How to change the resolution of individual games?

I currently have my monitor set to 1280x1024 however when I run games it changes my resolution back to 1024x768. When I go to the options inside a game it does not give the option to use a higher resolution then 1024x768 however I'm always using a 1...

the resolution on my computer is 1024x768.when i want to play a game in full screen the resolution turns automatically to 800x600 and i can't play anymore because the image is stretched and i can't see the menu options and stuff like that, everything...

Trying to play settlers 4 on my laptop but it displays in a small square in the middle of the screen. cant change resolution in the options menu

When I play games I play itunes in the background. When I exit the game i see itunes for a split second in high resolution. then it switches back to a sloppy lower resolution. How do I change this, so that itunes will look crisp and not strain my eyes...

Whenever I plug in the USB flash and play films, it stays on 1080p which makes the files look really small and unclear, even 720p bluray rips. I know the TV can scale down, like it does when I play 720p video games the resolution resets to 1280x####...

My son plays certain games, such as World of Warcraft, and when the games start they , I'm guessing, change the screen resolution. The little blue box keeps popping up every few ...show more

This is not a problem with the games being played in windowed mode. My computer used to be able to play all games in full screen format but a while back I was adjusting some settings with dual monitors and something went wrong. My screen resolution is...

I've a Ati Mobility Radeon 5470 on my current laptop alongside a dual core AMD cpu. My question is regarding the default resolution settings on my 5470 graphics card. Whenever I play Age of Empires 2 or even Doom 3, i can't change the resolution outside...