Re: background colors change at midnight



Hi mom,

Please run a Virus / Malware scan on the PC since it's been
getting worst recently. I don't want to alarm you, but there
may be a hidden application running without your knowledge.

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Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

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mom Wrote:
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| No. My virus scanner runs at a different time. The problem has been going off
| and on for several years, but has become much worse the last few months.
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|
|| Hi mom,
||
|| Do you have any applications that are configured to start
|| at midnight running on your PC? A virus scanner perhaps?
||
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|| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|| Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||
|| Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
|| MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
|| _________________________________________________________
||
|| mom Wrote:
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||| I like to play Age of Empires, The Conquerors, Expansion, Gold Edition. I
||| only play on my computer, not on line and for some reason at midnight the
||| background colors of my game change. Buildings and people stay the same color
||| but water turns purple and turquoise, and trees turn chartreuse and burnt
||| orange and you can see the underlying qrid lines of the layout. The only way
||| I've found to change the colors back is to save the game, then exit to the
||| main menu and select the saved game which then comes back in correct colors.
||| Sometimes it stays that way and sometimes not. Sometimes it will change
||| colors regardless of the time, but always at midnight.
||| I've checked the trouble shooting for the game but nothing comes close to
||| what I'm experiencing.


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