Doesn't display the whole window in Windows XP

Increase the resolution of your screen.

Right click on any portion of your desktop without an icon on it,

go to properties

go to settings tab

Increase your resolution to a higher or highest setting.

If the does not work, update your video driver, and try the prior steps again.

Jack

Posted 2013-12-09T06:05:48.637

Reputation: 391

Thank you for your answer, but it says my netbook does not meet the minimum requirement for installing the software when I tried to install the video driver downloaded from http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/04/DriverDetails/Product/inspiron-mini10?driverId=16H70&osCode=WW1&fileId=2731109303&languageCode=EN&categoryId=VI and ftp://ftp.dell.com/Pages/Drivers/inspiron-mini1012.html. By the way, the netbook had no problem before and I have never changed any hardware of the netbook.

– compuuser – 2013-12-12T16:40:50.803

The first driver you linked to is for an Intel Graphics_Media 945GSE/GM965 driver, and the second link is for a number of different drivers, one of which is the same as the first link, although it goes by a different name, but has the version number. Is this the driver you need based on the service tag for your laptop? I don't mean this to sound like a rhetorical question, it's important that all details are checked before going onto the next step. The reason why I bring it up is the prompt you got about meeting minimum requirements, that happens when its the wrong one sometimes. – Jack – 2013-12-13T04:49:28.753

Another thing when checking for drivers using the service tag, it will give you only the drivers that are needed for the laptop, not a list of video drivers to choose from as the one from the ftp site gave. if you search just the model number, it will give a list to choose from. – Jack – 2013-12-13T05:01:19.227

Thank you for your suggestions. I installed the right one, but still the netbook doesn't display the whole window in Windows XP. Any other ideas or suggestions? Thanks! – compuuser – 2013-12-13T06:08:49.990

Nope, sorry, in all my years of playing with computers, it always was a resolution issue or a driver that would not allow the computer give the proper resolution. As suggested earlier, put up a picture of the problem, a screenshot if it can be done. – Jack – 2013-12-14T14:18:41.320

Doesn't display the whole window in Windows XP

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