Video Cards

My system at home started acting up a couple of weeks ago and I'm
trying to figure out if it's my video card dying, W2k freaking out or
possibly a virus that Norton can't see.

It is a P3-500. Has a Stealth Diamond S540 video card.

It is now showing some icons on the desktop in what appears to be 256
colors rather than the true color it is supposed to.

I cannot launch Diablo II. I says it has encountered an error loading
DirectDraw.

It appears to only be certain icons, not all. IE 6, Illustrator 10,
Corel 10 to name a few that show funny.

I have tried everything I know how to do. Double check display
settings, reinstall adapter drivers, reinstalled windows over itself.
It is using the same monitor I've had on it for 3 or 4 years. A Socos
17" display.

The only things I can figure are:

a. The video card is dying or b. Windows has freaked out and I'll have
to reformat.

Has anyone seen this before?

Thanks,
Jason

Try TweakUI for Win2k. It has a rebuild icons feature.
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> My system at home started acting up a couple of weeks ago and I'm
> trying to figure out if it's my video card dying, W2k freaking out or
> possibly a virus that Norton can't see.
>
> It is a P3-500. Has a Stealth Diamond S540 video card.
>
> It is now showing some icons on the desktop in what appears to be 256
> colors rather than the true color it is supposed to.
>
> I cannot launch Diablo II. I says it has encountered an error loading
> DirectDraw.
>
> It appears to only be certain icons, not all. IE 6, Illustrator 10,
> Corel 10 to name a few that show funny.
>
> I have tried everything I know how to do. Double check display
> settings, reinstall adapter drivers, reinstalled windows over itself.
> It is using the same monitor I've had on it for 3 or 4 years. A Socos
> 17" display.
>
> The only things I can figure are:
>
> a. The video card is dying or b. Windows has freaked out and I'll have
> to reformat.
>
> Has anyone seen this before?
>
> Thanks,
> Jason