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

[Guest]

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?

 

[DL]

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!

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?