everything is so big!

[bill preston]

hi, i have had to reload windows XP and now everything is so big, how do i make it all a bit smaller?

thanks in advance!

[Cockney_si]

right click the desktop screen, left click properties, click the settings tab and drag the slider bar so that the numbers are higher ones.

[bill preston]

thanks for the quick response........... i just tried that and it says "out of range" on a black screen?

[ACtheTROLL]

you need drivers

sounds like you have loaded from a real cd copy rather than a recovery copy?

xp will do it's best using "vanilla" drivers (the ones that come on the CD)....
at worst this will restrict you to 640x480 (good enough to load the "real ones"
however ... the correct drivers will make your hardware work better

the sequence is ....
mobo
video
sound
anything else (look in device manager for red and yellow warnings)

when you load the correct video drivers for your card ... you'll then get the correct refresh rates and resolutions

[mushroom25]

if you don't have the original software for your pc components, run an "aida32" scan http://www.sofotex.com/AIDA32-download_L9326.h tml
which will identify the components for you so you can go to the maker's website & download them.

[bill preston]

thanks guys!