Medico
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I use forums for posting photographs, and it's important to me that the image as displayed on a forum looks the way it's supposed to.
My Windows 8 test machine is a 2008 Toshiba Satellite laptop. I did a "clean install" on it, meaning Windows 8 set everything up. I've been noticing that objects that should be circular look squished, sort of like what a TV image on a HDTV set looks like, when you take an old 4x3 format picture and expand it to fill the screen. My fake "start" circle for example looks like someone sat on it.
It's not the resolution, as that's set properly, 1024 x 768.
I wanted to see if the driver is up to date, and the Device Manager tells me its a basic Windows driver from 2006. My gut feeling is that this is the problem - without the driver from Toshiba, maybe there's nothing I can do...... but I'm just guessing here.
I can post all the specific details if needed, but I'd rather keep my question more generic than specific. First, what is the best way to fix this? If I try to update the driver, Windows tells me it's the best driver. Can something like this be downloaded from the Toshiba website, and if so, will it create problems in Windows 8?
(Or, since this is only the "Release Preview", do I just ignore this, and wait for Windows 8 to be officially released?
(Perhaps there are a lot more Toshiba drivers that I need to bring back - but if I go to the Toshiba website, I doubt I'll find anything created for Windows 8 yet.....)
My Windows 8 test machine is a 2008 Toshiba Satellite laptop. I did a "clean install" on it, meaning Windows 8 set everything up. I've been noticing that objects that should be circular look squished, sort of like what a TV image on a HDTV set looks like, when you take an old 4x3 format picture and expand it to fill the screen. My fake "start" circle for example looks like someone sat on it.
It's not the resolution, as that's set properly, 1024 x 768.
I wanted to see if the driver is up to date, and the Device Manager tells me its a basic Windows driver from 2006. My gut feeling is that this is the problem - without the driver from Toshiba, maybe there's nothing I can do...... but I'm just guessing here.
I can post all the specific details if needed, but I'd rather keep my question more generic than specific. First, what is the best way to fix this? If I try to update the driver, Windows tells me it's the best driver. Can something like this be downloaded from the Toshiba website, and if so, will it create problems in Windows 8?
(Or, since this is only the "Release Preview", do I just ignore this, and wait for Windows 8 to be officially released?
(Perhaps there are a lot more Toshiba drivers that I need to bring back - but if I go to the Toshiba website, I doubt I'll find anything created for Windows 8 yet.....)