The setting that determines the amount of information that appears on your screen, measured in pixels. Low resolution, such as 640 x 480, makes items on the screen appear large, although the screen area is small. You can switch your screen resolution temporarily to 640 X 480 if you have games or other programs that are set to run at that resolution. High resolution, such as 1024 x 768, makes the overall screen area large, although individual items appear small. Your monitor and video adapter determine how much you can change your screen resolution. You may not be able to increase the resolution above a certain level. Here as some steps that will help you on how to change the screen resolution of your monitor.
To change your screen resolution
- Open Display in Control Panel.
- On the Settings tab, under Screen resolution, drag the slider, and then click Apply.
- When prompted to apply the settings, click OK. Your screen will turn black for a moment.
- Once your screen resolution changes, you have 15 seconds to confirm the change. Click Yes to confirm the change; click No or do nothing to revert to your previous setting.
To change screen resolution in desktop
- Right-click on desktop (Make sure you don’t hit the icons). Then click Properties.
- On display property, click settings tab, under Screen resolution, drag the slider, and then click Apply.
- When prompted to apply the settings, click OK. Your screen will turn black for a moment.
- Once your screen resolution changes, you have 15 seconds to confirm the change. Click Yes to confirm the change; click No or do nothing to revert to your previous setting.
