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Why can't I change my resolution?

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by madd_maxx_24

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Why can't I change the colour settings past 16 clours and my resolution won't go higher than 640x480?I have never been able to change my resolution since i changed the monitor but I had the colour up to 32 bit, but then I ran a registry cleaner and now it won't go past 16 colours.I have an ati adapter and an everdata monitor, and there are a few other glitches on the system but they were there before this happened...HELP ME!!!!

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by eyeofhawk

I would try reinstalling the latest driver for the both the video card and the monitor. If that does not work, go into the device manager and remove the vidoe card, reboot and see it it auto detects it.

by computechie

If your stuck at 640x480 @ 16 colors, then most likely your video card is not setup properly. You may have the wrong video card drivers installed. Remove your video card from the Device Manager under the System applet in the Control Panel, reboot the machine and see if it will find it on its own, you may need your drivers disk as well. If it does not auto detect it, then run the Add New Hardware wizard and set it up from there. Hope this helps.

by @lberto

The 16 colors and 640x480 is the Windows default VGA card. It happens when windows doesn't "know" the correct driver for your video device, it has nothing to do with your monitor.

Your video drivers are either corrupted or not ok.
Re-install thedrivers and it will work for sure.

Good luck,
@lberto

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