Hi peeps theres loads of topics about this but there not what i want. what it is i just got a laptop aspire 5610z, its got 1gb ram 120 gb hardrive i wanna play the game out of full screen but wen i untick the box its says it cant change the size i have windows vista can anyone help me asap cheers :p

Maybe change to a higher resolution first on your laptop?

lol u ave to explain im abit dum lol

Hmm, well I don't use Vista, so I'm a bit clueless too.
But try right-clicking anywhere on your blank screen. Go to :> properties > settings > then make your screen resolution higher.
Not sure if this will help, but can't hurt to try.

ooohhh i get ya its on the highest one

Ahh. Well since I don't use a laptop, or Vista, I think I'll leave this to somebody with more knowledge! Good luck

cheers lol

i assume starting the game up, going into "preferences, then display and sound settings" and un-checking full-screen mode wont work??

try this, in your shortcut put this...

"CProgram Files\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2008\fm.exe" -small_screen -windowed

obviosuly change the file location if youve installed it elsewhere.