display issues

The issue started when the Laptop was still running Windows 7 and then it was upgraded to Win10. From time to time the screen would do one of three things. The display would either be totally black or have lower resolution on it or the screen would be split into many smaller areas. This...

I have a system with dual Nvidia GTX 780 Ti GPUs that is set up for dual boot (ubuntu 20.04 & Win10 v21H1 build 19043.1288).When I boot into ubuntu, both monitors are immediately recognized and the desktop extends across both monitors. ... so no hardware or cabling problems. But when I boot into...

I'm not sure of the correct terminology here as Microsoft keeps changing it and well, I tend to think in terms used by Apple in GS/OS (the Apple IIGS operating system, although very similar to the Mac's System 6.0.8) back on my first computer. On the scrollbar is a shaded region that shows...

Some legacy applications such as MS Publisher 2002 (just one example} are not scaling correctly when viewed on my 4K monitor. Fonts are so small and very difficult to read? If I change the screen resolution each time the program will view normally. But, too cumbersome to do each time running...

Hi, So I installed a new graphics card and despite it working fine in Linux Ubuntu and the card showing output to the monitor via DVI cable and the TV via a HDMI cable, during boot up of windows 10 the TV turns blank stating no video available and I cannot see where I am going wrong here. The...

Hello. First my pc.I have Gigabyte Rtx 3090 OC ( stock ) and 10850K stock ,32gb ram. Issue is only on 1920x1080P with 165hz. On 1440P with 165mhz is fine. On 1920x1080P with 144hz is fine. On 1920x1080P with 165mhz i can see on screen small black dots flickering vertical. If i wanna catch...

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When I right click a desk top icon, a menu pops up that is too big for my screen. Most of the options are of no interest to me. Can I edit this pop up?

Hello so I haven't used windows really since 2006, being a Mac user, but a huge fan of gaming, but fed up with having to buy the latest consoles every couple years... Xbox 360 original, 360 slim... xbox one to Xbox s/x and now the Xbox series gen. So I got my holiday money for 2020 summer...

I turned on my Windows 10 PC and noticed all my desktop icons were gone, with the exception of Recycle Bin. The Search box is also gone. The toolbar icons appear intact. Never seen that happen before. Any idea what may have happened, and is it possible to revert the situation back to normal...

Hi, I want to use my DVI cable instead of my VGA cable to connect my monitor to my Ubuntu 20.04 setup which has a graphics card that outputs VGA, DVI and HDMI, however upon use of the VGA and HDMI things look fine on the login screen and I can clearly see where to type the password, however...

After the latest Win10 Update 10.0.18362 Build 18362 text size has changed for all applications and Internet. Text on internet email and internet is big and bold. Lines overlap because of the size. When trying to shop online (Chrome browser) descriptions overlap so that they are impossible to...

For several weeks now, for no apparent reason, whenever I open Notepad, it shows up at the topof the screen under the task bar (I moved it to the top of the screen). That would be okay except that the top part of the Notepad window, where the X and minimize and maximize icons are, doesn't show...

Hello. My name is Kurt but I use Orsini online. I am not sure if this is a good place for this post but here goes... I have just purchased an ASUS VG279 monitor but I have having some trouble with the options menu. I cannot move between the options. Neither the mouse, the tab keys, the arrow...

Can someone please tell me why the text under my desktop icons has turned black,it used to be white.i can hardly see it since it turned black.Thanks greyhound

I have recently run superantispyware. I am unaware of any other changes I have made but all my screen settings have been lost, my screen size and icon size have gone back to default and appeared down the left of the page in alphabetical order. I have reset most of these? The one thing that I...

Windows 10 Home, Lenovo Ideapad 510S. The buttons simply no longer adjust brightness - brightness is at max all the time. I love computers. :) Can anyone help please? Mike

So last day my mouse pointer changed shape in to 2 purple/red symbols like these + + or [ ] And i did not do anything to make it broken. The only thing i did was to change my monitor to a pg27uq 4 k monitor from asus. I have never seen this before and i tryed to reinstall video...

I have 2 monitors, My primary monitor is connected via a display port and the other one is HDMI. My primary is a 114hrz 21" I think? While my secondary is 60hrz 16". They have been working as a dual display when suddenly my secondary stopped working and when I turn it on it goes to HDMi and says...

Ok, so i got a new samsung tv. Hooked up hdmi to my r9 200 gpu and ran it at 1920 by 1080. It was great, filled up the whole screen and everything. Then i got curious and changed the resolution to 4160 by xxxx and it looked great, but now when i switch back to 1920 by 1080, it does not fill up...