My problem is on my other computer, this is my sisters laptop, that computer uses windows 98 and my sister has no xp cd. Is there a way to change my resolution without switching to 256 colours? Because I have a problem with finding out my card. The problem is not with the internet but internet setup, I can not setup the internet with my modem and operater unless I have 800x600 display resolution. Is there any other way I can switch to this resolution? Thank you, Esad

>>>"that computer uses windows 98 and my sister has no xp cd."<<< So is your question about Win98 or WinXP? I take it that this is the same as your previous post (which you're supposed to stick with): http://www.computing.net/answers/dr... In any case, download SIW to find out what video chip your (or your sister?) has...: http://www.gtopala.com/

Since you have Win98 installed, the XP disc is useless to you. You need to install the video driver to be able to change the resolution. My question to you is, what happened to the driver in the 1st place? I'm sure it must have been installed at one time? Same goes for the "internet setup". What is it that you're not telling us? Did you format & reinstall without making sure you had a drivers disc ahead of time? BTW, no Win98 machine would still be under warranty.

Sorry for the it seems double post, I just thought the problem was wrongly formulated, after you pointed it out to me in the previous post, to begin with. So seeing it that way, I wanted to rephrase it, thinking it would get better attention as a new post as opposed to the one they already read. Anyhow sorry. The question is about windows 98, I just thought it would say that my OS is XP after my sisters laptop (this is from where I am writing this) being scanned. So those Stats are hers, and I mentioned the lack of cd as to say that I can not switch to xp. I have a Windows 98 cd. As regards to the problematic computer, it is under warranty it came without an OS, because I already had a Windows 98 cd from previous computer. So I need to use the internet, the internet setup assistant cannot be installed without the before mentioned resolution. Thank you both for your help, I am currently working on accessing the internet in another way, that someone from my Internet provider suggested, I will hopefully inform you about how that went. Thank you again, Esad

Your explanation still isn't clear. Regardless, you need to install the video drivers to be able to change the screen resolution. Obviously Win98 is over 10 yrs old so if your hardware is fairly new, there's no way the Win98 disc will contain the necessary drivers. You need to find out which video card (or onboard graphics) your PC uses, then search for the video drivers, download & install. Same goes for all the rest of the drivers - motherboard chipset, sound, network, etc.

Hi, Thank you all for your help. I just finished talking to the internet provider staff. We tried the RASPPPOE, which stopped when entered the command in Run..., where it stated that there was no dial-up connection. So after that, I phoned them back and they tried connecting me with all my information and we put in the IP address, dms and gateway into the TCP/IP configuration, so then when I entered a webpage all it does is say detecting proxy settings and it searches for the pages. I then defaulted my internet explorer settings Then I phoned again we went to MS-DOS and entered their address and then ping, and it did not reach the modem. So his answer was either the card was bad, which he doubted considering it is new and that the lights were near the cable which went out of the modem to the PC, or that I do not have all that is necesarry for working with Win 98 in this computer, seeing that it is new. Any other way than changing the OS? Thank you for your help again, Esad

Your going from talking about not having a correct video driver, to trying to set up some kind of network, or internet connection. And it seems you don't understand english very well. Why don't you take a step back and figure out what exactly your question is. PowerMac 9600(1 ghz G4) 512mb RAM 50gb SCSI ATi 9200 PCI