display

[pc-tech]

i just got a computer for free, and i need some help, when i go to the place to change the resolution, and color quality, it doesent let me, it keeps reverting to the oroiginal, and now im stuck with 640 x 480 w/4bit color
how do i fix this, reinstall isnt an option, because i dont have an xp sp2 cd

os-xp-pro sp2
cpu-intel p4 2.80 GHz
mem-256MB
im hoping to make this my primary computer, so i'd like to fix it
thanks

 

[PC eye]

The screen resolutions are set once you have video crivers/software installled. Evem in XP the default vga drivers seen in Windows should see at least 800x600 or even 1024x768 available. 800x600 in safe mode with a crt.

Some system information on that system would help in locating any video driver updates still available depending on age, make and model if prebuilt not custom, or looking up archived driver sets according to the make and model video card.