Screen distorted in some resolutions

[devil0150]

Hi
My screen seems distorted in some resolutions like 800x600 or 960x600. But it seems fine in 1024x768.
(http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s480x480/552697_500220880003484_2098950245_n.jpg This is what I mean by distorted. The sides of the screen cannot be seen)

I don't know if this is a software or hardware problem but I tried changing the hardware acceleration and nothing changed.
My graphic driver is GeForce4 MX 4000.

[Allan]

Did this just start or has it always been this way? Do you have the current driver for your video card? Open Device Manager - are there any yellow or red symbols?

[devil0150]

No yellow or red symbols in device manager. This problem has started some time ago but I didn't care much till now. I just tried updating the driver and "the wizard could not find a better match for your hardware than the software you currently have installed".

[Allan]

You don't use the wizard for device drivers. Go to the Nvidia website, find the current driver for your card, download it and install it.

[devil0150]

 I tried the NVidia website. This is what I got: "Your PC currently has the latest driver installed for your GPU. No driver update is necessary at this time."

[Allan]

Okay. What kind of display is it?

[devil0150]

I don't get it. What do you mean what kind of display?

[Allan]

lcd or crt?

[devil0150]

crt

[Allan]

Are there physical controls on the monitor? If so, you'll need to use them to "center" the image on the screen and then there is probably a "save settings" button so that when you return to that resolution the monitor will remember the settings.

[devil0150]

You mean the menu that opens with the buttons on the monitor? I tried reducing the horizontal size of the screen with that but it still is distorted, it looks thinner on the sides. (http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/s480x480/529494_500296473329258_1602039101_n.jpg)

[Allan]

There should be other buttons, knobs, dials or menu settings that adjust the skew and all aspects of the picture. Play around with the menu, you'll get it. Remember to save the settings. You may need to do the same thing for each resolution you use.

[devil0150]

I tried all the menu options. There was a "Shape" submenu and I tried tweaking everything there but it didn't fix the distortion. I tried the "Position" submenu and tried to move the screen to the left. The right part started stretching out but the left part kept disappearing on the left.

I don't know if this is important but here is something else I noticed. When in a distorted resolution, if I press the Print Screen button and then paste the image in Paint while in a normal resolution(1024x768), the image is fine.

And also when my computer is turning on, and there are all those white letters in black background in the beginning, the view is distorted at that time too.

[Allan]

Download the latest video driver from Nvidia, uninstall your current driver, and install the one you downloaded.

[devil0150]

I used automatic driver detection on the NVidia webpage and when it said the driver is up to date, I clicked download anyway. I uninstalled my current driver, restarted, installed the downloaded driver, restarted again but it's still the same.