Native Resolution Issue

[J Wilson]

I have 298 laptops my section supports and recently we started running into
issues with higher native resolutions. Some of our users don't like the
higher resolutions because it makes everything too small, so we adjust them
to lower reslutions, but the settings revert back to the native resolution
whenever the laptops go to sleep, get removed from the dock or if someone
else logs onto them. We use HP and Dell laptops with various models. Is
there one setting in Windows XP Pro SP3 where we can "turn off" native
resolution? Thanks for any help
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[Elmo]

I have 298 laptops my section supports, and recently we started running into
issues with higher native resolutions. Some of our users don't like the
higher resolutions because it makes everything too small, so we adjust them
to lower resolutions, but the settings revert back to the native resolution
whenever the laptops go to sleep, get removed from the dock or if someone
else logs onto them. We use HP and Dell laptops with various models. Is
there one setting in Windows XP Pro SP3 where we can "turn off" native
resolution? Thanks for any help

This might help:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 30. Windows XP Doesn't Save User Settings

 

[Twayne]

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This might help:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 30. Windows XP Doesn't Save User Settings

Actually there could be many reasons for that, ranging from a program
protecting it against changes to the OS settings to Video settings. It might
be that the resolution/refresh rate you've chosen isn't reliable or stable
for those machines and it is being changed back for that reason. It could
also be the method used to make the changes; it may be session-related
instead of having made an actual change. You'll have to check each one to
see what its requirments are. It's also going to depend on things like
whether the video settings are set to require a reboot or are made on the
fly, which is my first suspicion. You often get a short period of time in
which to decide whether to keep the setting, revert, or keep them only for
the current session, reboot, etc., depending on the video card and BIOS.
I'd start by looking to see if there are similarities in the ones that
won't keep the settings. Then get one of them and evaulate it.

HTH,

Twayne`