This is the second time I am running the new download and I am getting very bad screen errors only on WinXP sp2 on Parallels window as a whole View menu OS Window usable for text only rainbow colurs in icons bands of false colours === when I do BETA testing for AOL localisation here is a standrd bug reporting system where I email a report in a standardised way from a browser window wih drop down menus OS processor etc etc YOU ARE HERE: Beta Tests > AOL 9.0 VR > Report a Bug == after one hour the flickers have stopped but the rendering of the image on the desktop is pixellated AHA it has dropped to 8 bit 1440 x 950 << so that is the error introduced by this beta on the second run >> full screen mode for the second tiome 1920 x 1200 8 bit again manually reset to 24 bit same res OK 32 bit forces 1689 x 1050 all on the Apple Cinema HD as a second screen going back from full screen mode 1920 x 1200 hangs on 24 bit when 1440 x 950 should be 32 bit when i made the setting Repeating the rotation ============ revolution drops to 8 bit instead of 24 THE BUG alt control on revolution back remains on 8 bit instead of going back to 32 bit put it on the "to be fixed" list please caching users own screen settings and reverting the reason it apparenly happened on the second run is that I rotated as a demo to a house guest towards the end of yesterday's session she, a pc user, gasped ;-) regards Hugh W ==================================================== System Software Overview: System Version: Mac OS X 10.4.8 (8L2127) Kernel Version: Darwin 8.8.1 Boot Volume: Macintosh HD Computer Name: Hugh Watkins’ Computer User Name: Hugh Watkins (hughw36) Hardware Overview: Machine Name: MacBook Pro 17" Machine Model: MacBookPro1,2 Processor Name: Intel Core Duo Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 2 L2 Cache (per processor): 2 MB Memory: 2 GB Bus Speed: 667 MHz Boot ROM Version: MBP12.0061.B03 SMC Version: 1.5f10 Serial Number: W86250BZVTG Sudden Motion Sensor: State: Enabled ATI Radeon X1600: Chipset Model: ATY,RadeonX1600 Type: Display Bus: PCIe VRAM (Total): 256 MB Vendor: ATI (0x1002) Device ID: 0x71c5 Revision ID: 0x0000 ROM Revision: 113-xxxxxx-086 EFI Driver Version: 01.00.086 Displays: Color LCD: Display Type: LCD Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Depth: 32-bit Color Built-In: Yes Core Image: Supported Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Cinema HD: Display Type: LCD Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Supported Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Rotation: Supported