User blog:Drek'TharSuperSword/Remove black bars in Plants vs. Zombies

Here's how to hide that ANNOYING black bars when playing PvZ by CHANGING your screen resolution:

Windows XP

 * 1) Open Display Properties by clicking the  Start  button , clicking  Control Panel , clicking  Appearance and Themes , and then clicking  Change the screen resolution.
 * 2) Under Screen resolution, move the slider until you see "800 by 600 pixels", and then click Apply.

Windows Vista

 * 1) Open Display Settings by clicking the Start  button, clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization , clicking Personalization , and then clicking <span class="ui" style="font-family:WOL_Bold,'SegoeUIBold','SegoeUI',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;">Display Settings.
 * 2) <p class="para" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">Under <span class="ui" style="font-family:WOL_Bold,'SegoeUIBold','SegoeUI',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;">Resolution, move the slider until you see "800 by 600 pixels", and then click <span class="ui" style="font-family:WOL_Bold,'SegoeUIBold','SegoeUI',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;">Apply.

Windows 7

 * 1) <p class="para" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">Open Screen Resolution by clicking the <span class="ui" style="font-family:WOL_Bold,'SegoeUIBold','SegoeUI',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;">Start  button, clicking <span class="ui" style="font-family:WOL_Bold,'SegoeUIBold','SegoeUI',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;">Control Panel, and then, under <span class="ui" style="font-family:WOL_Bold,'SegoeUIBold','SegoeUI',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;">Appearance and Personalization , clicking <span class="ui" style="font-family:WOL_Bold,'SegoeUIBold','SegoeUI',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;">Adjust screen resolution.
 * 2) <p class="para" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">Click the drop-down list next to <span class="ui" style="font-family:WOL_Bold,'SegoeUIBold','SegoeUI',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;">Resolution, move the slider until you see "800 by 600 pixels", and then click <span class="ui" style="font-family:WOL_Bold,'SegoeUIBold','SegoeUI',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;">Apply.
 * 3) <p class="para" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">Click <span class="ui" style="font-family:WOL_Bold,'SegoeUIBold','SegoeUI',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;">Keep  to use the new resolution, or click <span class="ui" style="font-family:WOL_Bold,'SegoeUIBold','SegoeUI',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;">Revert  to go back to the previous resolution.

Note

 * 1) If you want to revert it back to normal, follow the instructions but please move the slider until you see the previous resoulution. Example: 1600 by 1200 pixels or 1366 by 768 pixels.Last_plants.png
 * 2) Make sure you remember the current resolution before doing this or you won't be able to revert it!
 * 3) If you keep the resolution at 800 by 600 pixels, everything looks big but fewer items fit on the screen and the text and images are less sharper.