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I'm new to computing so forgive my ignorance.

I have Win XP Professional installed on a Toshiba Satellite laptop. I tried changing the screen resolution from 1024x768 to 1280x1024 through the properties screen and all this did was expand the screen to beyond the borders of my monitor. In order to "see" what is on the screen I have to move the cursor to the left/right/top/bottom of the screen to scroll to it.

Is there any way to actually increase the resolution but keep it all viewable without scrolling?

Any help would be appreciated.