Anyway to force a video resolution for all users w/ Nvidia chipset

[spyordie007]

Hey guys I've got a problem I'm hoping some of you have suggestions for.

I've got 2 laptop computer labs w/ Dell C810s (Nvidia GF2 mobile chipset) that I'm trying to build a new WinXP image for. The "problem" is that the native resolution for the screens is 1600x1200 and a lot of users complain that it's too small to read. I've verified that 1024x768 looks fine on the displays however as soon as I log out of the account I've set it with and log in with another user's account it sets the display resolution back to 1600x1200. I've tried setting the resolution for the default user account and it still brings the display back to 1600x1200 (seriously obnoxious that it changes it like this).

I'm figuring that there has to be a way to force them to run at a specific resolution but not aware of a setting, registry entry, or group policy that would do this. Part of the problem is that it is just as much a nvidia thing as it is a windows thing.

Suggestions appreciated and thanks in advance.

-Erik

 

[SUOrangeman]

I *think* the default resolution matches that of the Administrator account (but I'm not sure). You might have to set it while logged in as Admin, log out, log back in an reboot for it to stick. But, i am jsut guessing.

Does one of the INF files specify resolutions? If so, you may want to try editing it (before installing the drivers) and leave only the desired screen size.

-SUO

 

[spyordie007]

I do have the resolution set to 1024x768 under the local admin account (which is what I used to setup the machine).

Any idea what INF file(s) specify capable resolutions?

-Erik

 

[SUOrangeman]

I see some resolutions in the nv4_disp.inf (from 61.11 I think):

HKR,, NV_Modes, %REG_MULTI_SZ%, "{*}S 720x480 720x576=1;320x200 320x240 400x300 480x360 512x384 640x400=F;SHV 1920x1200x32=1;" ... (goes on for several lines)

I'm not sure what all this means, but it looks like there is one registry value that gets added/appended with all the modes. I did a quick search with regedit for "NV_Modes" and found essentially the same type of information. If I could deciper the format, I'd delete all resolutions that I don't want to use.

BACKUP before you do anything based on my thinking!

-SUO

 

[TMPadmin]

I have been having a similar issue for months and after reading the replies here I figured I would check every local user's resolution and found one that was different from the rest (the user I used to setup the computer). Changed that and my resolution comes back just fine. It wasn't the local admin account it was actually my account I made when I first logged into the computer. Maybe this will help, check all local users' resolution you may find the offending account.

Thanks and good luck!

 

[PsuFan]

Man, this works! thanks! Sorry, I'm a few years late lol. I spent 2-3 hours trying to fix this...

We're glad that helped you. But in the future please do not bump such old threads.

-Thanks
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