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Complete Gardening: Unable To Set Zone On USDA Map

Article ID: 150030

Article Last Modified on 11/8/2001

Microsoft Complete Gardening 96

This article was previously published under Q150030

SYMPTOMS

In the Plant Selector, when you click the USDA Zone Map to set the USDA plant hardiness zone for a specific location, nothing happens. The dialog message that is supposed to confirm that your zone has been set does not appear, and the USDA zone you selected is not recorded.

RESOLUTION

Change the display color depth to 256 colors.

MORE INFORMATION

This behavior has been reported with certain S3 video cards configured for High Color (16-bit).

To change display color depth in Windows, do the following:

Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
Double-click Display.
Click the Settings tab.
In the Color Palette or Colors box, click 256 Colors.
Click OK.
Restart Windows if you are prompted.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Complete Gardening for Windows, version 1.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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