Display changes after playing game
I have an LG monitor hooked up to my computer. I was wondering why when after playing a game the screen (desktop) goes back to the default of Leopard and not what I had for my background?
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I'm having the same problem with my A200 and this works for me. Just open ati catalyst control panel, then go to color tab and press default. After you press ok in the dialog box, the colors will come back to normal.
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