file, making it easiest of all). | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom build OS Windows 7 Pro x64 CPU i7-2600K @ 3.5GHz Motherboard Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD5 Memory 16GB DDR3-1600 Graphics Card Gigabyte HD5850 "OC" 1GB Sound Card basic motherboard onboard, with Logitech Z4 speakers Monitor(s) Displays 1.LG 27" E2750V, 2.Samsung 19" 913N Screen Resolution 1920x1080, 1280x1024 Keyboard Logitech Illuminated 920-000914 (Super super quiet) Mouse Microsoft Optical PSU Seasonic X-460FL 80+ Gold Case Fractal "Define R3" Cooling Scythe BIG Shuriken Hard Drives Intel X25-M G2 160GB SSD, 2TB SATA 600 internal, 2TB SATA 600 USB3.0 external Internet Speed DSL |
28 Sep 2011
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#45 | | Win 7 Pro SP1 64 Bit Northeast Ohio |
24 bit is a tad better but Microsoft after all these years should have been able to fix this. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build OS Win 7 Pro SP1 64 Bit CPU Intel Core i7 960 @3.20 GHz Motherboard MSI MS7522 Memory 24.0 GB DDR3 Graphics Card GeForce GTX 460 Monitor(s) Displays LG E2341 23 Inch Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Ms Wireless Mouse MS Optical Wireless PSU 700 Watt Case Haf 912 Cooling Fans Hard Drives 1TB Western Dgital 1002FAEX-00Y9A0
1TB Hitachi HDS721010CLA322 Internet Speed Cable Antivirus Avast Internet Security 8.0.1483/MBAM Browser Firefox 21 Beta 3 Other Info MalwareBytes Anti-Rootkit utility |
09 Oct 2011
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#46 | | Windows 7 Professional x64 |
OO glad to hear about the upgrade. I was worried that I would be stuck with 16bit | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Me/3 OS Windows 7 Professional x64 CPU Intel Q6600 Motherboard Asus P5QL Pro Memory 4gb ddr2 ram Graphics Card ATI HD 4850 1gb Monitor(s) Displays AOC 27" Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Microsoft Wireless Laser 6000 v2 Mouse microsoft wireless laser 6000 PSU 650wt Case RaidMax Dirktooth Smilodon Cooling fans Hard Drives 1tb
500gb Internet Speed cable |
06 Apr 2012
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#47 | | Windows 7 Professional x64 Service Pack 1 USA |
This is awesome! I just did this to my XPMode and it looks so much better! Thanks! | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion P7-1010 OS Windows 7 Professional x64 Service Pack 1 CPU AMD Athlon X4 645 Motherboard Foxxcon N-Alvorix RS880 Memory 6GB DDR3 1066 Graphics Card Sapphire Radeon HD 5670 512MB Sound Card Realtek Integrated Audio Monitor(s) Displays HP 2011x Screen Resolution 1600x900 Keyboard HP OEM- Made by Chicony Mouse HP OEM- Made by Logitech PSU Seasonic S12 II Bronze 380 Watt Case HP OEM Cooling Coolermaster Heatsink, AVC Case Fan Hard Drives 1. Crucial M4 128GB SSD
2. 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 RPM
3. 1TB Western Digital Caviar Green 5400RPM Internet Speed 20MBit Down/4 Up Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials Browser Internet Explorer 9 I got XP mode to display 24-bit color with integration! problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 07:23 PM. | |