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My computer is stuck at a lower resolution

I play Team Fortress 2 in full-screen mode, with a lower-than-native resolution. Usually upon exiting the game Windows changes back to the native resolution. However, the other day I turned my ...
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Dell D630 New LCD (NO BIOS DISPLAY, Windows display OK)

I got a replacement LCD panel for a Dell D630 and installed it. After reading some of the posts here this was a risky proposition, I know that now. The problem is that the BIOS does NOT display with ...
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Screen resolution messed up after update from windows update on windows 7

Hello i installed some updates for windows 7 from windows update yesterday and it completely messed up my screen resolution for some reason. I have always had 1920x1080 working fine without problems, ...
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can Windows be hacked to have “huge” screen resolution and not transmit it to monitor, i.e. only for remote desktop viewing?

the question is somewhat reminiscent of this one Virtual monitor / desktop accessable through vnc only (windows 7) . I have read that one of the reasons why you should not have Windows try have screen ...
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How do I change the resolution of an Amazon EC2 Windows Machine?

(I debated between posting this here, ServerFault, and StackOverFlow. Settled for this. Hopefully it's in the right place.) We run our UI testing suite using Selenium Grid 2 with an Amazon EC2 ...
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Can I change the screen resolution?

I got a laptop with 17 inche screen. However, it is not that comfort as the text appears small. The recommended resolution is 1600x900 but I want to change it to something smaller. My question is: if ...
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Force screen resolution to its maximum in Windows

I have a Samsung SyncMaster SA100 monitor which I got after my good old CRT failed. The CRT had a maximum supported resolution of 1024x768 and the Samsung has 1366x768. However, when I connect the ...
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How to get the highest pc picture quality output to tv

What's the best possible way to get the highest quality picture on my HDTV.. I have a Panasonic 65vt30 1080p 600hz What I have setup now is just the pc hooked up to my tv thru VGA , running win7 ...
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Screen resolution and multiple users

Is it possible to have different screen resolution for different users logged at the moment into the system? When I switch user and change screen resolution windows changes resolution for all the ...
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How can I prevent an application (or user) from changing the screen resolution?

I am searching for an option to disable resolution changes by certain programs or users. In example I have a media player who automatically changes the resolution depending on the inserted medium. ...
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Windows 7 auto adjust screen resolution when plugging in new monitor

I prefer to set my main screen resolution to 1366x768 instead of the recommended 1600x900. However every time when plugging in another monitor, Windows 7 will auto adjust both screen resolution to its ...
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Fedora Linux VM guest: How to change screen resolution [closed]

I'm running Fedora Linux 16 as guest system, inside a Windows/VirtualBox host. After install the provided add-ons, only 1024x768 screen resolution displays properly; when I try to increase it, I ...
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10000x10000 virtual resolution desktop

I have a java applet map viewer and I'd like to plot out the map it displays. To do that I need to open it in a high enough resolution to avoid too much stitching. Is there any possible way I could ...
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Not getting 1366x768 screen resolution in LUbuntu installed as a guest on VirtualBox

My laptop supports 1366x768 resolution but, even after installing Guest Additions on my lubuntu-11.10-alternate-i386 virtual machine I have as available resolutions only (from xrandr): 1024x768 ...
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qemu: Set or force higher screen resolution than 640x480

I set up a virtual machine using qemu-system-arm (ARM emulation) running Debian squeeze. Now I have the problem that in the "Monitors" preferences, I can only select 640x480 as resolution. Tried all ...
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New Dell UltraSharp monitor flickering

I recently bought a new Dell U2312HM LED monitor and connected it to my laptop via the VGA cable that came with it. I’ve also installed the drivers Now it’s flickering and the flickering becomes ...
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What is the best way to test a webpage on higher resolution than your current screen's resolutions?

