Refers to display devices. Like a computer monitor.
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Windows 7 split windows to quarters on click?
I just experienced something weird. I was working on my laptop and was using a logitech IR mouse. I almost drop the mouse and cought it while pressing ont he mouse pads accidently. As I looked back on ...
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What is the most common laptop aspect ratio? [closed]
I am designing an application, primarily aimed at laptop users. What aspect ratio should I target it to look best at?
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Reset LED monitor contrast
I recently acquired an Envision G2219w1 LCD monitor. I estimate that it's about 5 or 6 years old, but it's in really good physical condition, however, when I plug the monitor into any computer (I've ...
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How do you move a Windows window (Excel) that is off-screen but will *not* respond to [Alt]+[Space]?
I usually have my laptop hooked up to 2 monitors, so when I wake it without those monitors, there is a good chance some windows will be off-screen.
I can usually do the
Select the program in ...
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S19A100N expanding past the end of my screen
I just bought a Samsung SA100 19" monitor (S19A100N). I set my resolution for 1366 x 768 as recommended, but my desktop is too big. Horizontally I see about 2/3 of the desktop. If I move my mouse ...
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Monitor blacks out when switched on but works fine when switched off and on several times
When I turn my LCD monitor on there is a brief but dim image on the screen for about a second and then it disappears. If I turn the monitor off and on again the same happens again but each time the ...
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“No Signal Detected” on monitor when plugging HDMI in monitor and DVI in PC
I have two monitors, a Viewsonic VA2231w-LED and an ACER H226HQL. The Viewsonic has only VGA and DVI connections, while the ACER has VGA, DVI and HDMI connectors. My problem stems from the fact that ...
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Haswell HD graphics 4000 - Monitor doesn't sleep on power off
I have new PC with Haswell HD graphics 4000 connected to a Dell HD display via HDMI cable
The monitor that came with my computer doesn't sleep on shutdown or computer standby. This is particularly ...
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relatively new monitor cannot display 1024x768
I have a Philips monitor capable of displaying 1680x1050, which I am currently using and it works fine. But sometimes I'd like to connect this monitor to an older laptop whose native resolution is ...
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Can I enable sound on both HDMI monitors?
I'm using an nVidia GeForce GTX 660 on a Windows 8 Pro machine. I have 2 monitors, exactly the same model, both capable of playing sound through HDMI. They're both currently connected using HDMI (2 ...
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Can't download files from a site [closed]
I have found many sites block the download of files. I would like to know whether there is a way to download the content of these websites regardless of the block (which might be Javascript). Often I ...
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print screen in surface .. with the windows + volumen less button didn't work [closed]
I saw your advice about the print screen using the windows and the less volume button together but it didn't work for me. I have a surface and I only got less volume and then it switched to the ...
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Looking for a screensaver or web app that will show information on a dedicated PC [closed]
We have a computer that we would like to use to display information (no user interaction), and I'm looking for a website, some software or maybe even an OS (*nix) that focuses on this purpose. To give ...
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Does the DELL U2713H support 2560 x 1440 over HDMI @ 60fps [closed]
I currently have a DELL U2713HM monitor with a Max resolution of 2560 x 1440. What DELL doesn't mention on their website is this resolution is only supported via DVI-DL and DisplayPort.
The max ...
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Turn screen off with a shortcut and turn it on ONLY if you press the same screenshot [closed]
I have problams with my friends using my laptop, and I am wondering if there is a way to turn the screen off with a shortcut such as CTRL + F12, and turn it on ONLY if CTRL + F12 is clicked, and not ...
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Dell Latitude E5400 LCD distorted display
So, I've read many of the suggestions here and elsewhere online but can't seem to find an answer specifically for this issue I'm having, so I'm asking.
I have a Dell Latitude E4500 which is ...
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How to set default screen resolution without monitor in windows 7
Currently my windows 7 has screen resolution 1920x1200 with DELL monitor (Intel Graphics Card). How can I make it default even if NO monitor is connected?
