Native Resolution Issue

[J Wilson]

I have 298 laptops my section supports and recently we started running into

issues with higher native resolutions. Some of our users don't like the

higher resolutions because it makes everything too small, so we adjust them

to lower reslutions, but the settings revert back to the native resolution

whenever the laptops go to sleep, get removed from the dock or if someone

else logs onto them. We use HP and Dell laptops with various models. Is

there one setting in Windows XP Pro SP3 where we can "turn off" native

resolution? Thanks for any help

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[Elmo]

J Wilson wrote:

> I have 298 laptops my section supports, and recently we started running into

> issues with higher native resolutions. Some of our users don't like the

> higher resolutions because it makes everything too small, so we adjust them

> to lower resolutions, but the settings revert back to the native resolution

> whenever the laptops go to sleep, get removed from the dock or if someone

> else logs onto them. We use HP and Dell laptops with various models. Is

> there one setting in Windows XP Pro SP3 where we can "turn off" native

> resolution? Thanks for any help



This might help:



http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Line 30. Windows XP Doesn't Save User Settings



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[Twayne]

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Elmo typed:

> J Wilson wrote:

>> I have 298 laptops my section supports, and recently we

>> started running into issues with higher native

>> resolutions. Some of our users don't like the higher

>> resolutions because it makes everything too small, so we

>> adjust them to lower resolutions, but the settings revert

>> back to the native resolution whenever the laptops go to

>> sleep, get removed from the dock or if someone else logs

>> onto them. We use HP and Dell laptops with various

>> models. Is there one setting in Windows XP Pro SP3 where

>> we can "turn off" native resolution? Thanks for any help

>

> This might help:

>

> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

> Line 30. Windows XP Doesn't Save User Settings



Actually there could be many reasons for that, ranging from a program

protecting it against changes to the OS settings to Video settings. It might

be that the resolution/refresh rate you've chosen isn't reliable or stable

for those machines and it is being changed back for that reason. It could

also be the method used to make the changes; it may be session-related

instead of having made an actual change. You'll have to check each one to

see what its requirments are. It's also going to depend on things like

whether the video settings are set to require a reboot or are made on the

fly, which is my first suspicion. You often get a short period of time in

which to decide whether to keep the setting, revert, or keep them only for

the current session, reboot, etc., depending on the video card and BIOS.

I'd start by looking to see if there are similarities in the ones that

won't keep the settings. Then get one of them and evaulate it.



HTH,



Twayne`