How to Change the Screen Resolution on a recently Re-booted Windows Xp Home Edition?

The title essentially says it all. Recently i had to Re-boot my computer and start fresh due to some vicious malware. Before, i was able to change the resolution from 1024x768 all the way to 600x480 with all color quality options available. Now, the slider for screen resolution is not present and only has one setting which is 640X480 with 16bit. So i looked this up on google and found that if i were to go through Advanced%26gt;Adapter%26gt;List All Modes i could manually change it there. However, when i do so (using 800x600 and the default refresh mode) i end up with only 8bits on the color quality and that looks like total ****. So how can I make the slider present or change my resolution with better color quality, more than 8?How to Change the Screen Resolution on a recently Re-booted Windows Xp Home Edition?
Right click on the desktop and hit properties then go to the appearance or settings tab and adjust your resolution.



If the option is not there to go higher which it sounds like you need to install your video card drivers.