Actually my worry is I am using rdp ...
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What does a display “Mirror Driver” do?
I have two mirror drivers showing up in Device Manager (in Windows), from RealVNC and UltraVNC. What exactly does a mirror/hook display driver (adapter?) do?
I'm curious about the actual mechanism(s) ...
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Can using a DVI-Displayport mini adapter increase screen resolution in clamshell mode?
I often use my MacBook Pro (model 8,1) in clamshell mode (i.e. integrated screen closed) with my Samsung 24" SyncMaster2443 screen. However I perceive the image on the screen as somewhat blurry, ...
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What is this? A screen tearing issue? (see the video)
I have a dedicated pc which is running on OpenEmbedded operating system and I am developing an application on this system. The pc has a AMD Radeon 7000 series graphics card on and it hooked up to a ...
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LINUX Ping host, Display error on failure
I'm writing a bash script to ping a given hostname, and display whether or not the host is active (display a simple message.) Should be easy, but headache instead.
Here is what I have so far:
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Where do I download the latest ATI Catalyst Mobility for Radeon HD 5470?
Whenever I run the update checker it gives me this error:
Further search tells me that it is because the laptop has switchable graphics and my best bet would be to download the drivers directly and ...
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TV Monitor dims when mouse cursor moves 75% from center
Only happens if either nothing is open or certain web pages are open. Windows 7 64-bit, samsung un22d5003 monitor.
Can't find any monitor settings and all my drivers are up-to-date.
The Intel ...
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Acer T272HL Touchscreen stopped working with Windows 8
I have a touchscreen Acer T272HL monitor, it's worked great with my Windows 8 system for months and the other day it just stopped being responsive. The picture is good but nothing from the touch ...
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Orange screen with white stripes on installation of windows 8 [duplicate]
When I install windows 8 on my Dell Inspiron 15 3521, all I get is an orange screen with white vertical lines. I thought it might be a hardware failure but it is a brand new machine. It uses ...
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different resolution on cloned monitors [duplicate]
I have a touchscreen laptop with a 1366x768 resolution and an external screen with a 1650x1050 resolution. I want both monitors to be on at the same time (i.e. clone display) and i do not want to use ...
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Adjust the brightness of multiple monitors automatically
I am using two monitors on my Windows XP machine. I generally work on one of them and keep an automatically updating window (like the console view of Eclipse or MS Visual Studio) on the other, and ...
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Recommend a KVM setup [closed]
I have three computers - that I would like to share a keyboard/mouse with and possibly video (the ability to rotate the video through monitors). Two of the computers cannot have third-party software ...
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How can I setup a display time switch
There are several displays connected to a PC, say A B C. How can I trigger a display reconfiguration based on a count down. I'd like display A to be active from 6 am to 1 pm, display B from 1pm to 5 ...
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Windows Split Screen
Is it possible to have to users logged into windows simultaneously while using one display in split screen mode? I've seen two people using one PC this way, so I guess this should be possible. I do ...
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White layer on almost half of the screen [closed]
I downloaded League of Legends just to try and when I launched a game, white layer appeared. Here's a screen:
It's probably dead, nothing can be done now, right?
By the way, it's a laptop and I ...
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Is there a way to increase resolution past a display's resolution? [duplicate]
Apple's Retina Display takes a single logical pixel and stretches it across 2x2 physical pixels for it's general user interface as the buttons/text/whatnot would be significantly smaller if the entire ...
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monitor display turns black after starup?
For troubleshooting windows 7 ultimate 32 bit sp1, I went to safemode - control panal - monitor setting and changed one of the options there to Automatic from startup. Now whenever I am starting PC it ...
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Have screensaver with photos in Windows 7 Pro on primary screen or on several screens
The screensaver with photos on Windows 7 Pro doesnt display the photo on the primary/default screen but on the leftmost extended one.
