Now I don;t know if this works in windows xP as I don;t have windows xp I have viva... jokes lol I have got win 98

go to your main screen (desctop)

now right click and click properties

and go to settings now you should notice a little pully thingy in the edge of da page

like this

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something like that under it it should say your screen resolution now change it then press okey It will go to a black screen and It should apper in the screen resolution.. I made this tutorial in 1027 768 lol in a 800x600 moniter ^^

now please pm me if this does not work for you and I will find a tut and show you &*:princess:

I really hate to say, but i'm sure everyone knows how to change their resolution of the computer, if they are on here at least.

some people may not, more of the younger kids and win 98 is not really that popular anymore, so it is probably a good reference for people who still have it!

Mk but would you be designing sites when you didn't even know how to use your PC's properties window? Well it's a reference, but still.

The easiest way to test your site in different resolutions isn't to change your screen res at all :)

It's to change your browser size to the same size as the screen res you want to test against (obviously, you can't go any bigger than your max screen res)

"But Raph," I hear you cry, "How I do I know when my browser is exactly 800x600 pixels in size when my screen's 1280x1024?"

Ah, young grasshopper, just make an image in Paint that's the same size as the screen res you want to test against. Then open that image in irfanview, resize your browser window to be the same size as the image, and bingo - instant 800x600 window.

Hope that helps someone :)

The easyiest way is to download a plugin for your browser like web developer toolbar )for IE and FireFox(
There you can resize your browser to any common resolution with ONE click.
No messing around with windows, just resizing the active window.

Plugins help but it also helps to know ways around it in the event one is using a computer that is not their own.