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Depending on your display and videocard drivers, this might work:Open Display Properties / Settings / AdvancedThis is where you might differ, depending on drivers, but on my system I see a tab called "Displays" at the top. Opening it, I get a list of all displays I can connect to my computer (CRT monitor, TV and 2x TFTs). If you see a similar list, locate the one that corresponds to your laptop's TFT display (on my system it's titled "FPD", for "Flat Panel Display) and click the titlebar. You should see a new window with a checkbox called "Scale image to panel size" on the first page (could be under some other tab too, depending on drivers).If you uncheck this, all full-screen resolutions will be centered on your monitor, instead of stretched, with black on the sides. If you run FS in 640x480, for example, you'll see a small window in the middle of your screen and a lot of black on all sides. If you choose a resolution that matches your display's resolution vertically, you'll only have black bands on the sides.On my desktop system I also have another option at my disposal: I can access a similar "Don't stretch image" option through my display's on-screen menu. I doubt your laptop allows this, though, since the display is essentially an integral part of the machine and not a "separate display".Let me know if this helps!