[friskycashmere]

This is a newbie question so please bear with me...

I just got my Dell mini10 today with XP and I was so excited to try it out. A piece of paper in the package indicated that the Dell mini has a resolution of 1024x576, but when I try to change it in the Settings, the only options are 1024x600 and 800x600. This discrepancy causes some screens to be chopped off at the bottom. I tried hiding the taskbar (the thing at the bottom of XP) but sometimes it doesn't hide (WTF?). I'd like to set it so that the resolution is 1024x576. Any tips?

[Mr.OSH]

Oddly enough I bought a Dell Mini 10 about a week ago and have realised that I have the same issue. I have been searching the internet trying to find a solution to this issue and have stumbled across this thread in the process.

I'll keep looking for a solution but please inform me if you find one yourself.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by friskycashmere

This is a newbie question so please bear with me...

I just got my Dell mini10 today with XP and I was so excited to try it out. A piece of paper in the package indicated that the Dell mini has a resolution of 1024x576, but when I try to change it in the Settings, the only options are 1024x600 and 800x600. This discrepancy causes some screens to be chopped off at the bottom. I tried hiding the taskbar (the thing at the bottom of XP) but sometimes it doesn't hide (WTF?). I'd like to set it so that the resolution is 1024x576. Any tips?

[Vordyn]

Try right clicking on a clear area of you're desktop .... choose Graphic Properties .. This will bring up the Intel GMA graphic options utillity ... you should be able to choose the correct resolution from the Display settings tab.

[Mr.OSH]

Okay I think I have a solution, try this:

- Right click on your desktop and select "properties"
- Go to the "settings" tab
- Press "advanced"
- Under the General tab of the new window find DPI settings
- Change the drop down from Large to "normal 96 DPI".

This stops windows from being chops off and seems to nicely resize everything! I hope this works for you too.

Originally Posted by friskycashmere

This is a newbie question so please bear with me...

I just got my Dell mini10 today with XP and I was so excited to try it out. A piece of paper in the package indicated that the Dell mini has a resolution of 1024x576, but when I try to change it in the Settings, the only options are 1024x600 and 800x600. This discrepancy causes some screens to be chopped off at the bottom. I tried hiding the taskbar (the thing at the bottom of XP) but sometimes it doesn't hide (WTF?). I'd like to set it so that the resolution is 1024x576. Any tips?

[Dunhamzzz]

Maybe you should try Astray, it can be used to set the screen resolution with a text file, many of us early Mini 9 users used it to set the resolution at boot until the BIOS came out.

[k000]

have you tried the latest drivers for Mini 10 that were posted in last couple days on INtel's website ?

[ContraAl]

I think the problem is that Dell is relying on the Plug and Play monitor driver. I made the mistake of letting one of the support techs try to remote in and "fix" the problem. It was crazy watching this guy work.. He fumbled around my machine for an hour before he gave up.

Anyone got a monitor.inf file off a non-hd mini 10? Maybe a generic monitor inf file will work?