Color fades to B&W

[eastside]

Has anyone seen this happen when shutting down XP Home Edition:
* You click on "Start" then
* Click on "Turn off computer" and
* A window pops ups to turn off the computer

And you don't click on anything for a while, you just leave the window there without turning it off, and the monitors colors fade slowly and turn to black and white. As if you have B&W, no color.
If you click on "cancel" the color comes back. Or, I'm thinking it could be the Matrox quad card causing this.
Thanks.

 

[richtrader]

I actually think that, to quote a popular Microsoft tech support saying, "this behavior is by design".

It does it on mine, too. (XP Pro)

 

[eastside]

Thanks. Glad to know it's not the Matrox card. (Never know when you get stuff from EBAY.)

 

[Doubter]

Same here. Using XP home and ATI 8500 and 3dfx 3000 cards on two minotors and the both fade out together.

 

[canyonman00]

Quote from eastside:

Has anyone seen this happen when shutting down XP Home Edition:
* You click on "Start" then
* Click on "Turn off computer" and
* A window pops ups to turn off the computer

And you don't click on anything for a while, you just leave the window there without turning it off, and the monitors colors fade slowly and turn to black and white. As if you have B&W, no color.
If you click on "cancel" the color comes back. Or, I'm thinking it could be the Matrox quad card causing this.
Thanks.

It is by design that this happens.

 

[eastside]

Nice "feature"