Help with display settings

Compaq Armada, Win ME, resolution set to 848 x 480, way to low, browser screens too big.

Would like to change this to a higher resolution. The problem is, when I go to control panel, display, then settings to change the resolution, I am unable to hit either ok or apply. The menu box is too big, even if I eliminate the task bar and dray the menu box up as high as I can, still can't see ok or apply buttons!

How can I change the display settings? :wave:wave

 

What is the Native Resolution of your monitor? Can it handle higher resolutions?
May need to update drivers for your video.

 

Don't know, but yes it has definitely been set to higher resolution. 'Puter is 10 years old, and latest, if you can call that, drivers have been put on.

How else to change the display resolutions settings???confused

 

Should be able to get 1024x768 from what I found.
What is the number of the Armada?
E500?
M300?
M700?

 

If you can make the resolution selection you want, think then hitting the Alt+A key combination is the same as clicking on the "Apply" button. If you hit the Enter key that is the same as clicking on the "OK" button.

 

With some applications, if your screen resolution is set too high, the message box does not display entirely, and the command buttons are cut off, as you described. What you have to do is to temporarily reset your screen resolution to low, shut down and reboot. Then, with the lower resolution, you will see the entire message box and you can enter the command(s) you wish. When you're finished, just reset your resolution to high, reboot, and voila!

 

Thanks to all for the help! Plasti's suggestion worked for me.
Another problem solved/lesson learned!
Now if somebody could solve the other thing I asked about;

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=214760
Hope that's not illegal bumping!:wave:wave