Questions tagged [display-settings]
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Turn monitors off on Windows 10 on Remote Desktop Connection
I am looking to disable my two monitors and turn them off once I connect to my Windows 10 Machine over remote desktop, if I walk out of the office and leave my machine on for remote access, the two ...
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Extend displays no longer working after Win 10 update
After a recent Windows 10 update my 2nd monitor is no longer working. I get a blank screen and it responds to Extend these Displays by lighting up and showing the HDMI input for few seconds, but I ...
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Firefox hide or disable More tools and Options icons
I've been looking into a way to disable the More tools and Options icons on Firefox but couldn't get too much success.
Our company has a few public computers running on Win10 and Firefox 69.0 (64-bit)...
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Increase font size of the "Find" feature of Google Chrome?
I'm getting older but I still have a keen interest in Asian languages.
With my eyesight not as good as it used to be I've increased the default font size in Windows which affects just about all of ...
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My computer's display goes bright and dark automatically
I have a Windows 10 PC but recently I realised that when I look at something bright my screen turns its brightness down but when I look at something dark my brightness goes bright? I don't know I'm ...
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Windows 10 - Change Display Numbers / Identity
I can get to the display setting where I can re-order displays:
But is it possible to actually re-number them as well?
The reason simply re-ordering doesn't fit my use case, is because other ...
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Change time after which locked computer turns off display [duplicate]
I have (I think) a standard sleep / turn off display settings in my Windows 10:
Yet my computer turns off display after 30 seconds since locking the computer.
If I lock computer manually, display's ...
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How do I make the Windows command prompt opacity settings permament?
My question is super simple, although somewhat specific and I can't find anything online.
So I want to change the color and opacity of my Windows 10 Command Prompt. I've been able to do that just ...
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Win 10 Dual Monitor Settings
I need help with win 10 system to configure dual monitor.
That i trying to achieve is then my monitors goes blank in let say 10 min. I need 1 off them go off and another one to stay on newer go to ...
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How to change the language in Show fixes suggestions in VSCode
I've recently discovered that despite all my VS Code installation is in English, and the default language in settings is English, I get Polish language in "Show fixes":
Polish language in "Show fixes"...
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Setting different settings for second display on Windows10
Is it possible to set turn off screen time for second display a different number than the first display?
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Can I decrease refresh rate of my monitor to 1 FPS
I was curious to see how displays work and would like to see screen drawing slowly at 1 FPS. How is it possible to see? if not possible can we emulate it with any video players like FFmpeg ? or ...
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Cannot change resolution because drop down menu is flickering on Windows 10
This is happening on a new laptop. I removed Windows 10 Home and replaced it with Windows 10 Enterprise.
I installed these drivers( https://www.asus.com/Laptops/ROG-Strix-SCAR-II/HelpDesk_Download/) ...
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3rd row of system tray not visible if I'm not looking at display tab of Settings application in Windows 10
Now this is extremely weird for me. I've three rows in my system tray. I'm on Windows 10 machine (Dual monitor) with below system information:
OS Name : Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise
Version 10.0....
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How to properly line up 4 screens (two stacked rows) in Windows 10?
I have a quad-monitor setup (two stacked rows of two monitors) and a PC running Windows 10.
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The problem is that the intersection point of the monitors never lines up perfectly. The four ...
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Windows 10 night light color not returned when mode turned off
I have a dual monitor setup I just upgraded to identical Samsung monitors and a single AMD Radeon RX580 graphics card. I also have two computers hooked up to both.
After installation I had one ...
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How can I offset my monitor from the center?
This question might be a bit odd, but due to a damaged screen, I need to adjust my LG 32 inch 4K monitor to be offset from the center. I've already adjusted the resolution to reduce the width. Now, I ...
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How to turn off screen with PowerShell?
I need to be able to turn off my screen instantly manually.
I tried powercfg /change monitor-timeout-ac 0, but looks like setting the value to 0 turns it to never. Values like 0.1 also change it to ...
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Windows 10 text garbled in VirtualBox 6.0 as guest OS
Why is Windows 10 text garbled / distorted / jumbled when running as a guest OS under VirtualBox 6.0.0 on macOS Mojave?
The text issue seems isolated to Windows dialogs. The more I interact with the ...
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Whose settings are used at the Win10 and Win7 login screens?
There are times when I want the settings I setup as an Admin for both my Win10 and Win7 machines to apply to the login screen. The only problem is that I'm not entirely sure which user's settings ...
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Windows 10 turns display off after minutes instead of hours
Has anyone else seen it where Windows 10 turns the display off after a short amount of time instead of the number of hours that you tell it to? I had set my computer at work to turn the displays (I ...
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Windows 10 1809 Brightness Settings Disappeared
After manually installing the Windows 10 1809 update, the display brightness option disappeared from my battery panel, the mobility center and the power options in the control panel. It's still ...
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Change background loading color in Windows 10?
In Windows 10, you can change the colors by going to "Control Panel > Personalization > Colors" and select the color you prefer. This also changes the background color of the windows. When you open a ...
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Win10 issue: all windows moved to left monitor in dual-screen RDP session
Machine in question is on Windows 10 Enterprise, build 1803. When I remote in (RDP) from another machine with dual-monitors, all of my open windows are forced over to the screen on the left. I also ...
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Set screen resolution to 1680 x 1050 on a VGA monitor
I changed my screen resolution on my monitor to 1920 x 1080.
And got a message:
Input signal out of range
Please change to 1680 x 1050 @60hz
However, this option is not availiable on the screen ...
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10240x768 desktop display
I have a lot of small monitors at work; I think they're 1024x768. Is there a device that can take, for example, 10 computer monitors and present it as a single logical 10240x768 display to the ...
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How do you remove the blue outline/border around everything on windows 10 [duplicate]
As you can see above, there is a blue border/focus/highlight or whatever you want to call it around the application. It also effects things like textboxes, buttons, and overall the border goes around ...
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How can I set extended monitor setting as the default when any secondary screen it attached?
When I plug in a new secondary monitor to my laptop, I have to configure the display from "Duplicate" to "Extended". While this persistes if I plug in the same screen, windows forgets/ignores this ...
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Non VNC and VNC $Display confusion
I have an Ubuntu 16.06LTS system (let's call it Fred) that I use while sitting in front of it and on that same system I run a VNC server (FredVNC). My problem is that when I've started an application ...
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VirtualBox display ratio 26:9, not 16:9
I have Ubuntu 16.04LTS and just upgraded my VirtualBox to 5.2.12 with the new guest additions. Before, I had a nice Windows client that had a 16:9 display ratio, perfect for filling my 27" monitor.
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