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Liz B
September 19th 04, 10:04 AM
I had to reinstall win98 to an old laptop. Everything
went fine apart from the fact that the display is now
about a quarter smaller with a wide black band around the
edge of the screen.

I can't change it in display properties, settings etc, it
won't let me change screen dimensions or anything.
However there is nothing whatsoever wrong with the
colours/resolution etc

I chose the win98 installation for portable computers
when reinstalling would this have anything to do with it?

The laptop is an old Toshiba satellite pro 4200 series.

Bert Kinney
September 19th 04, 04:24 PM
Hi Liz,

Go to the following web site and click on downloads.
Use the drop down boxes to select the model notebook
in question. Download and install the video driver for the
system. That should take care of the display problem.
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_home.jsp

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/
How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164

"Liz B" wrote
> I had to reinstall win98 to an old laptop. Everything
> went fine apart from the fact that the display is now
> about a quarter smaller with a wide black band around the
> edge of the screen.
>
> I can't change it in display properties, settings etc, it
> won't let me change screen dimensions or anything.
> However there is nothing whatsoever wrong with the
> colours/resolution etc
>
> I chose the win98 installation for portable computers
> when reinstalling would this have anything to do with it?
>
> The laptop is an old Toshiba satellite pro 4200 series.

September 20th 04, 11:33 AM
Hi Bert

Many thanks

Unfortunately since writing this post, i've found one
other item did not make it past the reinstall
experience... the internal modem.....!

Will attend to that first, then try your suggestion. I
had gone to the Toshiba website but did not know where to
look.

Liz
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Liz,
>
>Go to the following web site and click on downloads.
>Use the drop down boxes to select the model notebook
>in question. Download and install the video driver for
the
>system. That should take care of the display problem.
>http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_home.jsp
>
>--
>Regards,
>Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
>http://dts-l.org/
>How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News:
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164
>
>"Liz B" wrote
>> I had to reinstall win98 to an old laptop. Everything
>> went fine apart from the fact that the display is now
>> about a quarter smaller with a wide black band around
the
>> edge of the screen.
>>
>> I can't change it in display properties, settings etc,
it
>> won't let me change screen dimensions or anything.
>> However there is nothing whatsoever wrong with the
>> colours/resolution etc
>>
>> I chose the win98 installation for portable computers
>> when reinstalling would this have anything to do with
it?
>>
>> The laptop is an old Toshiba satellite pro 4200 series.
>
>
>.
>

Bert Kinney
September 21st 04, 12:50 AM
Hi Liz,

Did you manage to find what you were looking for at
the link I provided?

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/
How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164

Liz wrote
> Hi Bert
>
> Many thanks
>
> Unfortunately since writing this post, i've found one
> other item did not make it past the reinstall
> experience... the internal modem.....!
>
> Will attend to that first, then try your suggestion. I
> had gone to the Toshiba website but did not know where to
> look.
>
> Liz
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi Liz,
> >
> >Go to the following web site and click on downloads.
> >Use the drop down boxes to select the model notebook
> >in question. Download and install the video driver for the
> >system. That should take care of the display problem.
> >http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_home.jsp
> >
> >--
> >Regards,
> >Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
> >http://dts-l.org/
> >
> >"Liz B" wrote
> >> I had to reinstall win98 to an old laptop. Everything
> >> went fine apart from the fact that the display is now
> >> about a quarter smaller with a wide black band around the
> >> edge of the screen.
> >>
> >> I can't change it in display properties, settings etc, it
> >> won't let me change screen dimensions or anything.
> >> However there is nothing whatsoever wrong with the
> >> colours/resolution etc
> >>
> >> I chose the win98 installation for portable computers
> >> when reinstalling would this have anything to do with it?
> >>
> >> The laptop is an old Toshiba satellite pro 4200 series.

September 21st 04, 08:58 AM
Hi Bert

Yes i did thanks. Unfortunately I have also had to
download the modem driver and a winzip extractor on a
portable harddrive in order to get them to the right
machine.

