part color

Help me! When I try to change part color or make a render, pro E 200i2 turn off.
I'll become crazy!
I have windows xp celeron 1300 256mb ram

 

Really big parts will do this. If your parts are about 800mb, you'll just
have to put up with them grey. I tried all sorts to get round this and
couldn't. If your parts are a more sensible size, I don't know what's going
on. Can you load parts in different colours from other machines and view
them in these colours? That at least will suggest your graphics card is
okay. If not, check your card compatibility and drivers, for a start.

 

I'm working with small parts and assemblies. I think I have same
broken dll in my system directory, but I don't know which are.

 

I think your best step is to reinstall xp, run liveupdate, and then
reinstall Pro.

Make sure you have backups of your data before you do this, and test them.