I have a dell alatitude D505 and am unable to change the display resolution. it is on the default 640 X 480 I have XP with service pack 2 regards

Hi,

You may use the below link to find the Dell Latitude D505 Service manual:
http://dell.to/1zfD3ua

Thanks and Regards.
Kiran Kumar.
#iworkfordell.

Have you tried setting the resolution using display settings in control panel?
Go to control panel search for display. There you will find option to select monitor and resolution.

Simply change the screen resolution.
Steps
Right Click on your Desktop
Click Properties
Then go to the Display settings
Select a lower resolution
Your problem will be solved

Cheers

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/index.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen

you should be able to find the latest drivers there

You may have to boot into safe mode and reset the video settings to a safe setting like 1024x768.

1. To get into safe mode, continuously press F8 while the computer is booting up.
2. Eventually you will get a Windows XP Boot Menu.
3. Choose the option for Safe Mode.
4. Go to Start, Control Panel and double-click Display.
5. On the Settings tab, drag the slider bar to 1024x768.
6. Click OK
7. Shut down and reboot.

If the problem goes away, then you are good. Otherwise, you'll have to boot menu again (F8) and choose Enable VGA Mode.

Odd problem. To solve, best bet is too reboot computer, press F2 to enter system settings. Go to visual performance and set a terminal networked computer default. May reset all other setting as well though.

that sounds like the resolution right click on the display where there are no icons click properties then click settings hope this helps regards Jim

sounds like an autoplay issue. can fix but need to know if you are running xp, xp pro, vista. If xp what service pack?

This usually happens due to missing or corrupt SharedAccess reg key, which represents the Windows Firewall Service.
Resolution

Download sharedaccess.reg (for Windows XP SP2 only) and save to Desktop. Then double-click the file to merge the contents to the registry. The Services entry will be created. Restart Windows (mandatory step, otherwise the following NETSH command will display an error message).

After restarting Windows, run the following from Command Prompt (cmd.exe)

NETSH FIREWALL RESET

Launch firewall applet from Control Panel, and then configure your Windows Firewall settings.

If nothing helps, as a last-resort solution (before reinstalling Windows XP Service Pack 2), give these two commands a try. Click Start, Run and type:

rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection Ndi-Steelhead 132 %windir%\inf\netrass.inf

Restart Windows, and then run this command (from Command Prompt):

NETSH FIREWALL RESET

Attempt to start Firewall applet. Start the Windows Firewall service if prompted.

reinstall xp.