Screen Resolution blurred. Desktop disply doesn't fit screen

I have a Mac Book pro intel running 10.4.11.
Without making any changes to my resolution pref's, it opened up displaying the desktop (and subsequently opened app's) as blurred and not fitting the monitor (too large all round)
by holding down and moving the mouse, I can move the WHOLE screen to access an icon or tool bar.
Tried to change resolution, but it makes no difference.
Any solution other than throwing it at the repair shop for a new driver?

That sounds like "zoom mode." Press the 'control' key while moving the
scroll ball on the mouse to "zoom out" to normal size. If you like, you can
disable zoom mode from:
*System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Mouse*
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