What is the best way to test a webpage on higher resolution than your current screen's resolutions? I'm making a responsive website where I need to test my webpage's css, html, javascript rendering on ...
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Widescreen resolutions not available under Windows XP for See2 UV150 USB Display Adapter

I have an Eclipse See2 UV150 USB display adapter that I'm trying to connect to an LCD TV from a Windows XP computer. I would like to run this at 1280x768. I know both the TV and USB display adapter ...
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NX Client screen resolution issue (from Mac OS X to Ubuntu)

I have an Ubuntu machine that I'm connecting to using the NOMACHINE NX Client. I would to increase the screen resolution (ideally to 1600 x 1200), but I can't seem to do so using the client settings. ...
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How to get the correct screen resolution for a TV when its not listed

I've been plugging my laptop into my TV for a while and it always adjusted the screen resolution automatically and got it right. After the screen automatically adjusted I had a lot of flexibility - ...
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Setting Screen Resolution for Extended Display on Windows 8

I'm using a Dell Inspiron laptop with Windows 8 Developers Preview. I've connected a second screen (some Dell 22 inch one) and have been using it with 'Extend these displays' options in the Screen ...
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How do I set different text sizes for different monitors?

I have a 15" laptop running Windows 7, which I also connect to a 24" monitor at work. I want to change the text size only on the 15" laptop monitor, to 150%, but on the 24" monitor I want to go with ...
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Vector graphics software for 10.1 netbooks with screen resolution 1024x600?

I have a netbook with 10.1 inch screen and resolution 1024x600, like most netbooks with that screen size. I need to work with vector graphics (not bitmap like what photoshop deals with). 1024x768 ...
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Revert resolution change in Windows 7 (screen gone black after change)

I changed my screen resolution from 800x600 to 1280x1074 and now Windows starts up but there is no display and a message comes on a black screen saying Input not supported. I can only start Windows in ...
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HKC Monitor suddenly started displaying “Out of range” at 1920 x 1080 resolution

I've been using my PC with a 22" HKC monitor for over a year now. Earlier today I returned to my PC and began using it, when the screen suddenly turned black and started displaying an "OUT OF RANGE" ...
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LG W3000H-BN monitor cannot go above 1280x800

I noticed that there are many people complaining about this issue with the W3000H but I have yet to find a solution that works for me. I am using Windows 7 Professional and and using a nVidia Quadro ...
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Windows 7 - bottom of applications hidden by taskbar

This slight annoyance has been bothering me for some time now... For some reason, some programs appear vertically too large; the bottom portion will be hidden by the taskbar. And of course, they just ...
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How can I make the window fonts bolder in Windows 7?

Is there a way in Windows 7 to make fonts on windows stronger? I am trying to help someone figure out how to make text easier to read. I have already adjusted the text DPI, used ease of access ...
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Run a low-resolution game in center of a high-resolution LCD?

I want to run my Warcraft 3 (resolution 1024x768) in the center of my 23" LCD screen (resolution 1920x1080), I want to keep Warcraft 3 in the center of my LCD, and outer region are all black rather ...
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What is the Intel Core i7 onboard graphics maximum supported resolution?

I went from an external Nvidia card to the i7 graphics and was shocked that the driver maxed out at 1680x1050 pixels. I have a 27" monitor whose native resolution is 2560x1440. Can the onboard ...
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Windows XP Resolution is stuck on 800x600 Gateway LT27

So I formatted my whole netbook 256GB SSD and installed Windows XP Professional, and plan to dualboot. I first started with Windows XP, and the install went smoothly, I splitstreamed my old Windows XP ...
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My monitor's screen resolution has dropped from 1920x1200 to 1919x1200

I noticed this happen right around the same time I noticed a stuck red pixel in the middle-lower section of the panel. I don't think the two things are related but they may be since it was about the ...
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Custom Screen Resolutions with Intel Graphics Card

I plugged in an old monitor as an extra screen and noticed that the picture did not cover the full screen without stretching. I have an Intel Graphics Card with the native drivers installed. When I ...
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Spoof screen resolution for a Windows application

