Hi John,

What model Dell is it? Instead of the resource disk, I would check Dell's
site for the latest version for your system.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"John W" <JohnW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B7BFCFA0-785C-45A7-AAB4-92F86C34790F@microsoft.com...
> Sorry if I sound stupid, but where do I find the video drivers? All I
> have
> is one CD from Dell entitled "Resource CD". There are drivers on it, but
> unless you know what you are looking for it is difficult to locate.
> Thank you.
>
>
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> It's not the monitor drivers you need to update but rather the video card
>> drivers need to be installed. Right now you are in standard VGA mode,
>> which
>> is what you get on a clean installation until you install the card
>> drivers.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "John W" <JohnW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:88779ACC-1B4D-4F7B-8627-BBAC83512A9C@microsoft.com...
>> >I was getting blue screen errors and decided to create new partitions
>> >and
>> > reinstall XP from the OEM disk. Since I did, I cannot modify the
>> > display
>> > settings. It is stuck at 640X480, 16-bit. When I click on the
>> > advanced
>> > tab, and
>> > monitor, it says 'default monitor' but "properties" is grayed out. I
>> > cannot
>> > check or update the driver(which is what all the help screens ask you
>> > to
>> > do).
>> > I have an 18" LCD monitor and before the reinstall we had much higher
>> > resolution.
>> > Any ideas why this would happen? I am about to pull my hair out and my
>> > system is out of warranty by a few months.
>> > Any help is appreciated.
>> > Thank you.
>> >
>>
>>
>>