How do you get on on the primary screen and on all 3 screens?
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VESA Compliant DisplayPort 1.2 supported Monitor
I am looking for a VESA DisplayPort 1.2 Compliant Monitor. One I have found is from Dell, but nothing is mentioned about the Compliance.
It is important for me to know if the product has cleared ...
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Lock windows keyboard, but show browser window on screen [duplicate]
I want to have a browser window keep showing up on a laptop we're gonna have at a reception, but I'd like the visitors to not mess with it, even if they press any keys.
In windows is it possible to ...
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Does Monitor Refresh Rate Save Battery Life
Is this a myth or is this for real?
I read about it all and was wondering if anyone knows if it is true or tried it yet.
Going from 60Hz to 40Hz
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Sharpness filter overlay for entire desktop? [closed]
You know how there is a sharpness setting for some monitors? My monitor, and old Acer H203 LCD, lacks this feature. I tried power strip software as well as soft MCCS software to no avail.
Is there ...
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In OS X, how to power detach screen
I'm not sure what's up here.
I just switched to mac, which I'm liking but I can't seem to power detach my screen sessions
On other unix systems, I do this:
screen
[now I'm in a screen session]
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switching monitors from the cmdline in Windows XP
Windows 7 and above has this useful "displayswitch.exe" tool which can be invoked with the Win+P shortcut.
I'm trying to replicate this feature in my old Windows XP installation using Clavier+ and a ...
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How can I reduce the noise I see in my screen (using an analog VGA cable)?
I bought a cable to replace my old one, connecting my laptop to a monitor Philips 170s. It is a VGA port on the computer and monitor.
Unfortunately, even though it works, I get some fuzz (noises) in ...
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Is there any way to adjust the backlight?
I bought an ASUS laptop, it does not have a DDC/CI screen. I found that while using it in reasonably bright light, say a cloudy day, I had difficulty seeing the screen.
Is there a way to change the ...
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Flickering and 2D graphic errors in DX11 mode in fullscreen on AMD HD 5970
I have recently gotten an AMD Sapphire HD 5970 2GB video card. This seems to consist of two 1GB cards on the same chip (there is a crossfireX option but the card otherwise has only one PCI-E ...
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Status display after boot on Debian
I run some VM's and some of them are dedicated to several jobs. For example lets say that one machine is running samba and ftp services and another is running Apache and some database.
Now what I ...
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Scanning Barcodes From LCDs Using Photosensitive Paper [closed]
Most coupons today are only accepted if presented physically and upon the proper paper, but I consider this to be a very outdated / cumbersome system. The only reason they haven't gone virtual, ...
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What 10m USB extension cable can I use for a USB display?
The Lenovo LT1421 is a 14 inch monitor that can be connected using a USB B mini to USB A cable. It is shipped with a 1.8 meter cable which is too short for my purpose.
USB is limited to 5 meter, but ...
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Are lower resolution monitors safer for gaming on the long run?
EDIT: My earlier question was too subjective, so I've rephrased it entirely to broaden out its perspective.
In my opinion, PC games are always targeted to run best on the latest-gen graphic cards, ...
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Monitor flickering after power outage
I have a laptop-to-monitor setup, and after a power outage, the monitor is always flickering on and off (it's really bad at first, then goes down a bit). I have a Samsung SyncMaster 240 monitor.
I'm ...
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Is it possible to duplicate/mirror screen connected to different graphic cards?
My desktop has 2 HD 6450 graphic cards, each of them has one HDMI, one DVI and one VGA port. I connected 2 of my screens to the 2 HDMI ports on 2 cards, and I'd like to duplicate my 2 screens.
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Laptop Monitor faliure [closed]
I have a HP Pavilion g6 1232a, the monitor flickers/turn white when I move the monitor. If I'm lucky I might just get it to show the right things. What is causing this, it can't be the monitor caused ...
