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My Display 2 is an old LCD monitor, Samsung SyncMaster 913V. This website lists its "Native Resolution" as 1280 x 1024. It fails to maximize programs perfectly. You can see below this problem with Notepad and Paint. I see that the 913V recommends 1024 x 768, but this makes everything look too big, so I picked 1920 x 1080.

https://superuser.com/a/1542311 didn't solve my problem, which doesn't happen on my Lenovo IdeaPad Y700 laptop, my Display 1. screen images

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    Look for an "auto" or an "adjust" button on your monitor. Make sure you have a full screen image or maximised window open before pressing it. You might need to look in your monitor on screen display settings or it may have a physical button.
    – Mokubai ♦
    Commented Mar 30, 2021 at 8:24
  • Perhaps if you told us what "Display 2" actually IS, we could REALLY HELP YOU.
    – Señor CMasMas
    Commented Mar 30, 2021 at 15:16
  • @SeñorCMasMas You're correct! Sorry! Please see my edited post.
    – user1291795
    Commented Mar 31, 2021 at 5:28

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You're using a very old, though excellent monitor. And You're using it incorrectly. Every day you exceed native resolution you are damaging it. Maybe just a smidge, maybe not. LCDs should not work at resolutions exceeding it's native due to reasons above and with results exactly like You're complaining about. Technical response is: monitor fails to properly sync at that resolution. Newer monitors would simply blank the screen in that situation to avoid damage to internal circuitry.

There's nothing that can be done about them short of using virtual desktop (emulation of resolution higher than native, and it will be scrolling it when you move mouse to the edge).

if you want higher res than this SyncMaster's native you should buy newer monitor.

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  • "look for drivers for that LCD" .. if the LCD isn't detected, there won't be any "drivers" for it. Monitors don't actually have "drivers".. just an .inf file that shows supported display resolutions and refresh rates. The work is done on the side of the video card. If you KNOW what the monitor should be supporting you can force it with advanced adapter settings.
    – Señor CMasMas
    Commented Mar 30, 2021 at 15:15
  • @SeñorCMasMas - what is a driver if not an .inf file? My point is newer monitors communicate with OS and send back that list of available resolutions. But that's nit the case with older monitors. They need that inf file - driver - for the OS to know what settings to use.
    – AcePL
    Commented Mar 30, 2021 at 15:40
  • I have written over 180 windows device drivers. An inf file is NOT a driver. A driver is a binary file that lives within the kernel (usually).. with the exception of a user mode driver which does not (but isn't REALLY a driver).. The OS knowing what setting to use... means (another) DRIVER knows what settings to use. Your point is valid.. but it isn't a driver. Sorry.. I am a semantics geek. I didn't mark you down because your post was a good one.
    – Señor CMasMas
    Commented Mar 30, 2021 at 16:05
  • @SeñorCMasMas Problem isn't semantics - it's terminology. I agree with you that there are differences between driver and inf file containing some description. But both will be called drivers and if you search for them you'll get both. Common language is key to communication, even if imperfect.
    – AcePL
    Commented Mar 30, 2021 at 16:24
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    @DanielB Don't hesitate to write another answer. Always happy to see more opinions.
    – user1291795
    Commented Apr 20, 2021 at 4:15

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