Article ID: 90740 - Last Review: October 14, 2003 - Revision: 2.0

Color Values for MessageBackColor and MessageTextColor Setting

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SUMMARY

SYSINI.WRI, which is included with Windows 3.1, contains the following descriptions of the [386Enh] entries for MessageBackColor and MessageColorText: 

  •    MessageBackColor=<vga-color-attribute>

   Default:  1 (for blue)
   Purpose:  Specifies the background color of message screens,
             such as the screen that appears when you press
             CTRL+ALT+DEL.

   To change:  Use Notepad to edit the SYSTEM.INI file.
						
  •    MessageTextColor=<vga-color-attribute>

   Default:  F (for white)
   Purpose:  Specifies the color used to display text in
             message screens, such as the screen that appears
             when you press CTRL+ALT+DEL.
   To change:  Use Notepad to edit the SYSTEM.INI file.

MORE INFORMATION

The values that can be used for these settings to change the colors are not included in the SYSINI.WRI or with the Windows Resource Kit, they are as follows: 
   0 - Black                 8 - Gray

   1 - Blue                  9 - Bright Blue

   2 - Green                 A - Bright Green

   3 - Cyan                  B - Bright Cyan

   4 - Red                   C - Bright Red

   5 - Magenta               D - Bright Magenta

   6 - Yellow/Brown          E - Bright Yellow

   7 - White                 F - Bright White
Once you change the values in the SYSTEM.INI file, you must save changes to the file, exit Windows and restart Windows for the changes to take effect.
APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Windows 3.1 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Windows 3.11 Standard Edition
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