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Can't change monitor settings
Name: Sandra Date: March 2, 2002 at 18:10:33 Pacific
Comment:
1Can someone please help!? I did a clean install of Windows 98 SE on my Dell system. I currently have a whole host of problems, but the one I am trying resolve at the moment deals with my 17" Dell M780 monitor. Whenever I try to adjust the display settings, the only 2 options I have are 2 colors or 16 colors! All the other choices have disappeared! Also, the pixel setting is at 640x480 and won't budge to the right!!!
I've tried to install and re-install the driver but it didn't help.
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