application windows and screen resolution

[Guest John]

i have a high resolution CRT monitor, and am wondering how to achieve the

highest resolution upon the first time windows runs after installing, and

before using control panel.

 

when installing windows xp service pack 1 on a new machine and hard drive,

at the point that the windows desktop first displays, and after chipset and

graphics card drivers installation, how do i first utilize resolutions of

1280x1024 and higher, so that when i work with application windows, they are

not all scrunched up small, as if i had first opened them in a very low

resolution, like 800x600 or 640x480? i have noticed quite often, that after

reinstalling windows and drivers, and i change the resolution to something

high, that my application windows are already a shrunken smaller size. that

usually only happens if the application is run while at a low resolution.

but, post-setup, ive run no application windows. how do i set up the system,

so that main windows, such as for wordpad, explorer, IE, and notepad, take up

more than a quarter of the screen, without any messing with window sizing or

control panel?

 

i have easily acquired this feat, in earlier versions of windows, such as

windows 98, but i seem to find it tougher with windows xp. please help.

 

thanks

john

[Guest Big_Al]

Re: application windows and screen resolution

 

John wrote:

> i have a high resolution CRT monitor, and am wondering how to achieve the

> highest resolution upon the first time windows runs after installing, and

> before using control panel.

>

> when installing windows xp service pack 1 on a new machine and hard drive,

> at the point that the windows desktop first displays, and after chipset and

> graphics card drivers installation, how do i first utilize resolutions of

> 1280x1024 and higher, so that when i work with application windows, they are

> not all scrunched up small, as if i had first opened them in a very low

> resolution, like 800x600 or 640x480? i have noticed quite often, that after

> reinstalling windows and drivers, and i change the resolution to something

> high, that my application windows are already a shrunken smaller size. that

> usually only happens if the application is run while at a low resolution.

> but, post-setup, ive run no application windows. how do i set up the system,

> so that main windows, such as for wordpad, explorer, IE, and notepad, take up

> more than a quarter of the screen, without any messing with window sizing or

> control panel?

>

> i have easily acquired this feat, in earlier versions of windows, such as

> windows 98, but i seem to find it tougher with windows xp. please help.

>

> thanks

> john

 

You could use something like N-lite to slipstream your graphics driver

into the Windows CD so it loads by default. I think Nlite also even

has default screen size settings you can specify. I've never used

these features, but have use N-lite for Service Packs and Drivers.

 

However, I've never had problems setting applications after setup. I

have a widescreen laptop at 1280x800 which is a odd size, and have

loaded XP several times and not had the driver loading or control panel

issues you seem to refer to. However I'm not sure my demands on XP are

critical either.

[Guest John]

Re: application windows and screen resolution

 

hey al. in the past, i have not used or created a slipstream disc. i simply

boot of the official setup disc. when the desktop loads, i install drivers

for the agp port, graphics card and monitor, in that order. i do all this by

using the run/browse commands from the start menu. i do not open any explorer

window. once these are installed and ive restarted the system, i change

resolutions to a higher one, yet still, it seems, my window sizes are

smaller, like they were already opened while the desktop was at a lower

resolution.

 

during the automated setup, does windows utilize explorer windows in some

hidden mode, in the default low-resolution, that would modify their

post-setup sizes?

 

"Big_Al" wrote:

 

You could use something like N-lite to slipstream your graphics driver

into the Windows CD so it loads by default. I think Nlite also even

has default screen size settings you can specify. I've never used

these features, but have use N-lite for Service Packs and Drivers.

 

However, I've never had problems setting applications after setup. I

have a widescreen laptop at 1280x800 which is a odd size, and have

loaded XP several times and not had the driver loading or control panel

issues you seem to refer to. However I'm not sure my demands on XP are

critical either.

[Guest Big_Al]

Re: application windows and screen resolution

 

John wrote:

> hey al. in the past, i have not used or created a slipstream disc. i simply

> boot of the official setup disc. when the desktop loads, i install drivers

> for the agp port, graphics card and monitor, in that order. i do all this by

> using the run/browse commands from the start menu. i do not open any explorer

> window. once these are installed and ive restarted the system, i change

> resolutions to a higher one, yet still, it seems, my window sizes are

> smaller, like they were already opened while the desktop was at a lower

> resolution.

>

> during the automated setup, does windows utilize explorer windows in some

> hidden mode, in the default low-resolution, that would modify their

> post-setup sizes?

>

> "Big_Al" wrote:

>

> You could use something like N-lite to slipstream your graphics driver

> into the Windows CD so it loads by default. I think Nlite also even

> has default screen size settings you can specify. I've never used

> these features, but have use N-lite for Service Packs and Drivers.

>

> However, I've never had problems setting applications after setup. I

> have a widescreen laptop at 1280x800 which is a odd size, and have

> loaded XP several times and not had the driver loading or control panel

> issues you seem to refer to. However I'm not sure my demands on XP are

> critical either.

 

Can't tell you about explorer question. I know what you are referring

to, but I normally get a prompt that the desktop is being adjusted to

maximize the display. Or some comment like that. It happens almost

immediately during the first boot with the full OS. It sets the screen

a bit off but much closer than 600x480. So maybe that's my saving grace.

[Guest John]

Re: application windows and screen resolution

 

well al, i know what you are referring to, at the end of setup, when windows

wants to maximize resolution. i have reinstalled xp several times over the

past few years, so, i generally know what to expect. i dont recall right now,

if i have chosen to let windows maximize it, or if i just cancel and do it

myself later. nonetheless though, i dont think that really helps my

situation. but if you really dont know what exactly to do, so that app

windows are not changed, thats okay. thanks for your input though.

 

"Big_Al" wrote:

 

 

Can't tell you about explorer question. I know what you are referring

to, but I normally get a prompt that the desktop is being adjusted to

maximize the display. Or some comment like that. It happens almost

immediately during the first boot with the full OS. It sets the screen

a bit off but much closer than 600x480. So maybe that's my saving grace.