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Q240355: NBA Inside Drive 2000: How to Play at Higher Screen Resolutions

Article: Q240355
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): WINDOWS:1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdisplay kbui kbimu msgame
Last Modified: 04-SEP-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft NBA Inside Drive 2000, version 1.0 
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SUMMARY
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Microsoft NBA Inside Drive supports the following screen resolutions:

- 640 x 480 pixels
- 800 x 600 pixels
- 1024 x 768 pixels

If your video adapter can display 16-bit color at screen resolutions above 1024 x
768 pixels, you may be able to play NBA Inside Drive at resolutions above 1024 x
768 pixels.

NOTE: Your video adapter must have at least 16 megabytes (MB) of video memory to
display 16-bit color at screen resolutions above 1024 x 768 pixels.

To play NBA Inside Drive at screen resolutions above 1024 x 768 pixels:

1. Click Start, point to Find, and then click "Files or Folders."

2. In the Named box, type "nba2000.exe" (without the quotation marks).

3. In the "Look in" box, click My Computer, and then click Find Now.

4. In the list of found files, right-click the file in the Release folder, click
  Create Shortcut, and then click Yes.

5. Close the Find: Files Named Nba2000.exe window.

6. Right-click the shortcut icon (located on your desktop) that you created in
  step four, and then click Properties.

7. In the Target box, place the insertion point at the end of the command line,
  press the SPACEBAR, and then type the following text:

  -xres 1280 -yres 1024

  NOTE: With certain video cards, you may also use an xres value of 1600
  (horizontal resolution in pixels) and a yres value of 1200 (vertical
  resolution in pixels).

8. Click OK, and then double-click the modified shortcut icon to start NBA
  Inside Drive 2000.

If you experience problems when you play NBA Inside Drive at screen resolutions
above 1024 x 768 pixels:

1. Double-click the original shortcut icon to start NBA Inside Drive 2000.

2. On the startup screen, click Options.

3. Click the Video tab.

4. Under Screen Resolution, click to select 640x480, 800x600, or 1024x768.

5. Click OK.

MORE INFORMATION
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Microsoft does not provide technical support for playing NBA Inside Drive at
screen resolutions above 1024 x 768 pixels.

Additional query words: 1.00 msgame nba2000 nba2k basketball higher greater

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Keywords          : kbdisplay kbui kbimu msgame 
Technology        : kbGamesSearch kbNBAInsideDrive2000
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0
Issue type        : kbhowto

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