Refers to display devices. Like a computer monitor.
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switching monitors from the cmdline in Windows XP
Windows 7 and above has this nifty "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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Is there a setting to adjust noisy screen with a new cable?
I bought a cable to replace my old one, connecting my laptop to a monitor. It is a VGA port on the computer and monitor.
Unfortunately, even though it works, I get some fuzz (noises) in the screen ...
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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coupons today are only accepted if presented physically and upon the proper paper, but I consider this to be a very outdated / cumbersome system.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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Connecting two monitors to a laptop
I am using a Toshiba Satellite P845 laptop and I am trying to connect 2 external monitors. I have one plugged into the HDMI and the other plugged into the VGA. HOwever, I can only get one of the ...
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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 ...
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Connect 20 monitors to one PC
I am trying to achieve this using Windows Multipoint Server & USB to VGA/HDMI External Adapters. But this technology only supports up to 14 monitors per PC. (OS limitation AFAIK). These monitors ...
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2 computers, One monitor, side by side windows over Webex?
I want to show a live simultaneous, response time demo side by side and share it over Webex.
I am trying to do this for a remote training session. I want to know if it is possible to show 2 windows ...
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Laptop screen remains off
The backlight inverter in my laptop blew, so I replaced the screen (by one with a higher resolution). The new screen is properly detected in Windows (8), but remains off, regardless of extend or ...
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Optimum method of connecting three different monitors to PC
I have three different monitors, two of which are DVI with the other being VGA. I can't seem to work out a way of hooking up each monitor to my graphics card. Currently I am using Lucid to run the VGA ...
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How do PC monitor integrated menus work? [closed]
Your PC monitor usually has a menu button which allows you to directly control the monitors configuration like sharpness, aspect, volume, etc..
On mine there is an 'overlay' menu when you press the ...
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Disable second monitor
I have dual-monitors, both on a single GPU. At times I don't use the second one, particularly in GPU-intensive gaming - is it possible to disable the monitor so that the GPU doesn't have to render ...
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Computer Monitor Limiting Bandwidth
I have a MacBook Pro, and I have an HP computer monitor that connects to the laptop using an adapter (Thunderbolt to VGA). I have noticed that when I am using the MacBook without the monitor ...
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I have a 24" iMac, I want to remove the LCD, and make it into a in-desk monitor [closed]
There was a question on this board that asked a general question about making the monitor into an external LCD. I'm not interested in that, I am interested in making it into an LCD built into a desk. ...
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windows 8 ultimate on netbook LG X110
The well documented solution of finding the displayDownsize in regedit is not working on the netbook I have.
Strange circumstance is that the given screen resolution is 1280 x 768, but my choices ...
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Monitor in power save mode
I used to have a dell laptop with two monitors hooked up. I set the power save option to have the display turn off after 15 minutes. And that is what would happen, monitors would go black and stay ...
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18 dead insects between my laptop screen [duplicate]
I'm stuck with 18 dead insects between my laptop screen.
It appeared to be thunder-flea's or storm bugs. ( Thysanoptera )
This happened during the extended warranty period of my Toshiba Satellite ...
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3 monitors - 2 via external graphics card DVI, and 1 via onboard DVI/VGA port
I have been running on two monitors for some time now, but have now acquired a third monitor. Windows detects the third monitor as a generic monitor (as opposed to Samsung xyz ...), but does not seem ...
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Screenshot application that creates a file on your desktop( for windows ) [closed]
On a mac, when you take a screenshot the OS creates a file with it on the desktop.
Is there such an alternative for Windows so when I use the "Print Screen" key or a key combination it lets me take ...
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Upgrade recommendations to support multiple displays [closed]
I want to upgrade my system, and as I do so I want to do it slightly differently. I want to have 2 displays (two TFT monitors aligned side by side). I am currently using a CRT monitor with a VGA port ...
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Trobleshooting monitor acer AL 1916W
My monitor acer AL 1916W when I put it on it blinks green and yellow while display is black. What could be the problem?
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What does HZ mean in a game?
I doubt this is the right forum to ask this in, but I believe that this is a quite technical question. In GTA4 there is an option under the screen resolution to chose between various hertz. (e.g. ...
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Dual Monitor Setup - Monitors keep swapping around so all applications switch to other screen
I hope someone can shed some light on this one as this issue has been driving me up the wall for many months now.
I have a dual screen setup.
A Samsung SyncMaster 940UX on the left. Identified as ...
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VIM - Only last line updates with scroll?
Searched around and couldn't find anything but cheat sheets for commands, perhaps my Google-fu is lacking these days.
Any guidance here is much appreciated. I've never seen this before, not sure what ...
