Peter M

Considering 15" laptop displays can't run at 1280x1024 I'm not surprised.
Even CRT/normal 15" lcd can't display at that res.

"Zilldian" <Zilldian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3B4D8CD9-C549-4FEF-8885-3E013AEE7438@microsoft.com...
> Strange... I'm testing Vista on my laptop (RC1). It's got an ATI
> Mobility
> Radeon 9200 in it and it's using the microsoft drivers (version
> 6.0.5536.16385)
>
> By default windows set's my screen resultion to 1024 x 768 @ 60hz. This
> isn't too bad for a 15 inch LCD but I'd like to set it to 1280 x 1024.
>
> When I do, it seems that windows makes the background larger than the LCD
> screen on the laptop. (It's hard to explain) the width seems fine,
> meaning
> I can see everything, but the height is "too big". In order to reach
> anything at the very top of the screen I have to move the mouse all the
> way
> up and wait for the screen to "scroll" up to the top. It's as if I'm in
> Excel and I'm trying to select 1000 lines by dragging all the way to the
> bottom.
>
> I've looked around everywhere that I can think of. ATI does not have a
> driver available for this video card and nothing else makes sence.
>
> Any Idea's??
> --
> Let me know.