Screen looks like it's been stretched? Help!

[brn29]

(excuse my nontechnical knowledge, I am at a loss here so if anyone could help me out I'd really appreciate it!)

I have Windows XP on my Acer laptop - I turned it on one day and the whole desktop looked like it had been stretched out - all the characters were blurry. It extends to everything else on my computer - ie. you know how if you have a box you can drag it so it's larger or smaller, well it's like my whole screen was dragged to make it too big for the monitor. I don't have any adjustment wheels on the outside of the laptop, I've tried adjusting display properties, but nothing works. If anyone has any suggestions, PLEASE let me know! Thank you!

[patio]

Right clik any empty area of the desktop and select Poperties...change the resolution setting one clik at a time until it returns to normal.
Some machines require a re-boot each time for the changes to take effect.

[brn29]

thanks...I tried that (under screen resolution?) There's a slider you can move from "less" to "more" however I am only able to go from one extreme to the other, it won't let me move it anywhere in the middle.

[Spoiler]

What video card do you have? Also are you running the lastest drivers for it?

[ale52]

Boot into Safe Mode / go to Device Manager / uninstall the graphics/video and monitor drivers / reboot.

Now follow Patio's suggestion.

Alan <><