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dos screen size
Name: brian Date: September 5, 2002 at 16:58:46 Pacific OS: windows xp CPU/Ram: pent. 3 / 512
Comment:
i have a dell inspiron 8100 labtop, and i've had it for 8 months now, lately when it runs through the POST and when playing anytype of game. It is in a box in the middle of the screen. I have a 15 monitor, and am runnin 1600 x 1280 because anything smaller looks like crap. when i first got it, it worked great, everything was nice and big on startup and while playing games. now it just sucks i have to get a magnifiling glass out just to read the Da*m words. I tried a fresh install and it's still the same. my next guess is to delete the Master Boot Record and a fresh install, but i can't find fDisk anywhere on xp, and all my other pcs are xp so i can't use a 98 version. any help would be great.
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