@ellia:
This always happens with there's any issue with the screen resolution, and being able to run windowed is an indicator your screen resolution isn't set properly in eqclient.ini.
Go into your EQ folder (normally C:\Program Files\Sony\Everquest) and double click on eqclient.ini - it'll open in Notepad. Scrolled down til you see the section:
[VideoMode]
WindowedWidth=1280
WindowedHeight=800
Width=1280
Height=800
FullscreenBitsPerPixel=32
FullscreenRefreshRate=0
WidthWindowed=1280
HeightWindowed=800
You'll notice my resolution is an odd 1280x800 (which doesn't even appear as an Option when you go into options from the login screen) so I set it manually by editing the eqclient.ini file and changing the resolution. If you right click on your desktop wallpaper and select Properties / Settings you'll see what your screen resolution is currently set to on the Screen Resolution slider. You need to update eqclient.ini to have the same numbers as whats on the slider in the Width and Height fields at minimum. You can set windowed mode to something else (no idea why there's two permutations of windowed settings but make them both the same) or have all three sets of items set the same.
MOST of the problems I encounter moving EQ around from machine to machine is screen resolution related (or dual core related, which this probably isn't)
Regards,
Mg
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