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hi leo i cant change my screen resolution its on 640x480 .and its realy annoying me because its a crap picture.
well i read the article on it but i dont no how to install my graphic card thing and when i got my pc it never came with a disk or anythink can you help please or anyone? email me at jason.jaws.13@hotmail.co.uk
Mine is an older system that I replaced the hard drive on. I reran the windows 98 SE CD and it installed fine But now it only gives me two color choices (16 color or 2 color) and the resolution will not slide off of 640x480...Help!
Posted by: Ted Davis at May 16, 2006 4:59 PMI have one sony PCV-671, Nvidia Geforce4 MX 4000, windows XP professional.
Every 30 seconds the windows change my resolution to 640x480.
I try a lot things
i'm having the same problem on my 98 i can't change the res, and i have a g force fx 5200 installed in to? any help,
pazik04@sbcglobal.net
Posted by: kevin p at September 13, 2006 5:35 PMI am having similar rpoblems with my HP laptop running GeForce Go5700 video card. I've repaired Windows XP and was finally able to change the display mode from 640x480 (8 bit) but can't boot with out going into safe mode. During repair sequence my video display flashed repeatedly. I have uninstalled/reinstalled drivers, etc. and am running out of ideas... monitor is set to default ,,, Thanks, Leo!
Posted by: Steve at September 27, 2006 7:42 AMi am running a dell dimension 3000 and i cant change the screen resolution. but it also does not say display adapters in device mannager. what do i do?
Posted by: charles at October 5, 2006 4:41 PMmy graphics card is not installed. i dont have the disc i think. i think that is why my computer will not go to higher screen resoltion. how can i get the disc for the graphics card. the card is the default card from the factory
Posted by: charles at October 5, 2006 5:50 PMI need help too, When ever i start such programs as Windows messenger live or Itunes, My computer the last few days seems to throw itself int 640x480 mode with low 16 bit colour, Does anyone know why its doing this, i thought it was a virus so i brought Zone alarm, but nothing... its just getting really frustrating with all my Studies and just finishing highschool please help ASAP
Posted by: Brett at October 22, 2006 4:21 AMIf you're saying that the resolution changes when you run those programs then this article might be appropriate: http://ask-leo.com/why_does_my_screen_resolution_change_when_i_run_this_program.html
Posted by: Leo Notenboom at October 22, 2006 11:55 AMHey..My friend Meg is having trouble with the 640x480 prob.. 16bit or 2it colours..and the slider wont move, and the screen is tiny in the middle of her screen. She has a windoes 98 laptop..and she had her screen FULL SCREEN once before..and suddenly this happened. Could anyone please e-mail me at "mad_muskie@hotmail.com" for help please. Thanks guys!
Posted by: Alex at October 23, 2006 5:19 PM
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