Ok I have a big problem with Video Screen Resolution.

[Guest]

Ok here goes. Everytime I try to go any larger than 1300x1024 windows xp home
sp2 keeps blowing up the image and makes everything almost inusable because
it made the image so large. And I know it shouldnt be doing that. I have an
ATI Radeon 9800 XT pro 256 mb vid card and i Know i can go up to 200 x
something. And I know my monitor supports it because i got it to handle
1600x1200 once. How Do I stop windows from blowing up the image all the time?
I've never even heard of this problem occuring in windows before at least i
think i havent. And I believe I have the most recent vid card driver. So If
someone for the life of me please help me, your help would be much
appreciated. This is so annoying its hard to describe how annoying it is. And
I want to operate at the resolutions my vid card and monitor can handle. So
please help me out. Thanks in advanced.


Master Jedi

 

[Juan]

Adjust Monitor Controls
http://www.g4tv.com/techtvvault/features/20418/Adjust_Monitor_Controls.html

Or download "Nokia Test" freeware to help you automatically set the controls
from the utility.
Windows3.x/95/98/NT/2000 (XP not mentioned but 2000 and XP are similar in
many ways so the application must work on XP also.)
http://www.freepctech.com/rode/004.shtml

 

[Guest]

I'm sorry to say that that utility didnt help at all. My screen resolution
still shows up as blowen up
Either that i dont know how to use it. Come on mvps. Please help me with
this probldem.

 

[Juan]

Video card problems are most times due to driver problems, maybe if you
reinstall (refresh) the driver or update it you might get better results.

You might find more specialized support here.
http://forums.nvidia.com/
http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?&forumid=21

All I could find on the Microsoft KB :
How To Change the Screen Refresh Rate of Your Monitor in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311403/en-us
This step-by-step article describes how to adjust the refresh rate of your
monitor in Windows XP. How to Change the Screen Refresh Rate of Your Monitor
Click Start, click Control Panel, click Appearance and Themes, and then
click Display....

You cannot adjust your portable computer's LCD display contrast or backlight
controls in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843617/en-us
Describes a problem where you cannot adjust the LCD display contrast or the
backlight controls on your Windows XP-based computer. Requires that you
install a hotfix to resolve the problem. (The hotfix might also cover the
resolution problem).

Windows XP and Windows 2000 do not natively support high-DPI screens
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/820286/en-us
Discusses the lack of native high DPI support in Windows XP and Windows 2000
operating systems.

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