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i have a new nvidia video card that allows me 3 monitors - however the first two are 'spanned' giving me a work area of 3840 x 1080 (which is perfect for my video editing), HOWEVER: when clicking the maximize symbol in the upper right hand corner the application window will spread across both...

The font size of the command prompt window is too small (4x6) on the following languages of Windows 7, hu-hu, cs-cz and sr-latn, pl-pl, sk-skl, when the DPI of the desktop is set higher than 100. The font size of the command prompt window could also be... Link Removed

I broke out my little acer laptop with windows 7x86 to watch a video and a DVD. Whhat happened was it would not go to full screen all the way. There was a 1/4" strip of black at the top of the screen. Both video and DVD. I don't remember this being the norm when I used to use this all the time...

There are 2 documented causes of the Metro tiles not working when clicked on: 1) If your screen resolution is below 1024 x 768 the Metro tiles will not work. Right Click desktop and choose Screen Resolution. Set it higher. This might be a problem with smaller screens. 2) If you shut UAC...

I have dual screen running. an acer 23" with dvi and a 42 olevia TV with hdmi. my acer is the main monitor and i have exstended display on the tv. what i want to know is how to make my games run on the tv with out having to change the settings all the time I just want to start the game and have...

I just bought 5 computers with windows7home and am trying to upgrade to pro. the seller sold me 7pro install disks rather than upgrades. when i install them, my screen resolution is stretched and the computer no longer sees any internet connections nor recognizes any communication devices. it...

I don't play many games on my computer, but occassionally I enjoy (or used to) playing Bejeweled or specifically Jewel Quest. I purchased the latest Jewel Quest game from Best Buy and it said it was compatible with Windows 7, and in fact in installed fine. When I attempted to play the game I...

So here's the issue: Radeon X1550 256 MB PCI installs fine and shows up in the Device Manager, but when I right-Click on the desktop and click on "Screen Resolution", under the "Display" drop down menu, I ONLY get the "1. Generic PNP Monitor on Standard VGA Graphics Adapter" that is listed. The...

I am using sony vaio laptop and recently i connected a monitor to it.Now on the laptop screen there are blanks on both left and right side of the screen it is not using the entire screen.Can any one help?

I recently upgraded my my Dell XPS M1530 to Windows 7 from Vista where I was running Dual monitors, the laptop screen and an external 20" monitor. After the upgrade I cannot seem to run two screens. If you left click on Screen resolution it only recognizes the external monitor but it stays...

Hey Guys, Hopefully one of you can help me cos im getting really frustrated. I have tried searching online for solutions but to no avail. My laptop is just under 12 months old and other than the battery dying already I have never really had any problems until last week. Its a Dell Inspiron...

Hi, Simple Q before I explain the set-up/problem. Does HDMI output always overide DVI when activated? I'm looking to get DVI as monitor 1 and HDMI as monitor 2. My set-up is: PC with Gigabyte GT 440 (GV-N440TC-1GI) card/GPU using DVI and HDMI outputs. From GPU DVI goes...

Hi, We are having problems on a Dell Vostro 230 desktop with dual monitors with Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4350 graphics card. Dual Boot (2 HDS) 32bit and 64bit Windows 7. 2 Monitors connected to the card: - Monitor 1 LCD 20" Monitor via DVI lead (set as Main in windows & ATI Catalyst Control...

My problem lies in the fact that I can only be fullscreen with my monitor when it's in the native resolution(1680x1050). If I lower the resolution, the image actually crops to keep it's true value instead of being in fullscreen. The weird thing though, is that I use a VGA cable, so I don't have...

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...

One of our staff members is running Windows 7 on a laptop (with docking station) and uses a USB VGA dual monitor device. Upon start up, the second monitor does not register any images (it remains black). Power is clearly running to the monitor and it is turned on. Strange part is, if she...

I have an Acer TM8572G with Nvidia screen manager and is using an external LG W2443T monitor as primary monitor on an extended screen setup. The monitor is attached via ordinary VGA socket to the laptop. It has happened a few times that the LG monitor scales itself to about 15% wider than the...

Looking for some help. Sorry if this is in the wrong place, just registered to do this. Trying to get my computer to let me use my second monitor. I've updated my drivers and restarted, used DriverFinder and updated from there to. Using: Win7 Home 64bit My tower is HPE-500y HP Pav Elite 2 aoc...

I'm running Win7 Pro 64 with SP1 on a Sony Vaio Z (VPCZ1) laptop, and I want to connect to an external monitor, preferably via the HDMI port. However, I cannot properly connect to external displays at all. For whatever reason, my computer isn't automatically detecting that the monitor is plugged...

Hello I have a new laptop with Windows 7 installed, but I am not enjoying using it at all, as everything is huge! I don't just mean the text, the icons and all graphics are effected, and tweaking hasn't helped at all. (reducing the text size is easy) I have to scroll so much to view a...