text: how could i lower the screen resolution on a hp mx705 17" flat screen monitor? i dowloaded a program but it says i have to lower my screen resloution but i dont know how windows xp |start>control panel>(you may not have this)appearance and themes> double click on display or windows-95,98,me,2000,xp right click on a empty space and click property then at the top there is a tab called setting click on that. then there should be a slider bar and it has lessmore on the slider bar move it to the less and hit apply and it should make things on the screen a lot bigger because when you lower the screen resolution you make every thing bigger