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From: timur@seas.gwu.edu (The Time Traveler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: How do I get large BMPs as desktops?
Keywords: BMP desktop
Message-ID: <3052@sparko.gwu.edu>
Date: 15 Apr 91 20:19:43 GMT
References: <1991Apr13.232322.7922@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Organization: The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
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>I tried a 787k .bmp file (1024x768x256) as wallpaper in standard
>mode and had NO problem.  But I also get an "unrecoverable application
>error...terminating current application" if I try the same thing
>in enhanced mode.  I also tried to do it with a 590k .bmp file
>(768x768x256) with the same results.
>
>So it's not your hardware--for some reason you just can't display
>large .bmp files as wallpaper in enhanced mode.
>
Not true.  It's your driver, not Windows.  My roommate has a Nec 4D
with a Hercules Graphics Station (1024x768x256) plugged into a 
386/33 machine with 4MB.  He can do it no problem.

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