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Laptop screen turns off after short period of time
My laptop is a Toshiba Satellite L500 and the screen has started going off after a second or 2 of use. For the brief time that the screen is on everything is clear and displays perfectly. Restarting ...
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Why do text/info boxes not disappear?
In Windows 7, I'll occasionally get floating text/info boxes that won't disappear from the screen after popping up, even if the program they appeared from is downsized or even closed.
Why does this ...
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Enable display when there are popups
Have a bunch of Win7 machines on my desk. Each display is disabled/blanked after a few minutes of inactivity.
So when a popup/dialog box is shown, I won't see it until I use that machine again. Think ...
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SAMSUNG Monitor - Not Optimum Mode, Recommended Mode 1440x900 60 hz
Samsung monitor of desktop computer is not able to display and show Not optimal mode error Recommended Mode 1440x900 60 hz while I connect it to cpu but it works when i check it from my laptop ...
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Large desktop on windows 7
I would love to be able to augment the resolution of my desktop larger than that of my monitor.
Currently I am limited by the max resolution of my monitor.
In a previous laptop (toshiba) running ...
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Ubuntu 10.04 Brightness stuck at 0 on my HP DV2000 Laptop.. How to change
I am Running Ubuntu 10.04 LTE on HP DV2000 Series Laptop. It was working good till last night. But today when I restarted it, I couldn't see a thing. It was all black screen, I can hear the harddisk ...
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How to display the boot screen notebook on a monitor?
The monitor of my notebook is broken and I want to install Arch-Linux on it. I have no problem to display the windows screen on an external monitor, but it doesn't show the initial screen where we ...
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Having trouble getting full 2560x1440 resolution output from a Mac Book Pro
I just got a Dell U2713hm to hook up to my Mac Book Pro. I thought it was a 2560x1440 monitor but I'm only getting 2048x1152.
I'm using the mini display port to VGA, am I just stuck with the lower ...
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Viewing Long Documents on Projector Vertically
Is there any such thing as being able to use a projector vertically so that you can view entire documents that are usually narrow in width and longer in length without having to scroll?
In our ...
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Monitor adjustment applications vs hardware configuration: any difference in safety?
Okay, here's an odd-stupid question. On a LCD, brightness, contrast etc can be configured either via the monitor's menu or using some software. Is there any difference in how either of these settings ...
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How can I display an Android Screen on a computer monitor [closed]
I am using a mouse and keyboard with my Android phone, a Samsung Galaxy S3, but I want to use a monitor with it. Is there any way or any programs which allow me to display what is on the android ...
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Replacing a screen for a Acer Aspire M5
I cracked my screen on my new laptop and have not been able to find a replacement.
So, making a rookie mistake, I ordered one that I thought would work – the only problem being that the screen I ...
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Resource Monitor is empty window , or transparent window, Windows 7 Classic display (only when DPI changes from 100%)
When I run the Resource Monitor program on windows 7 the window opens but the window is either blank or transparent with the desktop showing through the window frame. (even though no transparency is ...
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Screen stays black when lid is open?
I'm having a problem with my ASUS K53U laptop, again.
This is happening only on Windows 7, Mint 14 KDE doesn't have this problem. It's set to do nothing when the lid is closed, in case I'm listening ...
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Laptop mysteriously goes blank
My Laptop screen turns off randomly
The facts :
Dell Studio 15 Laptop display randomly and mysteriously goes blank .
Randomly comes back if I try turning it on and off about 10 times or maybe give ...
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Why does my laptop shows 2 monitors on the EDID record?
I'm using this small utility to extract information from my HP laptop's monitor: MonitorInfoView
Apparently, it says I have two monitors registered on the EDID records, one of 1280 X 800 and 60 Hz ...
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Dell Inspiron 1746 screen goes crazy
I have a dell Inspiron 1746 with Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, 4gb Ram, Intel HD graphics. The problem is after an hour or few the screen goes crazy with a noise and colored lines and then the computer ...
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Using extern monitor with multitouch to control pc - which cabel to use? [closed]
I have NEC MultiSync V321 monitor to testing and I want connect it to my notebook. I have hdmi cabel and display is fine but I can't control it. So I am asking if somebody knows that I must do some ...
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How can I set the brightness for each window opened?
I code on an IDE which has a dark theme. I require a high brightness while doing this task.
But when executing code, I use the browser, (since this is web development), and the whites of the browser ...
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How can I get my Windows 8 PC monitor to power off like a phone?
Here is what I would like to happen (and what I mean by "like a phone"):
I use my PC
I stop input to the PC (therefore "idle")
Some time passes (say 3 minutes)
There is an indicator that the monitor ...
