Fewer screen resolutions available after SP2 install

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Try downloading drivers directly from Via:

- go to http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=2&Type=1
- select Windows XP and Integrated Graphics
- select "S3 ProSavage integrated graphics (PL133/T, KL133/A & KM133/A
series)"

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"E" <ecognito2@earthcorp.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1baf9a527959e66e98968a@news.pacificwireless.com.au...
> Hi,
>
> Before installing SP2, I was running my monitor at 1280x960 resolution,
> which was absolutely perfect for me and my eyes.
>
> After installing SP2, windows will let me have either 1024x768 or
> 1280x1024 but nothing in between. Neither of these work as well as the
> 1280x960 resolution for me.
>
> Any idea why this has happened and how to get my favourite resolution
> back (short of rollback/reinstall).
>
> I've tried looking for alternative graphics card drivers, but they seem
> hard to track down and/or tell how up to date they are. The ones I've
> tried have had no effect.
>
> Graphics Card: S3 Graphics ProSavage 8A26 (KM133 chipset)
>
> Monitor: Sony CPD-G420
>
> Thanks!
>
> E.