How do I fix my laptop's resolution issue?

[chefcharity]

Are there any computer people out there? I need some help...

I have a HP Pavilion laptop with Vista on it. Yesterday, as I was typing, a new hardware warning popped up. I did not want to do anything with it, so I said 'remind me later'. After that my resolution is HUGE! I have tried restarting, I have taken any new programs off the computer, I have changed (tried to) the resolution in the control panel and I have restarted a dozen times. No difference.

Seems like I had this problem once a while back - when it was still under warranty. I called the help desk then and they walked me through some steps to take. Of course, I don't remember what that was. Any help? Thoughts?

Thanks!

 

[ChefBeckyD]

Are there any computer people out there? I need some help...

I have a HP Pavilion laptop with Vista on it. Yesterday, as I was typing, a new hardware warning popped up. I did not want to do anything with it, so I said 'remind me later'. After that my resolution is HUGE! I have tried restarting, I have taken any new programs off the computer, I have changed (tried to) the resolution in the control panel and I have restarted a dozen times. No difference.

Seems like I had this problem once a while back - when it was still under warranty. I called the help desk then and they walked me through some steps to take. Of course, I don't remember what that was. Any help? Thoughts?

Thanks!

I know Janetupnorth is super busy this weekend - but try pm'ing her and see if she can help.

She's amazing with computers! (and everything else...)

 

[aalbert]

Try right clicking on your desktop, scroll down to personalize, then select display settings, you should see a resolution slider there, and slide it to 1024x768 and hit apply. Then you can adjust your personal pfreference from there by moving the slider. Hope this helps.......

 

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

I stuck with XP and have no intention of downgrading to Vista, so I can only guess this would be what to do on Vista. This is how it appears in XP and I bet it's the same for Vista.From the Start menu, launch the Control Panel and look for Appearance and Themes. The control for Change Screen Resolution should be under Appearance and Themes. A window will pop open with several tabs.Under the tab marked Settings, there should be a slider bar that you can use to change the screen resolution to a higher resolution (smaller windows) or lower resolution (larger windows.)

 

[chefcharity]

I know Janetupnorth is super busy this weekend - but try pm'ing her and see if she can help.

She's amazing with computers! (and everything else...)

Thanks Becky. Let me know what you find out. I have already gone to the control panel and re-adjusted my resolution arrow. No luck. The help desk had me restart and hold buttons down and stuff. Just can't remember exactly what it was. It is more of a problem than just that simple fix.

I appreciate your help!

 

[candiejayne]

I was just playing with my computer, it said my graphics driver was out of date and to update it. In the process, my driver got disabled and things went HUGE! Once I re-enabled it things went back to normal.

Go to control panel... device manager... click the plus sign next to the one called display adapters... right click on the program in there and click on enable if that is an option.

Not sure if that is your problem, but it's something to look into.

 

[chefcharity]

Well, I'm back to normal. I did an update from microsoft and it fixed it. Thanks for the input guys!

 

[candiejayne]

glad things are back to normal!