display issues

  1. Windows XP Videos in fullscreen getting dark (backlight) in dark scenes

    Hello, once again I have a question. This time it is about my computer in my sleeproom, that I use often for watchign series oder movies when in bed. This computer is running Windows XP and has a weird phenomena: While I watch movies/series/videos in a browser (fullscreen) and the scenes are...
  2. DisplayLink Windows 10 Drivers, Software, and Gotchas for Multiple Monitor Setups

    An updated DisplayLink driver is available for those with multiple monitor setups using Windows 10. read more Continue reading...
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    Windows 10 How to Restore Default Desktop Icons and Start Menu Size After Windows 10 Upgrade

    I upgraded my laptop to windows 10 and was quite happy with it until my desktop icons disappeared and the tiles that you saw when clicking on the start button that were small suddenly became big like windows 8 and took over the whole screen! How can I get it back to when it first installed?
  4. Windows 7 Graphics Card Problem

    I have a VisionTek 9250 Dual Monitor Graphics Card on a MS-7210 Motherboard in a Refurbished Samsung Magic Station running Windows 7 with 4gb of ram, and 1TB of HD space. I know this card is ANCIENT but only one of the ports works (VGA.) It was tested working on a different system. Right...
  5. Windows 10 It says that there will be issues with my display, however...

    On my Windows 8.1 64-bit computer, my graphics card is AMD Radeon HD 7560D, and according to the system requirements for Windows 10 on the website, I meet all the criteria. I have DirectX 11, I have WDDM 1.3, my resolution is 1600 x 900, my processer has 3.2~ GHz, I have 6~ GBs of ram and I have...
  6. Windows 7 Dell E176FP Monitor stuck at Self Test Feature Check

    Ok so I have a problem with my old Dell E176FP monitor. Basically what happens is that when the computer goes off or goes into standby, the monitor doesn't go off. Instead it goes into a Self Test Feature Check. Sadly, over the years I have had the monitor I can never have much luck turning it...
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    Windows 7 Screen flashes on and off/theme switches from Aero to Basic

    I have an HP Envy 15 laptop and every now and again (at least once per day) the screen will go completely black for maybe half a second then come back on again. This sometimes occurs more than once but it will happen at least once every day while I'm using the computer. In addition, on occasion...
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    Windows 8 Windows 8 all scrwed up! Words all jumbled, no titles under icons.

    My Windows 8 is all sorts of screwed up! My Googled Chrome is crazy; all of my words are spread out. When I type, nothing shows up except for spaces. Websites look fine, but Chrome itself is not. My desktop and all other programs are also screwed up. I have some screenshots for you.
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    Windows 7 Excel Formula bar is causing blank sheets

    I currently have a user who is running Office 365 Pro. There are multiple people in her group but she is the only one to have this problem. When she opens Excel, all the spreadsheets are white. If she minimizes the spreadsheet and then maximizes it she can see the spreadsheet with no problem. If...
  10. Windows 8 Dual monitor, 4K and 2K scalling problems (win8/win10)

    Hello to all! :) So i'm having an issue setting up a dual monitor config under Windows 8 / Windows 10. Basically i'm using a DELL 2414Q 4K monitor and a DELL 2515H 2560x1440 monitor and i'm not able to make them work well together. If i increase the scalling to 200% to make the 4K work as it...
  11. Windows 10 Vbox guest not working in 9926

    I can not use native resolution due to Vbox guest additions errors. Is it just me or does anyone else running VBox have this problem? Does not cause any problems other than the screen size, so far. Link Removed Just checked the VBox forum looks like the latest win10 build breaks the VBox guest...
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    Windows 10 Black screen after turning off the display for few minutes

    Hi, When I want to go away from computer i usually turn off the monitor. When I come back and turn the monitor on (and press spacebar several times) I see no signal message, but the sound is still coming from my headphones. After I restart computer I see loading screen and... ...No signal...
  13. Windows Essentials 2012 Photo Gallery slideshow doesn't extend full screen when display set to...

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  14. Windows 7 hibernation attempt in my MAC book Air, by pressing the power button, fails

    The hibernation attempt in my MAC book Air running Windows 7 with SP1, by pressing the power button gently, works ok for 70% time and puts PC into hibernation. But on 30% occasions, only screen goes off, but computer remains ON with my being able to change caps lock on and off. This forces me to...
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    Windows 8 Start Screen Tiles Re-arrange Themselves

    Sounds crazy, but the tiles keep re-arranging themselves. I spend time getting them arranged just the way I want and then when I return to the screen later, they have changed position. Any ideas? Thanks, Jim
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    Windows 7 I cannot find my screen border double arrow - I

    Ok, not technical, but I try. I just got Win 7 after xp. I attempted to resize my font size, screen image size and make pages FIT the screen, with limited success. Then I tried to use my cursor (suggested to me) to go to my monitor's borders, but the double arrow does not appear. It doesn't...
  17. Windows 8 Windows 8 Crops content in applet/option windows

    Hi wizards, Have you also noticed a problem in Windows 8.. when you open some settings option windows of various not only windows programs, Windows 8 crops or chops off the content by opening a smaller window not large enough to display complete contents. Please see. attachment. This not only...
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    Windows 8 8.1 Multi Monitor Task Bar Help?

    Hey, so I was using 7 with actual multiple monitors for ages, but realized 8.1 had better dual monitor support. I don't even need to use other software which is nice. But the second monitors task bar doesn't display the clock, or the system tray or anything, just the start button. And when...
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    Windows 7 Blurry/fuzzy text

    Hi I have been asking about this before but now the situation has changed. My problem is a known problem for other people aswell. Here it goes: I am using IE 11 ( the latest updated ) and before the update i used IE 8 due the text on ect youtube or other sites that used IE text for standart...
  20. VIDEO Screens jumping between fullscreen and minized automatically

    I have a problem with my display, application screens(internet browsers, media player, even virtual box guest os applications) are automatically shifting between full screen and restore down state repeatedly, this annoying shaking/jumping not let me to do anything not even letting to do tasks...