Solved Recent Display Error: "stretched display"

Carpet Man

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Recently I downloaded an update to my AMD graphics driver, as it was out of date, however a BSOD caused this to be interrupted near the end of the download.
When I turned my computer back on, all windows seemed expanded, buttons looked different, screensavers and transparency were unsupported, etc.
In addition to this, when using Speccy to fill out system specs it reported my screen resolution as 0 x 0.

Although it's a bit unclear, the attached screencap shows how my display looks now. It's quite aesthetically ugly, I must say, especially compared to before this download.
I assumed the download failed so downloaded a new driver again, this time correctly (I believe I picked some wrong options the first time 'round), but no change has occurred.

Please help me get my display back to its normal, less expanded self :)
-Carpet Man
 

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My Computer

OS
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
CPU
AMD V160 Processor
Motherboard
Dell Inc. Inspiron M5030
Memory
3.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition Audio
Screen Resolution
0 x 0 x 0 bits (0 colors) @ 0 Hz
Hard Drives
WDC WD32 00BPVT-75ZEST0 SATA Disk Device
You will need to rollback the driver to your previous one, just right click the computer icon and go to properties, on the left you will see an option called "Device Manager", click on that and look under "Display adapters" right click the device under that and go to properties, at the top will be a tab called "driver", open that and there will be an option for roll back driver, select that and follow the on screen prompts, here's a screenshot of my graphics card driver page:
rollback.jpg

now restart your system and you should be back to how it was before you updated, if not then we can try a system restore.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
CPU
Intel Q6600 @ 2.6Ghz
Motherboard
Evga NF78-CK-132-A 3-Way SLI
Memory
4Gb DDR2 Corsair Dominator @ 800Mhz 5-5-5-15
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA 560 GTX SC FTW 1GB
Sound Card
Realtek HD 7.1 Audio, Plantronics GameCom780 7.1 Headset
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell S2409W
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
SanDisk SDSSDHII-120G-G25 120GB SSD
Samsung 7200RPM 750Gb SATA
Samsung 850 EVO 120GB SSD
Western Digital Green 1TB 7200RPM
PSU
Xigmatek 750W Quad sli quad core 80% eff
Case
Antec 900 Gaming Case
Cooling
Zalman CNPS9700-NT NVIDIA Tritium
Keyboard
Logitech generic keyboard, MS wireless keyboard
Mouse
Razor Lachesis Banshee V2 Blue, 4000DPI, MS wireless mouse
Internet Speed
152Mb Virgin Media Fibre Optic
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser
Google Chrome
Other Info
Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows, Wireless Xbox 360 Pad
Thanks so much, it's back to normal :D expect positive feedback soon
 

My Computer

OS
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
CPU
AMD V160 Processor
Motherboard
Dell Inc. Inspiron M5030
Memory
3.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition Audio
Screen Resolution
0 x 0 x 0 bits (0 colors) @ 0 Hz
Hard Drives
WDC WD32 00BPVT-75ZEST0 SATA Disk Device

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
CPU
Intel Q6600 @ 2.6Ghz
Motherboard
Evga NF78-CK-132-A 3-Way SLI
Memory
4Gb DDR2 Corsair Dominator @ 800Mhz 5-5-5-15
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA 560 GTX SC FTW 1GB
Sound Card
Realtek HD 7.1 Audio, Plantronics GameCom780 7.1 Headset
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell S2409W
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
SanDisk SDSSDHII-120G-G25 120GB SSD
Samsung 7200RPM 750Gb SATA
Samsung 850 EVO 120GB SSD
Western Digital Green 1TB 7200RPM
PSU
Xigmatek 750W Quad sli quad core 80% eff
Case
Antec 900 Gaming Case
Cooling
Zalman CNPS9700-NT NVIDIA Tritium
Keyboard
Logitech generic keyboard, MS wireless keyboard
Mouse
Razor Lachesis Banshee V2 Blue, 4000DPI, MS wireless mouse
Internet Speed
152Mb Virgin Media Fibre Optic
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser
Google Chrome
Other Info
Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows, Wireless Xbox 360 Pad
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