there must be some chap on this forum who knows what to do with the settings on my computer

i've got a new computer with vista

the display settings only go up as far as 1280 x 800 and yet the moniter i've got is a 22" and needs to be run at 1680 x 1050

the question therefore is, how the fuck do i change the settings

i've been buggering about for the past hour trying to sort it but nothing i do lets me adjust the settings any further

 

right what graphics card is in the pc? if you dont know or cant find out tell me the exact pc model and ill look it up

 

any drivers with the monitor try installing them?

 

yeah or the drivers for the graphics card, if its a stand alone graphics card it should have came with a disk for the drivers.

I was just assuming this guy wasnt thick enough to spend half the evening trying everything apart from doing the obvious and installing display drivers

 

gotta be the lack of drivers, the vista ones are probably only letting you go as far as they can

 

gotta try the drivers!!

 

ok then, how do i find the drivers?
i got a disc with the moniter but i dind't need them on the other computer, it just worked straight away

where do i get the drivers from then?

also, if i choose screen 2 then the size starts much higher so it'll go much nigher, but that's on a normal 4:3 moniter set up and mines is widescreen

bloody computers

 

Dojj we need info, what monitor is it and what graphics card?

like i said if you dont know link us to the pc if its from the net

 

Did the monitor come with the P.C?
Drivers should have already been loaded,
If not then, the drivers you need are for the Graphics card, if they are "on board (motherboard)" graphics you need drivers from the motherboard website, if it's plug in graphics card go to the Graphics card site.
You may have to open up the P.C to find the details.

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the graphics card (from what i can see listed in the list of stuff) is a generic non pnp moniter on nvidia geforce 8400 gs, whatever that means

the moniter is an emprex, whoever they are

 

wtf? i can't even use internet options to find out where my downloads haven't gone to

and then, when i try to do an update it says i don't have permissio to do it either

fucking computers doing my fucking nut

 

Ok download and install these http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_163.75.html

Once they have installed you will have to restart the pc, do that and when its loaded back into windows right click on the desktop and go to "personalize" at the bottom and then go to the display settings and 1680 x 1050 should now be on the list

 

sounds like you haven't got the right drivers on there for the monitor. pnp is plug and play, its using a generic driver

 

the only problem is that i cannot download anything
i can update stuff that has been set up on the coputer already like office and messenger, but trying to actually download anything just ends up with a screen that asks if i want to run it or save it and then it's over and done with

i'm admin on the computer so i should be able to change everything, but it just won't let me
the mrs doesn't know what to do either as she's not used to vista and my brother was home at the weekend but he's fooked off to brum now and won't be back or else he would have solved it

 

Vista really is a top operating system

Slap the monitor cd in the drive, right click on my computer and then go to properties and then get into device manager, click on the plus next to monitors, then double click on the pnp one and update drivers, hopefully it should do it off the cd rom drive and all should be fine

 

very good point i forgot that.

Try what dan said Dojj, should work

 

done that but the biggest resolulotion i can get is 1600x1200
which is great other than the inch of screen on the right which i can't use

there is also an annoying shadow on the screen which means it's a bit poo to look at

any other advances as i can't find the instalation cd?

 

found the instalation cd

it's a total load of bollocks because it just tells you how to change the screen resolution, but it can't go bigger than 1600 x 1200 and i need to find one that is 1680 x 1050

 

hehe, you have to download the latest drivers from nvidia, if you cant do that, go to a friend and get him to download it

and why 1680 x 1050 ? what is the model name of the screen?