Microsoft KB Archive/228264

= Baseball 2000: Black Screen Is Displayed After You Click "Play Ball" =

Article ID: 228264

Article Last Modified on 7/4/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Baseball 2000

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This article was previously published under Q228264



SYMPTOMS
When you start Microsoft Baseball 2000, you may experience either of the following symptoms after you click Play Ball:
 * The screen may turn black.


 * Text may not be displayed properly on the screen.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if Microsoft Windows is not configured to use a High Color (16-bit) color palette.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, configure Windows to use a High Color (16-bit) color palette. To do this, follow these steps:


 * 1) Press ALT+F4, and then click OK to quit Baseball 2000.
 * 2) Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
 * 3) Double-click Display.
 * 4) Click the Settings tab.
 * 5) In the Color Palette or Colors box, click High Color (16-bit).
 * 6) Click OK. If you are prompted to restart the computer, do so.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Baseball 2000, version 1.0.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about display issues in Microsoft Baseball 2000, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

228084 Baseball 2000: How to Troubleshoot Graphics Issues

Additional query words: 1.00 msgame bball2000 bball2k blank empty

Keywords: kbbug kbdisplay kbenv kbpending KB228264

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