Noel Giffin is my hero! These 
  instructions worked perfectly, and I am 
now happily switching back and 
  forth on Win XP Pro from windows 
applications to Fractint with no 
  problems. Thanks very much!

Marty K

On Wednesday, October 1, 
  2003, at 02:46 PM, Noel Giffin 
  wrote:
>>
>
> I have had success in 
  getting fractint to run under XP-pro on my new
> PC at work. 
  (Ssshhh!) I'll pass these findings on in hopes that it
> may help 
  others having problems. I was getting complete graphics
> garbage 
  except in very low res modes until I did the 
  following:
>
> 
  ---------------------------------------------
> fractint under 
  windows XP Pro
> Graphics environment: NEC MultiSync FE991SB on 
  Intel 82865G Graphics 
> Controller
> Windows screen 
  resolution set to 1280x1024
> Colour quality - low (8 
  bit)
>
> Colour quality must be set to low or it 
  won't work. If the 8 bit modes
> are not displayed you may have 
  to add them. From the control panel
> double click on the display 
  icon.
> Select the Settings option.
> On the display 
  properties window check your colour quality setting.
> Select 
  8-bit. If not present select the advanced options button to 
> 
  display
> more control tabs and select the Adaptor 
  tab.
> From that screen select 'List all Modes' to pop up a small 
  window
> showing a complete list of all valid graphics modes for 
  your graphics
> adaptor. Scroll through until you find an 
  appropriate 256 colour mode.
> It doesn't have to be 1024x768. 
  After your selection is highlighted
> click okay to switch to 
  that mode.
> Make sure that fractint's compatibility mode is set 
  to 256 colours
> from right clicking on the fractint icon and 
  selecting preferences.
> From the preference menu select 
  compatibility mode and under display
> settings select 256 
  colors. From Screen menu select full screen 
  option.
>
> Then double clicking on the fractint 
  Icon will start the program and
> I can now use shift-F7 to 
  select a 1024x768x8bit colour mode.
> All functions work 
  including colour cycling and the colour palette
> editor and mode 
  switching between text and graphics without loss
> of on-screen 
  fractal image.
>
> I am using the DOS UnivBE drivers 
  mentioned by Tim, as well, although
> I'm not sure they are 
  required. They wouldn't pass their self tests 
> until 
  I
> made the above changes to the windows graphics adaptor 
  modes.
>
> Hope this 
  helps,
>
> Noel 
  Giffin
>
>