But hoping to try fix it tonight. If I extract the files
when transfered across to the laptop will windows detect
the modem/change the display automatically or would I
have to install them as hardware?

Liz
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Liz,
>
>Did you manage to find what you were looking for at
>the link I provided?
>
>--
>Regards,
>Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
>http://dts-l.org/
>How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News:
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164
>
>Liz wrote
>> Hi Bert
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>> Unfortunately since writing this post, i've found one
>> other item did not make it past the reinstall
>> experience... the internal modem.....!
>>
>> Will attend to that first, then try your suggestion. I
>> had gone to the Toshiba website but did not know where
to
>> look.
>>
>> Liz
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Hi Liz,
>> >
>> >Go to the following web site and click on downloads.
>> >Use the drop down boxes to select the model notebook
>> >in question. Download and install the video driver
for the
>> >system. That should take care of the display problem.
>> >http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-
bin/tais/su/su_sc_home.jsp
>> >
>> >--
>> >Regards,
>> >Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
>> >http://dts-l.org/
>> >
>> >"Liz B" wrote
>> >> I had to reinstall win98 to an old laptop.
Everything
>> >> went fine apart from the fact that the display is
now
>> >> about a quarter smaller with a wide black band
around the
>> >> edge of the screen.
>> >>
>> >> I can't change it in display properties, settings
etc, it
>> >> won't let me change screen dimensions or anything.
>> >> However there is nothing whatsoever wrong with the
>> >> colours/resolution etc
>> >>
>> >> I chose the win98 installation for portable
computers
>> >> when reinstalling would this have anything to do
with it?
>> >>
>> >> The laptop is an old Toshiba satellite pro 4200
series.
>
>
>.
>

Bert Kinney
September 23rd 04, 12:18 AM
Hi Liz,

Glad you found the correct drivers.

Download and install WinZip from www.winzip.con and install it
on the notebook. Move the modem driver to notebook and install
it per the README file.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/
How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164

Liz wrote: wrote
> Hi Bert
>
> Yes i did thanks. Unfortunately I have also had to
> download the modem driver and a winzip extractor on a
> portable harddrive in order to get them to the right
> machine.
>
> But hoping to try fix it tonight. If I extract the files
> when transfered across to the laptop will windows detect
> the modem/change the display automatically or would I
> have to install them as hardware?
>
> Liz
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi Liz,
>>
>>Did you manage to find what you were looking for at
>>the link I provided?
>>
>>--
>>Regards,
>>Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
>>http://dts-l.org/
>>How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News:
>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164
>>
>>Liz wrote
>>> Hi Bert
>>>
>>> Many thanks
>>>
>>> Unfortunately since writing this post, i've found one
>>> other item did not make it past the reinstall
>>> experience... the internal modem.....!
>>>
>>> Will attend to that first, then try your suggestion. I
>>> had gone to the Toshiba website but did not know where to
>>> look.
>>>
>>> Liz
>>> >-----Original Message-----
>>> >Hi Liz,
>>> >
>>> >Go to the following web site and click on downloads.
>>> >Use the drop down boxes to select the model notebook
>>> >in question. Download and install the video driver for the
>>> >system. That should take care of the display problem.
>>> >http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_home.jsp
>>> >
>>> >--
>>> >Regards,
>>> >Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
>>> >http://dts-l.org/
>>> >
>>> >"Liz B" wrote
>>> >> I had to reinstall win98 to an old laptop. Everything
>>> >> went fine apart from the fact that the display is now
>>> >> about a quarter smaller with a wide black band around the
>>> >> edge of the screen.
>>> >>
>>> >> I can't change it in display properties, settings etc, it
>>> >> won't let me change screen dimensions or anything.
>>> >> However there is nothing whatsoever wrong with the
>>> >> colours/resolution etc
>>> >>
>>> >> I chose the win98 installation for portable computers
>>> >> when reinstalling would this have anything to do with it?
>>> >>
>>> >> The laptop is an old Toshiba satellite pro 4200 series.