1024x768 LCD Screen won't change to 800x600 or 640x480

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Hi Experts! (and any Inspiron-1100 user who can help
1....When I change the resolution on my new Dell Inspiron-1100 notebook from 1024x768 to 800x600, the resolution will not change, but the screen area gets cropped all around the 4 edges. Therefore less information is displayed, but still at the same size. The same thing happens with 640x480. OS is Windows XP Home
2...I don't have an external floppy drive, but I have a CD-RW/DVD combo. How do I make a CD from which I can boot up in MS-Dos mode? And how do I use it to boot up safely?
 
There is no such thing as dos mode in winxp, you can boot from winxp
installation disk, to access recovery consol. Which gives access to dos like
commands.
Resolution; you probably need to resize yr desktop after changing
resolution.
You can also change size of your Fonts.
Personally, you like me, probably need glasses!

ChristopherP said:
Hi Experts! (and any Inspiron-1100 user who can help)
1....When I change the resolution on my new Dell Inspiron-1100 notebook
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from 1024x768 to 800x600, the resolution will not change, but the screen
area gets cropped all around the 4 edges. Therefore less information is
displayed, but still at the same size. The same thing happens with 640x480.
OS is Windows XP Home.
2...I don't have an external floppy drive, but I have a CD-RW/DVD combo.
Click to expand...
How do I make a CD from which I can boot up in MS-Dos mode? And how do I
use it to boot up safely?
 
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