Updating windows X to the anniversary update appears to have fixed the problem!
Have to get into display adapter settings, full panel stretch, then override application settings, that did the trick.
MS message boards were riddled with topics about old games not scaling to full screen.
Apparently MS finally did something about it, although i did also DL alot of direct x redistributables for various games, this not being one of them.
There are still other games that need 3rd party software to get games to work. Nox being one that immediately comes to mind.
Thanks!
