Whirlybird,
When you get the driver goto:
Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> System -> Hardware -> Device Manager
Expand Display Adapters
Right-Click on PROPERTIES for the display adater
Click on the DRIVER sheet tab
Click up 'Update Driver'
You will be asked for the location of the driver
Point it at the floppy and do what the installer asks (probably will need a reboot) and hopefully that will do it.
These instructions are for Windows 2000, All other Windows operating systems will be *SIMILAR*.
If you still have trouble then let me know the make and model of the laptop as well as the operating system and I can do a bit of digging for you.
Hope that helps,
Gary.