Display resolution too big at startup

After updating ITunes, every time I boot the computer up, the screen display/resolution is at least twice as large as it should be. Not a problem before. It fixes itself by closing the lap top for approx 15 seconds ... or going into System Prefereces/Display and adjusting. Any suggetions to have it boot up correctly again?
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.8) intel

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