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How do I resolve my issue with display driver on my Acer Aspire 5050?
I recently had my Acer Aspire 5050 laptop, which used to run on Vista, updated to Windows 7. I noticed right away that the display resolution looked compressed or 'squashed' and stretched. Went to adjust the resolution but there are only two options: 1024 x 768 (what I understand to be the computer's native resolution, it is a 14.1" screen) or 800 x 600. The only display option is 'Generic PnP Monitor on Standard VGA Graphics Adapter'.
So I went to the Acer website to look at drivers, but there are no driver options for Windows 7 for my Acer model, only Vista or XP. I downloaded the VGA ATI driver that was there for vista and tried opening it in compatibility mode to no avail. I also tried Compute>System Properties>Devise Manager>Display Adapters> Standard VGA Graphics Adapter>Driver>Update Driver....which did nothing. Finally I went to try a 'regedit' hack:
Increase your screen resolution with this Windows 7 hack « My Asus Eee PC
which also did not work.
Anyone out there have any suggestions or can tell me what I'm doing wrong? I'm new to this, so maybe it's more obvious than I think! Thanks!
*Also, everything else on Win7 OS seems to be working fine as far as programs audio, etc. As far as I can tell right now, just the display is wrong.