"Grinder" <grinder@no.spam.maam.com> wrote in message
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> Grinder wrote:
>> Keith W wrote:
>>> Along with my normal PC I have a second elderly one that is used for
>>> back ups and general messing about. They share keyboard, mouse and
>>> widescreen monitor via a KVM switch. The second machine is a Pentium
>>> 3 (500mhz) with an Intel 810 mobo and an ATI Rage Pro Turbo PCI graphics
>>> card. I have Windows XP Pro installed and the latest drivers for the
>>> card from the ATI website. However, it cannot produce the 1440x900
>>> resolution that the mintor requires and I am having to make do with
>>> 1280x1024 which reduces picture quality somewhat but I had accepted
>>> that, because of the age of the machine, it was all I could get and I
>>> cannot justify buying a new card. Now however, I have just made it
>>> dual boot by installing xubuntu and amazingly that has identified the
>>> monitor size and is producing 1440x900 through the same mobo and
>>> graphics card.
>>>
>>> My question is, now that I know Linux can do it, how can I accomplish it
>>> in Windows? I have tried Powerstrip but that gives the same results as
>>> before, i.e. 1280x1024.
>>
>> You added a custom resolution? I would have thought that would work. It
>> has for me, several times, but it's only diagnostic as I'm too cheap to
>> shell out $30 for the benefit. There is an earlier version kept on the
>> site because some of the older video cards are no longer supported. You
>> might try that.
>>
>> Check out Tip #4 on this list:
>> http://www.onlinesoftwareguide.com/0606xptips.html
>>
>> That looks a bit promising to me so I think I'll try to make that final
>> tweak on my neighbor's setup. I'll let you know how it turns out.
>
> Ok, I tried the tip and it didn't work. The registry just got changed
> back on restart.
>
> I installed Powerstrip, and had mixed results. Creating and installing a
> custom monitor inf did get the stated maximum (optimal) resolution to show
> up in my options. I was, however, able to add that resolution within
> Powerstrip, and it worked after a restart.
>

I tried Powerstrip, which has worked for me on other PCs but in this instant
the vertical and horizontal settings are locked and just beep when I try to
change them. I will download the earlier one that you mention and try
that.

Keith W