monitor settings

If you’ve ever found yourself spinning your wheels, trying to figure out why your gaming experience is choppy or your screen flickers like a disco ball, then behold the elixir to smoother visuals: the refresh rate! In this article, we’re diving deep into the world of monitor refresh rates...

Hi, I have just done a system update, and I left for a moment, to give it some time to update, but when I came back, I saw a pop up message, saying a message about the screen resolution, it said, that I need to have the screen resolution of 1280 x 1024, or something like this, now, all I see is...

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I have a laptop with Windows 10 and dual monitors. I set one background image on monitor 1 and another on monitor 2 through "themes and related settings". I have it stretch to fit monitor and it looks pretty good. Problem? I have to redo every time I reboot. When I reboot and login, I see...

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...

I am running a system with two monitors, one is running on a DVI and the other is running on a VGA. Not long ago I noticed that the VGA is cutting off one side of the desktop. The part it is cutting off the the strip on the left, the Windows button and everything up the left side of the screen...

Hello All, I am having a DELL Inspiron 530 Desktop with DELL SE198WFP monitor. There are a few dead pixels on the sides of the monitor screen ............ So, was wondering - Is there a way to change the screen size virtually i.e. define the screen size in Windows to be used for display while...

I have the display set to extend, have the monitors set to the correct order, and the mouse moves easily across the two monitors. But I can't drag a windows from monitor 1 to monitor 2. I did remember to reduce the size of the window, but while it moves over to the side of monitor 1, it does...

I have a motherboard with multiple video outputs. When main monitor goes from one video port to another then it forgive own main monitor settings. How is possible to make one monitor always main by default, even if it connects from DVI to Display port? Where in windows registry I can found this...

I am using a relatively new Toshiba Satellite laptop, which came with Windows 8 (64-bit). Frequently, as I am typing, the text size will suddenly enlarge. I don't believe that my wrist is interfering with the keyboard, but I can't be certain. I have not had this problem with previous laptops...

Hi Forum! I have a HP Pavilion dm1z laptop. The laptop has a HDMI port. I am trying to connect it to my Samsung BX2335 display. The display has the DVI dual link port only. So I bought a HDMI - DVI adapter. I have Win7 x64 on my laptop. When I start the laptop with the external display...

We have several of these machines with dual monitors that have no problem. However one is driving me nuts. There are 2 identical monitors attached to it, one via the diplay port adapter. For some reason it will always revert back to 1024x768 resolution after a reboot. The monitor is then...

I have a Dell Inspiron 15r laptop connected to an external monitor. While installing windows 8, I had my external monitor as my default monitor. Now, in windows 8, the only monitor that I am able to use is my external monitor. The other is turned off. I have tried to extend the desktop through...

After having connected my new Samsung TFT monitor P2370HD through HDMI cable to my PC the outer approx 20 pixel are cut resp out of the visible area on the screen. This is clearly an indicator for overscan issue. I am using Win7 x64 with a core i5 onboard (CPU integrated Intel...

Win 7 SP 1 Home Premium, 64 bit, fails to obey power options "balanced" setting to sleep after 1 hour of idle. Monitor responds properly to any change made to the same setting. Motherboard Intel DH 55 PJ (AAE93812-302), Vid Adpt. Nvidia GForce 8400GS (driver v. 280.26), Monitor NEC67C2...

Has anyone found a way to change the physical size of login screen icons? I have 2 users on my Win7 32bit main PC. The icons for Laura and Mario look tiny on my monitor (24" set to 1280x1024). If there was a way to set the monitor resolution for login screen to say 600x800, but have it...

Hi.. I'm using Windows 7 64 bit.. The problem i'm having is this... this image is originally this... when i open it with any program be it windows picture viewer or photoshop or any other program i get a tint color as u can see in the first image...why is this happenig?? i've...

Good day. The Acer monitor here on my home-built computer enters power save mode (the power light turns amber) exactly 20 minutes after I last touch the keyboard or mouse. When I am watching movies on my computer, it gets frustrating that I have to move the mouse every so often just so that I...

After upgrading my 6 mo old Dell Studio (15" screen) from Vista 32 to Windows 7 the data displayed is in a 13" wide format. I have 1" black stripes down the side of my physical display. Can't locate any driver software that will help, any suggestions?

I just installed Windows 7 Pro on an HP Pavillion with an HP w2007 20" monitor. I had no color issues initially and everything worked fine. The first time I ran Windows Update, it included an optional update called "HP- Display - HP w2007 Wide LCD Monitor". That update "failed" to install and...