black bars

Ok, so my hdmi port on my laptop died. Therefor, i have to use vga to vga to hook it up to my toshiba 42in tv. Problem, my tv can not support full screen on any resolution for the vga port. So i went into ccc software,made sure i jad the latest version, and under image adjustment for vga...

Hi, I downloaded splashtop streamer onto my laptop and it worked ok the first fews times I accessed it from my tab. Then the last time my screen settings changed 4 whatever reason. My pc has 1024 x 768, but now have black bars on either side of my screen so it looks like 800 x 600. I have since...

Is there a way to remove this ugly eye sore of a navigation bar that google has so kindly gave us. It's experimental but going to be permanent.

I am using sony vaio laptop and recently i connected a monitor to it.Now on the laptop screen there are blanks on both left and right side of the screen it is not using the entire screen.Can any one help?

I am using Windows 7 Ultimate x64 with monitor Dell 2407WFP-HC I usually set my Screen Resolution to highest @ 1920 x 1200 (recommended). It has no problem at all (like in the picture below). i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii139/hangingout_album/space_no.jpg But sometime I wanted to set my...

Hi, I seem to have a problem regarding image scaling. I have a HP Elitebook 8730w, btw. When I change my resolution to something other that the native resolution, I get black bars all around the screen. I searched the internet for days, and every 'supposed solution' simply didn't work. (I...

Hello all, i would like to thank everyone in advance for helping me with this problem. The issue is that when i play games on windows 7, if the resolution of the game is smaller then my desktop resolution i get black bars either on top or on the side (depending if the game is widescreen or...

So when I had Visa, all my Mkv, avi files played widescreen. Black bards on bottom and top. Yeah..you know. I liked it. But now when I have windows 7, each of my players play my videos full screen, like a square box that stretches when I go full screen. I use VLC or Media player classic. I...

My issue has been resolved. Step by step here is what I did: 1) Open Ati Catalyst. 2) From the graphics drop down select Desktops & Display. 3) At the bottom where you see a small monitor icon, click the little triangle at the top right corner. Click on configure in this menu. 4) You should now...

Hi, Just recently installed windows 7. Love the operating system. Have one small problem, on several games I play, I get a black bar on the sides. I have a dell 17" laptop, never had this problem with vista. My video card is Mobile intel 45 chipset family. Anyone know how to eliminate these...

I just upgraded my computer to Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit, and now I'm having a problem with Windows DVD maker that I didn't have with Vista. Whenever I burn a dvd with the DVD maker, and the finished product is never what I intended. The menu comes out fine, but when I play the video on...

hi all, i recently installed windows 7 ultimate 64 bit, anyways im happy iwht the new os, its alot faster than vista which is good obviously. but i installed a game runs fine works fine but instead of opening up in full widescreen mode it opens up with 2, 2 inch black lines down both sides of my...

ok guys..i just installed my windows vista home premium laptop to windows 7 ultimate last night..and i was very excited to use..lol here is my problem.. i just installed warcraft 3 frozen throne and RoC from my Disc ( original ) installed fine...BUT when i try to run the game..it doesnt fit on...

Hi look at this image .. Link Removed due to 404 Error Link Removed You see i have 2 black sides... I installed Windows 7 , 64-bit drivers correctly. Resolution is 1280*1024 (on game) 4:3 Full screen. I have the problem with the black sides with all steam games. Got latest drivers for...

Went from 7 to 7100 and now all games dont run in fullscreen.2 inches of screen on both sides are black.Tried 186 drivers and 185.Nvida card gtx 295. Any ideas?

Hi. My laptop is running the W7 RC without any problems, EXCEPT normally in general use, my monitor is in full screen mode, no problems what so ever. If I try run say Flight Simulator 2004, the program changes its res automatically to 800x600 to fill the screen. and back to 1440x900 for...

Normally my game would be widescreen. But with windows 7 the sides are black and the game is not in widescreen. I downloaded the new 64bit driver from the nvdia website the 185 drivers. But i still have the same problem it did not help :( Is there anyway to fix this?

Im having a little problem i installed windows 7 64bit (build 7100) to see if a game gaurd game would work. And magically it did...But i have a widescreen monitor and before the game ran in widescreen but with windows 7 its not widescreen. The sides of the screen go black as if my monitor is not...

I have recently installed Windows 7 Build 7068 x64 and encountered a few problems #1 - I have an ATI 4870x2 - I installed the actual Win7 drivers that ATI has and they seemed to install correctly but they did'nt ask me to "restart" like they should, and the CCC (Catalyst Control Center) would...

Okay, I know this is irrelevent (partly because it's outdated), but I do care. The 'old' taskbar which comes with the pre-beta build 6801 doesn't work properly with Aero on my NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200. It just becomes a black bar during Aero mode. Strange, it's worked in the past. I am posting...