After Effects OpenGL error on a Satellite A200-1M7

I am engaged in video development. Earlier I worked on an old computer (1.7Mhz, 256RAM, 64mb video).
I work in program Adobe After Effect, but today at work on Toshiba satellite A200-1m7
(It is very powerful computer Core 2 duo 1.8Mhz, 1024Ram 256mb Video), the program
gives out a mistake: After Effects error: OpenGL: Failed to share context - monitor color depth must be 32. (5044::0)
what is that means and as it can be corrected. Thanks!

Hi,
I am not sure if it helps but try the following:
Right-click somewhere in your desktop (the contextmenu opens), then click on "properties" and go to the tab "settings" where you can set the depth of the "Color Quality". Set it to the highest (32 Bit) and check if the error appears again.
It would be good if you give a short reply if it worked..
Greets

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