How do i change the screen resolution when the button won't won't fit on the screen!!! HELP ME PLEASE?

today i made the stupid mistake of putting a old game in made for 95/98 windows to my windows vista laptop...i was amazed when it played and it was funny until i turned the game off and saw that my laptop had changed the screen resolution to fit game which is a pixelated zoomed in version of my desktop with only a few huge buttons visible!



i have restored my laptop back a few days so the game is gone but it still has this crappy resolution problem, and tests windows runs to fix problems on the laptop don't work because it doesn't see anything wrong, cause technically the computer works fine

it suggests changing the resolution when i log on but when i get to that part on the control panel i can't get the button on the screen to change it, rendered me stuck.

i've even tired putting another (current) game in the hope it would change it back, the game plays fine but when you quit, the strange zoomed in pixelated desktop is back :(



i really don't want to have to put it back to factory settings for such a stupid thing, please if someone can help me fix this

i am currently on safe mode, but i can't do much on it as you knowHow do i change the screen resolution when the button won't won't fit on the screen!!! HELP ME PLEASE?
When you can't view windows, buttons etc. you can use the keyboard to make changes and move the window around. The topmost window can be moved using the Alt - space bar (press Alt key and then press space bar key once while Alt key is still pressed down, and then release both simultaneously). You will get an drop down menu, where move is the second option (or the M key on the keyboard). Then use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move the window around. When you have the required button or control visible (in the screen area), you can press Enter key to position the window there.



Sometimes, the window reverts back to it's original position when you press enter, so you have to remember the location of the cursor / highlighted button and then press TAB key repeatedly till you are on the correct button/ window control. e.g. one TAB key press moves you one button or control forward, while Shift - TAB moves you backwards.



Enter key works similar to OK while the ESC key is like Cancel.



Try it with a visible window so that you are comfortable with keys when something like this happens.



AndrewHow do i change the screen resolution when the button won't won't fit on the screen!!! HELP ME PLEASE?
You are welcome!

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You could do everything by keyboard, like I had to do once for a problem kinda like this



whenever you're in a window, pressing tab will scroll through all the possible inputs. Keep pressing tab until you get to what you want to change. Yes, it will go off-screen. The left and right arrow keys will adjust sliders once you highlight them with the tab key. Then when you're done, press enter (equivalent of clicking ok) If you have another similar comp that works fine, i suggest doing all actions simultaneously on both comps so you can tell what you're doing.