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having problem with lcd monitor cannot change screen resolution
having problem with lcd monitor cannot change screen resolution
- my lcd monitor keeps resetting to the lowet screen resolution making the visual appearance overly large and jagged. Have gone to control panel to tab in personalization to change resolution to the higher settings and it won't accept the changes - just reverts back to lowest - i can click apply and nothing happens - every once in a while when I restart it - the resolution will be okay - but then it freezes up and when I reboot - problem is back.1 person got this answerI do too
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Go to your Laptop/Computer Manufacturer's website > Drivers and Downloads Section > Key in your Model number > Look for latest Graphics/Video Vista Drivers for it > Download/install them.
Cheers.
Mick Murphy - Microsoft Partner- Marked As Answer byDavid_O - Support EngineerMSFT, ModeratorSaturday, November 14, 2009 9:41 PM
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screen resolution has set itself to the lowest setting so my lcd monitor is not good and I am unable to make the program accept my change to the resolutions settings. I go into the change resolution setting tab - choose the highest setting, click apply - then the screen flickers like it is applying the setting and I get the menu box that asks if I want to keep the changes - but the appearance doesn't change - and as soon as I go back to the tab - it is back at the lowest setting again - it won't let me change the screen resolution.
- Merged byDiana DMicrosoft Support, ModeratorTuesday, November 03, 2009 12:40 PMsame issue
Go to your Laptop/Computer Manufacturer's website > Drivers and Downloads Section > Key in your Model number > Look for latest Graphics/Video Vista Drivers for it > Download/install them.
Cheers.
Mick Murphy - Microsoft Partner- Marked As Answer byDavid_O - Support EngineerMSFT, ModeratorSaturday, November 14, 2009 9:41 PM
- My system has changed the screen resolution to the lowest setting - my lcd monitor requires high resolution for visability. I am unable to get the program to accept changes in the personalization tab. I click on higher resolution, click apply, the screen comes back up exactly the same, ignoring the change, just reverts back to lowest. Problem has happened intermittently for a day or two - and reboot would fix. Now no matter how I restart, roboot, no change. Makes most programs unusable
- Merged byChris.H - Support EngineerMSFT, ModeratorFriday, November 20, 2009 5:59 PMDuplicate
- Hi,
Try using System Restore back to a point before this happened :
How to Do a System Restore in Vista
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76905-system-restore-how.html
Hope this helps.
Rob - Bicycle - Mark Twain said it right. - Hi,
There may be a problem with your display adapter driver. I would try downloading a new driver from the manufacturer (not windows update), then uninstall the existing ones, reboot and load the new file set.
Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Windows help - www.rickrogers.org - Am not sure how or why - but it seems to be arbitrary - just anytime something freezes up - or changes - it goes back to the lowest
- This is a system I have had for awhile - problem has been happening for about a week intermittently - my screen resolution keeps changing itself back to the lowest setting which is incompatible with my high resolution lcd monitor. I am unable to get it to accept changes to the resolution through personalization. I can go into that tab - click on the resolution I want, click apply and nothing - just reverts back to the lowest and then sometimes minutes, sometimes hours later, it will let me change it.
- Merged byChris.H - Support EngineerMSFT, ModeratorFriday, November 20, 2009 5:59 PMDuplicate
- This usually means the video card is failing. You can try updating its drivers - a cheap and easy fix - first, but if you've already done that or it doesn't help, swap out the video card for a known-working one.
General information about drivers:
Never get drivers from Windows Update. Get them from:
1. The device mftr.'s website; OR
2. The motherboard mftr.'s website if hardware is onboard; OR
3. The OEM's website for your specific machine if you have an OEM computer (HP, Dell, Sony, etc.).
Read the installation instructions on the website where you get the drivers.
To find out what hardware is in your computer:
1. Read any documentation you got when you bought the computer.
2. If the computer is OEM, go to the OEM's website for your specific model machine and look at the specs (you'll be there to get the drivers anyway)
3. Download, install and run a free system inventory program like Belarc Advisor or System Information for Windows.
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html - Belarc Advisor
http://www.gtopala.com/ - System Information for Windows
MS-MVP - Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! - I just answered this in your later thread. No need to make two posts about the same subject only a little while apart.
MS-MVP - Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
