display settings

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...

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17711 (RS5) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring in addition to those who opted in to Skip Ahead. What’s new in Build 17711 Microsoft Edge Improvements Learning tools get richer: Under learning tools available...

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...

Hi everybody, first post here, I just want to say thanks and I guess you will help me to solve all my doubts, sorry if this is not the right place to post this, feel free to place my post in the right category if needed. My first question is about the display settings for two identical iiyama...

I have set the display to turn off after 5 minutes if there's no activity on my computer, but when I come back to use my computer after a while I noticed that the start menu and action center doesn't open when I click on them. Any ideas why?

In the previous blog post about High-dots-per-inch (DPI) scaling improvements, we talk about how desktop applications can be blurry or sized incorrectly when run on high-DPI displays. This is especially noticeable when docking and undocking or when using remoting technologies such as Remote...

Hi, I've just had windows10 installed on a new HP laptop and want to try different screen settings to determine which is best for me. I was told to go to "Intel R HD Graphics". Where can I find this? Grateful for advice. Thanks

Hi I just noticed that in Windows 10 display settings there is an on off switch for "3D Display Mode". Anyone one know what this does? I do have a Stereo Capable monitor and video card but this is set in the Off position. My computer will display Nvidia 3D Vision the way it is so what happens...

Assume I boot Win10 from an USB flash drive on various computers. The max possible resolution differs from computer to computer. I could always manually fiddle through the menus and set the current max.possible resolution manually. But this is uncomfortable. Is there a utility or cmdline...

After changing the video card the second monitor does not show up in screen resolution & both screens show the same thing. How do I get the screen resolution to show both screens like before so that I can select what shows up in the second screen. Home build, Asus P5K Premium WiFi,Intel, CPU...

How can I put my current screen/monitor into sleep mode (e.g. after 2h) and NOT turn it off completely (after 2h) ? When I go to Control Panel--Hardware and Sound ---Power Options and switch for example to my currently active "Balanced" plan then I have the choice: what to do with...

Have a GTX 560TI gpu, running W10 and for display a Samsung S23C650 monitor normally set to 1970 x 1080 Today a driver update program was run (Drive Booster 4) to check for driver update, and now I have only 1024 x 768 as max resolution - assume the driver update program did this...