Unfortunately, it's already set at 60 HZ. Let me give a little more
background.

This was my son's computer, and it had so much trash on it I said I'd
format the hard drive and add WindowsXP. I hooked it up to a spare
monitor I had, and the was perplexed to see that the display screen was
small. He was running Windows 2002 at the time. I went to the
properties and changed the resolution to 480x620 (?). Anyway, that
fixed the problem and the entire screen was filled.

I proceeded to format the hd and install WindowsXP. Everything was
fine throughout installation, but when Windows finished booting, it was
back to a small screen. I went back to properties, but the lowest
resolution in XP is 800x600.

I am at a loss as to what to do? I looked at the bios, but don't see
anything addressing this. Any comments will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Wesley Vogel Wrote:
> Try this.
>
> Right click a blank area of the Desktop | Properties | Settings
> tab | Advanced button | Monitor tab | Screen refresh rate.
>
> Fiddle with the refresh rate until your display fills the screen.
>
> You will probably have to lower the setting. Mine is set at 60 HZ.
> Some people advise against this setting. It's supposed to make your
> screen flicker.
>
> Mine does not flicker. 60 HZ is the only setting that allows
> the display to fill my screen.
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:dobie.211bzd@pcbanter.net,
> dobie dobie.211bzd@pcbanter.net hunted and pecked:
> I'm not talking about the fonts here. No matter what size font, the
> entire size of the screen is about 1/3 normal size. I have adjusted
> the switches on the monitor itself (left, right, up, down, wide,
> thin...you know) I have made the display screen as large as it will
> get. This is a computer I'm updating for someone, so am not familiar
> with the problem.
>
> When the computer first boots, the entire screen is filled. It's
> just
> when I go into windows that it only takes up 1/3 (horizontally) of
> the
> screen.
>
> HELP!
>
>
> --
> dobie


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