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monitor display properties

thepedestrian
thepedestrian Posts: 997 Forumite
in Techie Stuff
cant move my monitor display properties beyond medium in settings and its all to big for the screen ! - anybody resolved this please ?
As Martin says - please be nice - there is no such thing as a stupid question ! ;)

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  • JasX
    JasX Posts: 3,996 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    make sure you have the latest drivers for your monitor (if available -n/a if its an old analogue type) and graphics card/graphics chipset.

    failing that checking you have the latest windows patches might help (run windows update and look for optional updates related to the above, you should have this set to automatically update for important ones for security reasons)
  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    Have you reinstalled windows recently, if so, you need to install the correct graphics card drivers.
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  • thepedestrian
    thepedestrian Posts: 997 Forumite
    closed wrote: »
    Have you reinstalled windows recently, if so, you need to install the correct graphics card drivers.


    yes - I have re installed win xp recently and added sp 2 - is the only way to identify the card to actually physically examine it ?
    As Martin says - please be nice - there is no such thing as a stupid question ! ;)
  • thepedestrian
    thepedestrian Posts: 997 Forumite
    edited 23 February 2010 at 7:33PM
    unfortunetly I cannot update on line as my router refuses to access Explorer or Chrome so my only net access is thru AOL - so cannot run DRIVERMAX or SIS SANDRA - or WINDOWS UPDATE as they need Explorer
    As Martin says - please be nice - there is no such thing as a stupid question ! ;)
  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    edited 23 February 2010 at 8:23PM
    You can either go to the manufacturers website, or find out the instance_id from device manager, or

    http://www.halfdone.com/Development/UnknownDevices/
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  • thepedestrian
    thepedestrian Posts: 997 Forumite
    thanks - will try that later
    As Martin says - please be nice - there is no such thing as a stupid question ! ;)
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