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From: Brian A. on 26 Dec 2009 17:25
"Microsoft Communities" <ed(a)danverssoftware.com> wrote in message
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>I need to change my screen size and changing the resolution does not do it
> enough. It is at the lowest setting and the desktop is still off the
> screen. It is very large.
>
> How can I change the size to fit the screen.

What manufacturer/make/model video adapter are you using?
Are the correct drivers installed for the video adapter?
What "resolution" and "color quality" settings are available in Display
Properties > Settings tab?

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From: Twayne on 26 Dec 2009 19:02
In news:hh5sh3$1oj$1(a)news.albasani.net,
VanguardLH <V(a)nguard.LH> typed:
> Microsoft Communities wrote:
>
>> I need to change my screen size and changing the resolution does not
>> do it enough. It is at the lowest setting and the desktop is still
>> off the screen. It is very large.
>>
>> How can I change the size to fit the screen.
>
> And what happened when you used the sizing control on the monitor
> itself?

Seems like I responded to this already but I don't see my response here.
So:

To make the contents on the screen smaller, you have to INCREASE your screen
resolution. It appears you've been going in the wrong direction; the more
you decrease the screen resolution, the larger the screen content will get.

If it's a case of just being a "little" larger than the screen, then your
monitor and/or video settings can probably adjust for that. But it sounds
like the screen contents are a lot larger than you can see. Therefore,
increase your monitor/screen resolution.

Very, very over-simplified and with made-up numbers:
To understand this better, say your screen is 900 pixels wide. Screen
content that is 900 pixels wide will fit on it fine. But if you change
your screen to a lower resolution, say 450 pixels wide, now the content is
twice as wide as your screen can display and you only see part of the
picture.
If you change the screen resolution to say 1800 pixels wide, now the 900
pixel wide content only takes up half the screen real estate. Thus,
increasing the screen resolution makes things get smaller looking.
The screen content is constant and doesn't change. But the amount of the
screen content that can be displayed is controllable by you, namely
increasing the screen resolution to get everything back on the screen.

It might be irritating to think in "pixels", the smallest amount of data a
screen can show, but unfortunately there is NO constant relationship between
pixels and inches or cm. Everyone's computer can and often is different.
Depending on the screen resolution, an image may show up as 2 inches wide
here, 12 inches wide on yours machine, 8 inches wide on another, and so on.
It's the method of display, namely resolution and the size of one pixel that
determines the size you actually see.

Hope that makes a little sense<g>. Try increasing your screen resolution by
2 or 3 steps (higher numbers in the 800 x 600, etc.) until you find the
right one. When you first turn on your monitor, it might even give you a
preferred screen resolution for a few seconds.

HTH,

Twayne






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From: "Don Schmidt" Don on 27 Dec 2009 07:53
If this is a CRT monitor look for Horizontal and Height adjustment controls
on the monitor itself.

Don
Vancouver, USA


"Microsoft Communities" <ed(a)danverssoftware.com> wrote in message
news:79C24A11-06BE-42B5-A6DB-A6F15D713B2E(a)microsoft.com...
>I need to change my screen size and changing the resolution does not do it
>enough. It is at the lowest setting and the desktop is still off the
>screen. It is very large.
>
> How can I change the size to fit the screen.
>
>


From: Hot-text on 28 Dec 2009 14:00
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"Microsoft Communities" <ed(a)danverssoftware.com> wrote in message
news:79C24A11-06BE-42B5-A6DB-A6F15D713B2E(a)microsoft.com...
> I need to change my screen size and changing the resolution does not do it
> enough. It is at the lowest setting and the desktop is still off the
> screen. It is very large.
>
> How can I change the size to fit the screen.
>
>
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