Screen Resolution Problem

[alex994]

Hey, for some reason my screen resolution won't change in the Properties menu... I tried dragging it but it still doesn't move or change at all.

 

[Souron]

you need the right driver for your monitor.

Identify your monitor type and search for drivers for it.

 

[Thrawn]

You mean graphics card, not monitor. Drivers for a monitor don't exist.

 

[Zakharov]

Drivers for a monitor don't exist.

Incorrect. Like every piece of hardware in your pc your monitor needs drivers, else how is the OS supposed to know how to utilise it.

I would recommend updated graphics card drivers as well though.

 

[Thrawn]

My monitor doesn't need drivers. I've never installed any for it, and it works just fine. I've never even heard of drivers for a monitor.

Edit: Went to the website for the first monitor manufacturer that came to mind (Viewsonic), and found drivers. Weird. This is the first time I've ever heard of needing drivers for a monitor. Mine doesn't have any. Afaik, none of the monitors my friends have need drivers either.

 

[Souron]

Well for me, I had the same problem when I reformated my drive, and a monitor driver solved the problem.

 

[Thrawn]

I would've tried a graphics card driver first.

 

[Zakharov]

My monitor doesn't need drivers.

It's probably using the generic Windows plug and play drivers.

Go to: Control Panel > System > Hardware tab > Device Manager
then find your monitor in the list and select: Properties > Driver