OL, itself, shouldn't amend your screen resolution.
Do you have any plugins installed in OL?
Have you updated your vid driver from the manu site, NOT winupdate?
Are you using onboard graphics? if so how much sys memory?

"Horizon995" wrote in message
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Outlook opens the display in 8 bit color quality so I have to change it to
32
bit if I want proper color rendition. Do I have to change something in the
registry, or will re-installing the program be the only solution?