that's it!! Amazing. I was playing Sims when I went back to my desk top and this had happened. My Sims game had been telling me I was low on memory and then shut down on its own. thanks again for your advice!! AJ on 1/26/03 2:07 PM, Power Macintosh G4 List at G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com wrote: > From: Scott <printer at gci.net> > Subject: Re: [G4] display squished > > Do you play games? Some games require a specific > resolution. Most times when you quit the game your > resolution returns automatically. Sometimes it will not > if you do not quit the game in the proper sequence of > steps, or the program hangs as it quits. This may be the cause. > There may be a keystroke to change resolutions, but > I am not aware of what it is. Your control strip has a > box for resolution also. Maybe you hit it? > > Scott