Windows 8 is Stuck in high contrast mode

Anonymous
2012-11-05T21:41:35+00:00

I just installed my new Windows 8 couple of days back and accidentally turned the high contrast mode. Now whatever I do I can not go back? Is anyone else having the same trouble? When I go to PC settings it lets me change the ON/OFF setting, the slider bar, but nothing happens.

I re-booted several times, changes those PC settings those many times but zilch! it is stuck in high contrast mode.

What should I do? any help/guidance would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

Mandar

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Anonymous
2012-11-10T04:41:03+00:00

I have come up with a solution to your problem.  I accidently clicked and turned on high contrast.  When I clicked to turn it off, nothing changed.  I went online to chat with an online Microsoft representative.  A man remotely controlled my computer to fix the problem.  I know what to do.  Go to your start page, then click on desktop.  Once you get to your desktop, RIGHT CLICK on the screen.  A small box will open to the right of the pointer.  Click on PERSONALIZE.  Then click on the WINDOWS theme under the 3 default windows themes.  You will click on the one with the flower on it.  This will turn off you high contrast

                                               Nathan McCloskey

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-04-19T17:18:23+00:00

    This worked perfect for me! I am not tech savvy at all so I appreciate when someone actually posts things that work.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-04-19T14:58:00+00:00

    Thanks Nathan!

    your answer actually helped me to over come such a situation. Latter on  I have observed that High contrast is nothing but a theme and it has 4 sub themes.

    If you click the desktop and > right click on the desktop > Personalize > you will find all the themes which includes highcontrust as well.

    Therefore, to click anyone apart from the highcontrast will resolve the problem.

    Thanks

    Dr. Niloy Sarkar

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-04-12T18:08:59+00:00

    I have come up with a solution to your problem.  I accidently clicked and turned on high contrast.  When I clicked to turn it off, nothing changed.  I went online to chat with an online Microsoft representative.  A man remotely controlled my computer to fix the problem.  I know what to do.  Go to your start page, then click on desktop.  Once you get to your desktop, RIGHT CLICK on the screen.  A small box will open to the right of the pointer.  Click on PERSONALIZE.  Then click on the WINDOWS theme under the 3 default windows themes.  You will click on the one with the flower on it.  This will turn off you high contrast

                                                   Nathan McCloskey

    Awesome, simply frick'n awesome!  Thank you ever so much for posting that.  I inadvertently turned my husband's brand new Win 8.1 Update machine to high contrast and couldn't figure out how to turn it off.  This works perfectly!!!

    Lindaa

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-04-11T16:02:45+00:00

    WOW!!!  That worked.  How awesome!!!

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