display settings

Hi Forum so I plug my laptop into an external monitor, laptop res is standard 1366x768, monitor res is standard 1280x1024. I have my monitor windows taking up roughly the lower 3/4 of the desktop - I have a 2 inch gap at the top where I can see icons when I disconnect the monitor, the windows...

Hi, My girlfriend would like to use her spare laptop as a second monitor. Are you able to do this with a Windows 7 laptop to Windows 10?

I just had a PC built with Windows 10. I use a 30" Sanyo TV as a monitor. I set resolution to 1360 x 768 (recommended). If the P{C goes to sleep it reverts to 640 x 480. Sometimes if I restart the PC it goes back to 1360 x 768 when it comes back up, sometimes it does not. When it goes to the 640...

The monitor I've been using is an old Benq Q24W5 with an ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series graphics card set to 1920x1200. I've been given a more up to date Benq SW2700PT monitor but I can’t get it to work. It's ok when the PC boots up but as soon as Windows 10 starts to load it turns off saying there's...

I have a dual monitor system. Today, I awoke my computer from sleep and somehow all of the icons from the left screen (my main display) ended up on the right screen, while the taskbar remained on the left side. I went into display settings and found that my choice for the main display somehow...

I would like to decrease (!) the font size, line height and eventually the font family of the font used in File Explorer of Win10. When I search for "Font change file explorer" in google then users are always directed to Settings--->Ease of Access--->Display --->Make text bigger But I don't...

Hi, I've recently moved a specialist PC which is used in our college radio studio from Windows 7 to Windows 10. Everything has gone well, but for the exception of dual display. This PC has two mirrored displays; a 22-inch and a 40-inch. The 22-inch display is the main PC monitor and the 40-inch...

Hi I'm trying to get my new computer's window size adjusted so that it looks clear. My monitor has a resolution of 3440 by 1440 and at the default 100% scaling it looks crystal clear. But of course, everything looks pretty small. If I go to display settings and increase it to 125% then...

My eyes aren't good, so, I increased the icon size in advanced display settings under display settings- Advanced sizing of text and other items. While that did increase the font size to make it easier for me to see, it also crowded the lines substantially seemingly overlapping the individual...

Hi , I am running a dell xps 8500 machine, i7 processor ,. 12 gb of ram, solid state ssd. I have a calibrated monitor hplp2275 on my computer, calibrated using ey one. I hooked up my tv to the external hdmi plug on the main board, not the add on graphics card and it plays well. The tv looks...

I want to instal a 3rd monitor on my PC. My idea has been to use my existing VGA and DVI connections on my desktop as an extended desktop but use my HDMI output for my 3rd screen. I'll send it through my cat6 ports and cables to my bedroom TV. I want that screen to mirror one of my desktop...

Hi I posted about having issues doing a clean install on my old computer, that I'm going to pass on to my nephew. Neemobeer and nmsuk gave me some help getting around the issue with running the install do to a formatting conflict. Once I got past that the install went smoothly and Windows...

Hi I'm having a few problems finding settings because of the 3440 by 1440 resolution on my new monitor. There was always a place to change the size of fonts used by Windows in it's applications. I can't find that. If I have to I can use the slider to make everything larger but that makes some...

Hello, I have a Thunderobot St plus laptop with a backlitght keyboard. The backlight is controlled via the control center (version5.0001.0.98, I had a newer version, but where it did not work or if it did take a long time) (and there is a Flexikey application that already controls the light...

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I received an installation update about five weeks ago and my dual monitors will now only mirror the same data. I've tried changing the display settings, with no success. Any suggestions?

My W7 desk top web page is not sufficiently wide on screen to allow full lines of print so I get wrapping, on title lines and others. My W10 laptop on the same pages shows full line presentation. Is there any way of altering the screen format to allow full lines to be shown?

Hi, I press the function key shortcut for projecting display on other devices. A window from left-hand side opens up. I select 'PC Screen Only' by clicking on that option or by pressing 'Enter' key. Nothing happens. I have to press the function key shortcut again to get rid of that popup/window...

Whenever I boot up or restart my PC, it'll always start on the next screen (which is bank) instead of the screen with all my icons and links. How do I make this screen the default?

I have installed the creators update and have lost the "sleep" option under the power button, can someone tell me how to get it back, Also I use a 22inch TV as a monitor via a HDMI cable and cannot get the sound to work, after going through the trouble shooter it just tells me that its not...