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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Issue cloning display between LG TV and computer monitor [duplicate]
I am having problems cloning my display on my Apple monitor and LG HD TV (attached to a windows 7 PC) with 2 NVIDIA GTX590s in SLI.
For some reason the NVidia control panel allows for extending the ...
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Screen Resolution is reduced and cannot be reverted
I have a laptop(Sony Vaio VPCSA9e) (OS: Windows 7) and a monitor (LG W1945S). I used to connect the monitor to my laptop in 1440X900 screen resolution without any problem. (I connect it via VGA ...
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Screen resolution changes after wake-up from sleep
Often when I put my Windows 7 [64 Bit] PC to sleep and then wake it up, my log-in screen changes size. After i hit Ctrl+Alt+Del and log-in, my Desktop has huge Icons and the open windows are so big ...
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GNU/GRUB - Misaligned display/screen [duplicate]
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 with Windows 7 - and upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10 recently - Ubuntu installed the GRUB boot menu. When I first got Ubuntu, I changed the default OS to Windows 7. But now I ...
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GNU GRUB - Misaligned display/screen
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 with Windows 7 - and upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10 recently - Ubuntu installed the GRUB (version 2.00-7ubuntu11) boot menu. When I first got Ubuntu, I changed the default OS ...
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Nvidia GTX 460 moving screen
For a few days, my GTX 460 gives me problems. Sometimes, the image moves radomly left and right. This goes very fast but is very annoying. After that, it moves back to center and it also moves about ...
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2nd monitor not detected
I'm having problems adding a second monitor to my computer. Computer is a Dell Optiplex 780 running W7(64). The computer has a VGA port and a DisplayPort. Main monitor is connected via DisplayPort to ...
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What is responsible for screen dim on laptop (Sony Vaio)?
So this is a minor issue that is bugging me slightly. I have a Sony Vaio SVS151190X laptop with Windows 7. I have it set so that after it's been idle for a few minutes the screen dims automatically. ...
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Change screen dimensions - windows 7
The bottom fourth of my screen is broken, showing some weird lines. It's too expensive for me to replace it, but there's still plenty of space in the upper part because it originally had full HD ...
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Are monitor drivers necessary? [duplicate]
Are drivers for monitors necessary -- in the sense of having tangible need/functionality?
Besides the ability to have Windows label the monitor with its correct name, do the drivers serve a ...
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Identical displays look different after calibration
I've had a Dell U2312HM for a while now. As soon as I got it I calibrated it according to a guide, which used professional tools like a spectrophotometer to get some convincing color settings.
I've ...
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Which software can control frequently used laptop functions like Fn combo keys?
My laptop fn key died yesterday. I can't send it to the repair service now because I need it for my work.
My question is: Is there any softwares can control some functions like: turn on/off wifi and ...
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Load display color-calibration on Windows 7 Startup
I recently color-calibrated my ASUS VE247H and BenQ RL2450HT displays with Spyder4Elite. All worked flawlessly, until I decided to uninstall said software (for no major reasons; I just assumed I could ...
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Weird monitor issues related to sleep
About a week ago, the monitor did not return when the system spooled up from sleep. Actually, the monitor still had a green (connected) lite and when you turned it off, and then back on again i would ...
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Is there any alternatives of Monitor Birghtness Reducer with lower RAM usage?
I think question might need little more clarification. Is there any way to recuce screen brightness beyond what windows lets you except Monitor Birghtness Reducer?
I downloaded from here: ...
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If I enable onBoard VGA port will it mess things up on video card?
I have PCI Video card it has 2 HDMI and some other port. Total 3 port but only allows 2 monitors display.
I was wondering if I enable built in VGA on mother board will it mess up my video card ...
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How to set a resolution 800x480 under Windows 7?
I have a 7" monitor Lilliput 669, and I am unable to set a native 800x480 resolution under Windows 7 - it is just not in the list.
I am using integrated Intel graphics, so I have no nVidia panel.
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Monitor constantly flickering between no signal
Info -
Gfx Card: 7850
TV: Element 55 inch
OS: windows 7 64 bit
I'm using 1080p/HDMI.
When I turn my computer on, I get 'no signal' all the way until the log in screen, because apparently the ...
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dots on my laptop's screen
I see weird dots on my laptop's screen since I bought it. I have attached the screenshots. I mark them in blue circles. My system is acer 5820tg, windows7, latest drivers.
How can I get rid of ...
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Windows 7: Is there a way to move C:\Windows\System32\oobe\info\backgrounds folder?
Using display fusion there's an option to change my logon background to whatever my desktop background is.
The problem is that whenever my background switches I get a UAC prompt. I understand that ...
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Driver for AMD M880G with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200
I have Gateway NV53 nootebook and I just reinstalled my windows 7 .
Before the reinstal I had display adapter - AMD M880G with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 like this -
After I reinstalled the ...
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Windows 7 screen position too low on startup
Over the last several weeks, when I start up my Acer Netbook with Windows 7 starter, the first screen with the enter password box is loading up about an inch too low. As a result every screen winds up ...
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How to disable Windows's sub-pixel edge-enhancement?
I noticed yesterday that none of my monitors were showing greyscale images correctly, edges were being enhanced, creating coloured ringing, not something desirable for an artist, such as myself (or ...
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Why does this monitor go to sleep but won't wake up, event though all related power options are turned off?
We have a machine, Windows 7 (64-bit) with ASUS motherboard, in our building that only sometimes seems to go to sleep, but won't wake up. The machine is still running but shaking the mouse or hitting ...
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why does my laptop display keep switching between black & normal randomly every few seconds?
Our sony vaio laptop is only about a year or so old (Windows 7 + Google Chrome). When it's turned on it works great but last week it started quickly fading the display / screen to black when being ...
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Why I can only get 2 monitors to work and 3rd don't with 3 port video card?
I have total 3 monitors.
I have ATI Graphics card with 3 ports.
2 HDMI and 1 DVI (looks like).
(Video card port --> Monitor port)
1) HP L0245W (connected ...
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Laptop Image disappears for a few seconds when using Windows 7
My laptop screen turns black every once in a while for a few seconds when I am running windows.
I have a Dual Boot with Ubuntu 11.10/Windows 7 set up on my PC. I never got display problems with the ...
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Windows 7 Max-Window won't max all the way
I have a problem that comes up every once in a while. Sometimes when playing a game that changes the screen resolution and plays at full-screen, and then crashes, my windows don't perform normally.
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Teamviewer remote computer 640x480 screen?
I have a Windows 7 PC with TeamViewer installed on it. This computer is always on and has no screen, keyboard and mouse attached to it, only an internet-cable.
I login from my Mac on TeamViewer, ...
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Primary laptop monitor suddenly not working
I have a Toshiba Satellite L645D with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200. I use the laptop display and an AOC monitor as dual monitor. However, I usually switch to only the AOC monitor when playing games ...
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What's the reason aero turns off and then sometimes comes back again?
Just now it happened, and after a couple minutes it turned back on, which is not something that happened before. Before this I have only seen it turning off by itself and I had to restart it after a ...
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New graphics card is installed, but monitor goes blank after Windows loading screen
I'm really at the end of my wits on this one.
Graphics card: ASUS GeForce GTX 660 DirectCU II (2GB GDDR5/PCI Express)
Monitor: ASUS VE228TR 21.5
Installed the card and it seems to have passed the ...
