Vista - Changing screen resolutions

I have a 17" widescreen laptop and I am trying to change the screen
resoluton. It defaults to 1440 x 900 (1.6:1) which is the highest setting.
If I try to change to a lower setting, the view is stretched either
horizontally or vertically depending on the new screen resolution. The other
available settings are 1280 x 720 (1.78:1), 1152 x 864 (1.33:1) and 1024 x
768 (1.33:1) and 800 x 600 (1.33). Thus the aspect ratios are not the same
and the picture becomes distorted. Why are none of the avalable lower
settings at the same ratio as the 1440 x 900 (1.6:1)?

Thanks for any help.

That is a question you have to ask of the laptop maker, or the maker of the
video system in the laptop.

They provide the driver that controls what screen dimensions are available.
Be sure you have the latest - don't depend on Windows update for this
(really, don't depend on Windows update for any hardware drivers, get them
from the PC's maker)

Val


"tonybeo" <tonybeo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a 17" widescreen laptop and I am trying to change the screen
> resoluton. It defaults to 1440 x 900 (1.6:1) which is the highest
> setting.
> If I try to change to a lower setting, the view is stretched either
> horizontally or vertically depending on the new screen resolution. The
> other
> available settings are 1280 x 720 (1.78:1), 1152 x 864 (1.33:1) and 1024 x
> 768 (1.33:1) and 800 x 600 (1.33). Thus the aspect ratios are not the
> same
> and the picture becomes distorted. Why are none of the avalable lower
> settings at the same ratio as the 1440 x 900 (1.6:1)?
>
> Thanks for any help.