display resolution for games

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Hi Christopher,

"christopher" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2e2401c49dda$ab7aa730$a401280a@phx.gbl...
| Playing games such as Panzer General II and Diablo Lords
| of Destruction on my Dell laptop using Windows XP Home
| Edition the screen resolution stays at at 1280X800 so the
| game is just a small block in the middle of the display.
| How do I maximize the game to cover the entire screen? I
| have tried to use advanced section of settings without
| sucess.

Try pressing Fn + F7 on your laptop's keyboard. Hope that works. :-)

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