A registry needs to be added to enable the higher resolution (1024 x 768) for Windows 8 applications.

  1. Run REGEDIT
  2. Backup the registry to a file for recovery if required
  3. Next, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video
  4. Find the folder with 0000 and 0001
  5. In the 0000 folder, add a new DWORD "Display1_DownScalingSupported"
  6. Set the value to 1
  7. Quit REGEDIT and reboot the laptop
  8. After the laptop is boot up, change the display resolution to 1024 x 768