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"Luc The Perverse" <sll_noSpamli...@cc.usu.edu> wrote in message 
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> "Zealot The Crazy Lui" <ktwils...@NOSPAM.comcast.net> wrote in message 
> news:ltoic2hks234b5513n0hagtjpeguois3tp@4ax.com...
>> On 27 Jul 2006 17:23:49 -0700, "Greg" <grth...@magma.ca> wrote:
>>
>>>Anybody know why I get that pixelated screen resolution running SC or
>>>SC BW on my XP SP2 computer.
>>>
>>>The hardware is much better then when I first played the game 5 years
>>>ago but I went to plug it in and boom the graphics are all messed up.
>>>
>>>I've downloaded the latest patch and tried to tweak my graphic
>>>settings.
>>>
>>>Anyone know of a workaround to this problem.
>>
>> By "pixelated" do you mean freaky colors and shit? I've had that
>> happen, not really sure what causes it. Try reinstalling directx
>> and/or your video drivers.
>
> No - this is not the solution
>
> Usually this happens if the palette changes in the background while you 
> are working.
>
> In my experiences this only happens if you have an application in the 
> background running which is changing the desktop picture.  Typically you 
> can correct it by Alt-Tabbing out of the application and back in. 
> Switching between mission briefing and gameplay seems to fix it too.

Correct. And it also happens in Diablo AND Diablo 2.