Thank very much it worked asked to restore default colours and it worked ctl alt f8 is all it took.
I must be getting old as missed that menu item.
Peter
The colours on boot up are OK, used a colour monitor program 'passmark' and it is only the greys on the screen that are brown all the other colours are OK.
This is a strange problem I could reload my wifes computer from a backup of a few months back -computer is only used for emails- or do a...
I have a problem in that the monitor displays browns instead of greys.
If I capture a screen which displays a black to white blend the grey is brown, display a screen capture on another computer it is the correct colour.
Monitor and cable is OK as tested on another computer and also tried...