Background Programs Change Color with Internet Explorer or Outlook Express for UNIX (258880)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 for UNIX on Sun Solaris
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 for UNIX on Sun Solaris
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 for UNIX on Sun Solaris
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0 for UNIX on Sun Solaris
This article was previously published under Q258880

SYMPTOMS

When you start Internet Explorer or Outlook Express with other programs running in the background, the background programs may lose some of their colors. This occurs when Internet Explorer or Outlook Express is the active program.

CAUSE

Internet Explorer works with a 24-bit palette (16 million colors). When it is reduced to only 256 colors on any platform, palette switching occurs because the palette being used to render a Web site or page does not match most of the 240 colors chosen by the operating system when it is running in only 256 colors.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

There is no setting that causes Internet Explorer to use a fixed system palette.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/26/2003
Keywords:kbdisplay kbenv kbprb KB258880
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