I'm looking to use an app (specifically, Emulator FT, a touch-screen DJing app) on a Windows 7 tablet - only subtlety is it's designed for huge touchscreens, and hence has a minimum screen resolution ...
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How to setup oversized physical screen resolution in winxp

My physical resolution is 1024x768, but I need to virtually set up resolution in Windows XP to be 1280x1024 and use it by scrolling on the edges of my desktop. The reason is that I have special ...
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How to setup oversized physical screen resolution in Windows XP? [closed]

Possible Duplicate: Oversized (higher resolution) virtual desktop by scaling/zooming out for Windows (XP)? Is there any way to use a display resolution higher than the max? My physical ...
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Can I force a laptop to use a higher resolution?

I bought my laptop (ASUS A53SV-XE1 15.6-Inch Versatile Entertainment Laptop) from amazon a few days ago, and when I got it today, I was so disappointed, the screen can't even compare with the laptop I ...
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What's meant by work resolution in reference to a LCD screen of a desktop?

My Acer LCD's Work Resolution is 1600*860 pixels. But I have no option to set it. I do have options 1600*900. Windows says that I am at recommended resolution 1600*900. But I see Red Shading all over ...
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Screen resolution sometimes changes at reboot in Linux

Here's an oddity I've run across repeatedly over the last few months: I'm running various Linux distributions on a year-old Toshiba laptop. My screen resolution is 1366 x 768. But sometimes when I ...
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HP Probook 4530s Maximum native resolution support

Is there possible that HP 4530s with "1GB AMD Radeon 6470 Graphics Card" can support resolution more then 1366 x 768? Because I think on Intel HD card HP 4530s can only give max resolution of ...
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Screen for Small Conference Room - Size and Resolution Questions

I'll try to keep my questions generic so that it might help others in the future. How should we go about choosing a screen for our conference room? What factors should we consider and what ...
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Change screen resolution while in safe mode for normal mode

A screen of mine burnt out, and was replaced with a screen of lower resolution. It works in safe mode as that is in 800x600 resolution, but when I try to boot to normal mode, it fails. Is there a way ...
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Custom NVIDIA Resolutions?

NVIDIA's license agreement for the custom resolution tool is rather scary; it claims that it can destroy your graphics card and whatnot. In reality, how dangerous is it? Could I reasonably expect to ...
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2560 x 1600 screen resolution not available when a second monitor is attached

I am running Windows 7 (64-bit edition) and have a 30" Dell 3007WFP monitor which runs at a screen resolution of 2560 x 1600. This works perfectly until I try to connect a second monitor, and then the ...
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RCA monitor won't display highest resolution when NVidia drivers are installed

My computer is a dual-monitor setup. It won't display my second monitor's highest res... In fact, it will only display one resolution. Anything higher or lower makes the monitor not show the screen. ...
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How do I change screen resolution in Fedora 15?

I installed Fedora 15 recently and am struggling to find a way to set screen resolution to greater than 1280x800. Has anybody tried doing this?
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Resolution problems with MSI R5770 Hawk through DisplayPort

I just picked up a MSI R5770 Hawk card from the parts picking megathread. I run dual 2560x1600 monitors (LG W3000H, for what it's worth) but for some reason I can only get the native resolution for ...
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Everytime I install something in Windows 7 my resolution changes to 640 x 480

I think I screwed something with the Compatibility Administrator, because every time I install something new, program, game, or anything the screen resolution changes to 640 x 480, and it goes back to ...
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1080p - MacOS X - Screen / Font rendering very bad

I have a MacBook Pro mid 2009 and a samsung SyncMaster B2230 monitor. I have connected them through the standard display port adapter and a DVI to HDMI connector cable. Now the display resolution is ...
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Badly sized form issue (form cut off)

I'm running Windows 7 with a screen resolution of 1980x1080. Occasionally I get forms from programs that appear to be cut off. Changing my screen resolution does not seem to solve the problem, and ...

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