brokenhope

Okay I got a new 19" Widescreen monitor, and I hooked it up today [just turned off the computer unhooked the old 17" standard monitor that comes with most desktop computers, and hooked up the new monitor]. Turned on the computer and then of course everything looks huge because of the resolution set. So I look at my options, and none of them fit a widescreen ratio. So basicaly im stuck with: 1280 x 1024, or 1024 x 768. So I choose 1280 x 1024 closest to what this monitor is meant for. What I end up with is great picture, but most of the font and everything is badly squished. I searched google, and read the 1 page, single sided instruction manual, nothing. My computer is exactly 2 years old today, and the display drivers have never been updated [that I know of].

The monitors max is 1440 x 900 [so that gives you an idea of the width height ratio]. Anyone have any suggestion of what I can do?

-The software included was a flash animation that gave you a language selection, linked to a .pdf version of the 1 page single sided instruction page -_-.