display issues

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...

I bought a new gaming computer 2 months ago...when I plugged it in no video...replaced cable to TV...pulled out video card and memory....unplugged a bunch of wires...plugged everything back in carefully....video works....when pressing alt key on keyboard I loose video...got new...

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?

Hi thanks for calling in !! My computer is driving me UP THE WALL when it boots it boots into a Horizontal Screen normal screen at the top and a BLACK screen at the bottom. I am aufait with using the cursor to clear the problem NORMALLY but this fault is very ABNORMAL i.e. slowly move the...

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...

When I change the windows in an application traces of the previous window remain for some time. Why is this happening and how can it be corrected?

Last year I obtained a free Windows 8 laptop from my neighbor (can't complain about that!). It has worked very well for me until recent months. For whatever reason, the file explorer will randomly stop showing all folders in the side bar and (often) the main window. All I can see is little...

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...