screen resolution

[chris bondy]

I just recently reinstalled windows 98 on my fujitsu laptop computer. I had
98 on before then upgraded to XP and now I'm back to 98. The problem I am
having is I cannot change my screen resolution, it is stuck at 800x600. I
never had this problem the last time i had 98 on or even XP. The picture
quality is also very poor, I can barely read some words and peoples faces are
"grainy" for lack of a better term. My only guess is that I don't have the
right monitor device listed but there are so many to pick from that I am
unsure as to which one is mine. any suggestions?

[chris bondy]

"chris bondy" wrote:

> I just recently reinstalled windows 98 on my fujitsu laptop computer. I had
> 98 on before then upgraded to XP and now I'm back to 98. The problem I am
> having is I cannot change my screen resolution, it is stuck at 800x600. I
> never had this problem the last time i had 98 on or even XP. The picture
> quality is also very poor, I can barely read some words and peoples faces are
> "grainy" for lack of a better term. My only guess is that I don't have the
> right monitor device listed but there are so many to pick from that I am
> unsure as to which one is mine. any suggestions?

I should mention that the colours and display are like they are in "safe"
mode, if that clears anything up.

[Joe727]

If you just reinstalled Windows, or you cannot change to 256, 16 bit, or 32
bit color, you probably need to reinstall your video card drivers.


To reinstall your video card drivers, you need to know the exact make and
model of your video card in order to install the correct/updated drivers.


There are several ways to determine what kind of video card you have.


1. Check the manual that came with your PC.


2. You can open your PC tower to look at the video card and note the name
and numbers printed on it.


3. You can download and run this free program. It might be able to determine
what kind of video card you have:


Everest Home Edition



http://www.lavalys.com/products/download.php?pid=1&lang=en&pageid=3To find
the Everest info you need to post, run the Everest program, and click the +
sign next to Computer on the left side of your screen then click Summary.


Then Right click the information on the *right* side of your screen and
select Copy. You can then paste the information in Notepad or paste it
directly to this newsgroup.


Everest will tell you a lot about what's inside your PC. In addition to
telling us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer, please post back
the information Everest reports for your:


Motherboard


CPU


Chipset


Display PCI/AGP Video


Display GPU


This information will assist us in finding the correct video drivers, and
directing you to the video card manufacturer's website so you can download
and install them.


*** IMPORTANT *** Remember to tell us the *Brand and Model Number* of your
computer which is printed on your PC case or is listed in the manual that
came with your computer.


Joe


"chris bondy" > wrote in message
...
>I just recently reinstalled windows 98 on my fujitsu laptop computer. I
>had
> 98 on before then upgraded to XP and now I'm back to 98. The problem I am
> having is I cannot change my screen resolution, it is stuck at 800x600. I
> never had this problem the last time i had 98 on or even XP. The picture
> quality is also very poor, I can barely read some words and peoples faces
> are
> "grainy" for lack of a better term. My only guess is that I don't have
> the
> right monitor device listed but there are so many to pick from that I am
> unsure as to which one is mine. any suggestions?