Although some would call me ‘relentless’, I’d prefer ‘passionate’. Just this morning I was lamenting the lack of Vista drivers and my missing screen resolution switching on the Q1P within Vista. Well, it obviously doesn’t take much to get me going: a few comments by jkOTR readers indicating that they have the res switcher working was all it took. (Thanks rolajos and Patrick for the inspiration!)
I’ve got a string of pictures to show that it is indeed working, but BOY was it convoluted to make it so (or maybe it was just me!). In fact, it was so much trial and error that I’ll likely have to re-install Vista from scratch to get the exact steps down. Then again, if someone wants to save me a few hours and share their method, that’s fine with me!
I can say this much: I’ve typically installed the latest and greatest graphics drivers right after my Vista installs on the Q1-series. Today I did bring the drivers back about two versions by installing the software provided on the Samsung Q1 download site. Bringing them back up to the latest Intel driver appears to have done the trick, but there was quite a bit of pushing and prodding with the VGA controller software as well. So while you might not have the complete 1024 x 600 picture just yet, keep your dreams alive Vista fans. There might be light at the end of the tunnel here. Now, where are those darn HID drivers from Samsung that would complete my day?

Standard 800 x 480 resolution.

Less than 30 seconds later, we have 800 x 600.




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