My screen picture is too wide!

Hi I have just installed Windows 7 on my 14 inch widescreen laptop. My problem is that the ratio is wrong. A perfect square becomes a rectangle and it looks stupid. So a perfect square is more broad than it is high. I would like a perfect square to look like a perfect square on my screen! Maybe it's something with the ratio 3:4 compared to 16:9? Anyway how do I change it? I have been looking at what I think is my graphics card it says:

standard vga graphics adapter

Please beware that I am not that technical!

Please help me!

try to run windows updates. That should make the driver for the monitor install...
After that play with your resolutions until you find one you like.

That's a laptop, so monitor driver is not the issue. Could you please tell what graphics adapter you have? At least give the exact name nad model of your laptop.

Kari

Some further info

Hi Guys thank you for your replies

But the problem persists

I have installed all the recomended updates through Windows Update.

To try to get less wide image I go to:

Control Panel -> Adjust screen resolution

There it says:

Display: 1. Generic Non-Pnp Monitor on Standard VGA Graphics Adapter

I only have too options:
High 1024 X 768 (This is the one I choose)
Low 800 x 600

I have also tried to go to:
Advanced Settings -> List All Modes

I have played around with the settings there, but nothing is better than the one I have chosen which is:
1024 by 768, True Color (32 bit), Default Refresh

The name of my Laptop is "Plus Lite Zitech Notebook (8011 PRO) It was kind of state of the art, good quality, PC in 2005 - 2006 when I bought it.

About my Adapter Type it says its a:
Standard VGA Graphics Adapter
Chip Type: Intel(r)852GM/852GME/855GM/855GME Graphics
DAC Type: 8 bit
Adapter String: VGA
Bios Information: Hardware Version 0.0

If you want to know more about my PC, then please tell me!

Again thank you for your help and I hope you can help solving my problem.

Please what is the exact name and model of your laptop.

Chip Type: Intel(r)852GM/852GME/855GM/855GME Graphics

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There is no Windows 7 driver for that,

Graphics — Older Intel® graphics controllers and Microsoft Windows 7* operating system

and the last XP driver for it,

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Det...852/82855+Graphics+Controller+Family&lang=eng

Zitech 8011 PRO

Hi Kari

On the back of my PC is written:

Plus Lite Zitech Notebook (8011 PRO)

So its a Notebook Zitech 8011 PRO (Zitech is the manufacture name, a Danish computer)

Rune

Hi Stormy 13

So what do you suggest I should do?

Install the XP driver, only way you're going to get it to work at the proper resolution. Try installing normally and if that doesn't work then install it using compatibility mode,

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/316-compatibility-mode.html

Totally agree with Stormy. Checked the Google, it seems your laptop is a bit older so called "supermarket" model.

Hi Guys thank you for paying attention to my problem, but the problem persists.

I tried to install the XP driver for Stormy13 recommended:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Deta...amily&lang=eng


But apparently the driver was not succesfully installed, I got this error message:

Device driver software was not successfully installed
Standard VGA Graphics Adapter V Ready to use
Video Controller X No driver found

Considering the age of the chipset (came out way back in 2003) and the fact that Intel ceased support for it before Windows 7 came (and possibly even before Vista), it may take installing this,

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=15359&ProdId=939&lang=eng

first before the video driver will take.

Hi Stormy13

I tried downloading the thing you suggested above:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Deta...d=939&lang=eng


I didn't succeed in downloading it. I got this information:

The Intel(R) Chipset Software Installation Utility requires a supported chipset platform
running on a supported operationg system. Check the System Requirements section of the
README.TEXT file for more information.

All things considering this is one of those where you would probably be better off staying with XP due to the complete lack of supporting drivers, and going to Windows 7 at such a time as you get a new computer that is more capable of running it.

Hi Stormy 13

Yes I think it's right what you write in your last post. To run Windows 7 successfully I need a new laptop.

I don't know how it works in this forum, shall I mark your reply as the answer or something? Anyway I added the answer to your reputation.

Anyway thank you guys for your help! It's appreciated!