I can't change my screen resolution - advice?

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

"dmueller07" <dana.mueller@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1104620782.969793.184270@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Hi - I use the automatic update feature, and one of the updates
> installed changed my screen resolution and seems to have deleted the
> option I prefer (1400x1050). I've tried all the usual graphic/display
> fixes and none of them are working.
>
> Any thoughts as to how I can get that option back? Could I use System
> Restore to go back a day or so and get my old resolution back? What
> would that do to my system?
>
> Thanks,
> Dana
>
Turn the machine off. Then turn it on again. (Assuming windows XP or
2000.) After you start to get the bios screens up press F8, and keep
pressing it until you get a menu up that gives you a selection of safe boot.
Select that mode. Let it boot. When you finally get to a windows screen,
then right click on the mouse when the pointer is on the main screen.
Select properties, then select settings. Put it back to where you want it.
Then do a reboot. That should take care of the issue. As an alternative,
you can use an external monitor capable of the resolution you specified
before.

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

More information would be useful. No update installed by Microsoft
automatic update should do what you described, as they only
automatically install critical updates. They offer driver updates, but
they are not automatically installed.

In any case, however, an LCD display should always be operated at the
native resolution of the panel, whatever that is.

If a software change was made, system restore should get you back to
where you were.



dmueller07 wrote:
> Hi - I use the automatic update feature, and one of the updates
> installed changed my screen resolution and seems to have deleted the
> option I prefer (1400x1050). I've tried all the usual graphic/display
> fixes and none of them are working.
>
> Any thoughts as to how I can get that option back? Could I use System
> Restore to go back a day or so and get my old resolution back? What
> would that do to my system?
>
> Thanks,
> Dana
>