OK, how do you get this to work? My laptop just cuts off the bottom 20% or so of the window with no way to scroll. None of the suggested solutions work on my system.
Well, my laptop does not normally list 1280 x 1024 as optional resolution. So what I did is:
-- Right click on the desktop and select "Properties" to bring up the display properties.
-- Go to the "Settings" tab.
-- Click on the "Advanced" button
-- Go to the "Monitor" tab
-- uncheck the "Hide modes this monitor cannot display" checkbox.
-- Click "OK" to close the Advanced display pop-up.
-- Now I can see the 1280 x 1024 option under the screen resolution slider. I select it, and then click "OK"
Then my screen resolution changes to 1280 x 1024, but my monitor only shows 1080 x 800 of it at a time. If I move my mouse to the top, sides, or bottom, the screen scrolls to the edges of the 1280 x 1024 screen. If you can see the taskbar at the bottom of the screen, then you're at the edge of the screen -- move your mouse to the top of the window to scroll up to the limit at the top.
If you've done all this and still can't get it to scroll down, then there may be something else going on:
-- Is your taskbar showing at the bottom of the screen, even if the bottom of the window is not showing? If so, then maybe right-clicking on the taskbar and selecting "Properties" to change some of its settings may help: Uncheck the "Lock the Taskbar", and maybe uncheck the "Keep the Taskbar on top of other windows" boxes to see if that helps.
-- Maybe the PC needs to be rebooted for the new resolution settings to take effect?
-- Try turning down the refresh rate. Maybe the larger resolution conflicts with that -- set it down to 60 Hz and see if that helps.
-- Try setting the Aurora shortcut to Win 95 compatibility. As a VB6 program, I don't think there should be any issues here -- there are no intensive First-Person Shooter graphics going on, after all. Right-click on the Aurora desktop shortcut (if you don't have one, create one on your desktop), and open the "Compatibility" tab and select the "Run this program in compatibility mode for" checkbox and select Windows 95. This should also NOT have the "run in 640 x 480 screen resolution" option checked.
-- Maybe something specific to your graphics card is preventing the settings? You'll have to investigate under some of the display properties tabs specifically dedicated to your graphics card. See if there's anything obvious there.
-- What version of Windows are you using? All the above is specific to XP. If you're using Vista or Win7, then there may be something else going on. Sorry that I can't help much there...
Best of Luck to you!!!