Strange iMac behavior

Charles Martin chasm at mac.com
Fri Nov 21 14:08:12 PST 2003


> From: "Mark Taintor" <markwt at mac.com>
>
> I have a friend who's not on this list who's come down with a strange
> problem with his G3 iMac. Here's what he told me:
>
> I brushed the keyboard nervously
> while speaking to my wife. I was waiting for a web page to appear on
> AOL. All my colors reversed. I am typing white letters on a black
> background right now! I went into screen effects, desk top, colors,
> calibrate, millions of colors, etc. Nothing worked. I reset about ten
> times. The colors are correct for two seconds, then change to this
> kind of "negative" looking theme.
>
> I formed another user, and the colors were fine, but all my files are
> on MY identity. Very odd problem.
>
> I have an Imac G3 with 305megs of Ram and 10 Gigs of HD. OSX right of
> the box, first addition.

He accidentally turned on a utility for people with sight impairment. 
If he'll head to the "Universal Access" system preference panel, he 
will find a way to turn it back to "normal."

_Chas_

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