how to stretch a lower resolution on my 1440x900?

[erigor]

so when i had Vista or XP if I was playing a game where it had a maximum of 1200x600 (sorry if i say the numbers wrong) then the screen would stretch to fit my 1440x900 screen but now that i have a windows 7 it no longer does that, it simply makes it 1200x600 and instead of stretching it it puts 2 black columns on either side of the screen.

how can i fix this?

[Azgraal]

the only thing i can think of is to search for the "widescreen" option...

now im thinking about it, i do recall seeing an option on the display settings regarding display resizing. however as i have gone through loads of different drivers on the past few weeks (finally found some awesome drivers for a mobility radeon hurrayyy), i don't remember exactly if they really were windows or driver's settings...

[ispano]

It IS stretching it, but now instead of stretching one dimension more than the other(which looks like garbage) it's keeping the aspect ratio. Also, it's a function of your video card drivers.