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From: Bob Newman on 4 Jan 2010 21:21
I have a netbook (Toshiba), when I hook up my external monitor the right
hand edge of the screen is "chopped off". ie on the desktop I only see the
left side of my clock widget, the right side is off the screen. In the
taskbar I cannot see my icon for the volume control as it is "off the
screen". I know the answer to the problem has something to do with the
setting for the dual monitors in the Control Panel/Display/ section but I
can't find the right setting. I know it is there because I called Toshiba
once before for this problem and changing the setting fixed it right away.
I'm embarrassed to call them again. Help please.



Bob

From: BillW50 on 5 Jan 2010 00:12
In news:hmx0n.4066$XU.2696(a)newsfe03.iad,
Bob Newman typed on Mon, 4 Jan 2010 21:21:01 -0500:
> I have a netbook (Toshiba), when I hook up my external monitor the
> right hand edge of the screen is "chopped off". ie on the desktop I
> only see the left side of my clock widget, the right side is off the
> screen. In the taskbar I cannot see my icon for the volume control
> as it is "off the screen". I know the answer to the problem has
> something to do with the setting for the dual monitors in the Control
> Panel/Display/ section but I can't find the right setting. I know it
> is there because I called Toshiba once before for this problem and
> changing the setting fixed it right away. I'm embarrassed to call
> them again. Help please.

Hi Bob! Many monitors have an auto button that should fix it for you.
Some you can adjust the monitor manually. And if this all fails, you
should adjust the Display properties in the Control Panel to another
resolution.

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP2


From: Don Phillipson on 5 Jan 2010 08:48
"Bob Newman" <bobnewman(a)cox.net> wrote in message
news:hmx0n.4066$XU.2696(a)newsfe03.iad...

> I have a netbook (Toshiba), when I hook up my external monitor the right
> hand edge of the screen is "chopped off". ie on the desktop I only see
the
> left side of my clock widget, the right side is off the screen. In the
> taskbar I cannot see my icon for the volume control as it is "off the
> screen". I know the answer to the problem has something to do with the
> setting for the dual monitors in the Control Panel/Display/ section but I
> can't find the right setting. I know it is there because I called Toshiba
> once before for this problem and changing the setting fixed it right away.
> I'm embarrassed to call them again. Help please.

1. Google will probably find brand-specific solutions if you
search for "toshiba netbook adjust"
2. Generally PCs have two sets of monitor controls:
-- hardware, via physical control buttons, to control the
image's size and position on the monitor;
-- software (for the display adapter), which sets the
colours and size of the image (in pixels.)
Uses can use software controls to maximise readability
and then hardware controls to position the readable image
as they prefer.
3. When you find the correct adjustment method for your
Toshiba netbook, write it down.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)


From: Paul H on 9 Jan 2010 11:24

"Bob Newman" <bobnewman(a)cox.net> wrote in message
news:hmx0n.4066$XU.2696(a)newsfe03.iad...
I have a netbook (Toshiba), when I hook up my external monitor the right
hand edge of the screen is "chopped off". ie on the desktop I only see the
left side of my clock widget, the right side is off the screen. In the
taskbar I cannot see my icon for the volume control as it is "off the
screen". I know the answer to the problem has something to do with the
setting for the dual monitors in the Control Panel/Display/ section but I
can't find the right setting. I know it is there because I called Toshiba
once before for this problem and changing the setting fixed it right away.
I'm embarrassed to call them again. Help please.

Bob

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I wonder how many people use the external monitor option. I have, since XP
days, and always use a larger external monitor, to maximize the available
geography. Now Windows 7 has created a problem that did not exist in XP or
Vista. If the top of the external monitor is higher than the laptop's
screen, screen-saver "slide show" pictures have their tops chopped off at
the level that the external monitor's height exceeds the laptop's height.
The only solution I have found is to put the laptop on something to make the
top edges even. Not a big deal, but annoying! Maybe our problems are
related? Ideas, anyone? TIA, Paul


From: Mike Blake-Knox on 10 Jan 2010 15:29
In article <4b48add3$0$5336$bbae4d71(a)news.suddenlink.net>, Paul H wrote:
> If the top of the external monitor is higher than the laptop's
> screen, screen-saver "slide show" pictures have their tops chopped off at
> the level that the external monitor's height exceeds the laptop's height.
> The only solution I have found is to put the laptop on something to make the
> top edges even. Not a big deal, but annoying! Maybe our problems are
> related? Ideas, anyone?

Right-click on the desktop, choose Screen Resolution and move one of the
monitors vertically until you get the effect you want.

Alternatively, you might try making the external monitor the primary one.

Of course, you can use both.

Mike

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