Questions tagged [display-settings]
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Windows 10 continuum issue
So I have one of those convertible 2-in-1 laptops, the Lenovo Flex 3. Lately, when I put it into sleep mode, something weird happens. The screen is black, the keys light on and it doesn't appear to ...
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Disable input language on the default display language in Windows 10
I've been looking for an answer for this for a long time and the closest I've found is this SuperUser post however there's no satisfactory answer in there. I have almost an identical situation:
I use ...
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Windows 10 screensaver often stops working/doesn't work
Not sure when, why, or how but every day to couple of days while having my PC on (it doesn't sleep), the screensaver suddenly stops coming on and instead the screen stays on and also never sleeps. I'...
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Windows 10: Is it possible to control the display scaling (typically a monitor based setting) specific to a window?
I've got some PC displays with wildly varying DPI's. I have a typical 27" 2560x1440 which is 107 PPI and I have hooked up a 324 PPI iPad3 (sub 10", 2048x1536) screen converted to displayport with an ...
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Kde custom resolution
Everything is just a tad too small on Kde plasma 5 on my 1080p laptop. Everything looks peefect when I force 1600x900 using xrandr but a logout removes this setting and kscreen does not give it as an ...
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How to disable lower horizontal menu bars in secondary and third monitors on Win 10?
I have three monitors for my desktop, however the menu bar on the bottom is present in all of the three monitors, how can I disable them except in my main monitor?
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How to correctly reset Windows 7 screen DPI back to normal (Smaller 100%)?
Using the control panel Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Display (partly displayed in the screenshot below), I first changed the DPI from the "Smaller 100%" setting to the "Medium 125%" setting, ...
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Windows 10 Display Scaling Issues
I seem to be having some issues regarding Windows 10 display scaling feature ("Change the size of text, apps, and other items: x%" x being the percentage from 100% to 300%). Currently, I've set this ...
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How can I change the Window Title text and background colors on Windows 8.1?
I have tried certain registry edits to resolve this in the past without success. I'd like a black active-window title bar, but when it's changed the typical aero way the font has such little contrast ...
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Samsung 850 Evo SSD with Windows 10 randomly freezing and display settings issues
I've got a strange problem with my SSD. I've installed my system on it (windows 10) and it was working fine for some time (aside from occasional freezes at the start of a system). Now when I boot my ...
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Windows 10 - how to increase text size in start menu
Any way to increase the font size of the text in the start menu on Windows 10? It's really small and I would like to increase the text size inside so it's easier to read.
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Using Windows, how can I have two applications in PIP mode?
For a kind of digital signage environment, I have two applications I want to be visible at the same time : one in full screen and the other windowed.
This picture-in-picture mode (aka PIP) mode being ...
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How to access the advanced boot options before/during Windows 10 boots up
I have recently been messing around with a second monitor and the system's display settings and now, every time I try to boot up, the screen goes completely black (not even a mouse cursor) right after ...
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How to reduce OSD time-out?
In Windows 10, OSD for volume control, brightness, etc. takes almost 12 seconds to disappear.
Is there any way to change this timeout?
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Show only one window in taskbar per file in Excel?
In MS Excel 2010, under Options -> Advanced -> Display, there is a checkbox called "Show all windows in taskbar". As far as I can tell, this options is global for all files opened and local to the ...
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SPSS dialog not appearing
Sometimes, I notice that when I click a menu item or select from the most-recently-used dialog list in the toolbar, I expect a dialog box (e.g. Frequencies) to appear but it does not. The application ...
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Screen position changed after changing resolution using xrandr
I just got a new ubuntu 14.04 PC at work (I am already using another Windows 7 PC) and found that it had a low resolution (1024x768) set by default, while the ideal resolution for my monitor is ...
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Philips 170S does not display fine gray tones but other colors fine
I have a problem with my secondary monitor: I calibrated it with Windows Color Calibration, and I have the problem that it displays grey tones (like the grey background of the Stack Exchange code ...
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Not able to connect 3rd monitor via HDMI to VGA connector
I am using Windows 7 and NVdia g610 basic graphics card.
I have connected 2 monitors using VGA and DVI respectively.
Now I have connected 3rd monitor using HDMI to VGA connector. As soon as I had ...
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Unable to change screen settings on Linux Mint (SettingsDaemon was not provided by any .service files)
I'm trying to set up a second screen on my laptop. I plugged the screen using the VGA port and go to Preferences -> Display.
The screen is correctly detected, but when I try to activate it, an error ...
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Change resolution without being able to see desktop
I am traveling. I use Splashtop to connect to my home PC. I changed the resolution and now my screen looks like an old NES game with a dusty cartridge or a scrambled cable channel. I can run ...
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Windows 10: Error accessing certain settings
I've just completed a clean install of Windows 10 Pro on my Thinkpad W520 (4270cto) and I've noticed a strange error that occurs when attempting to adjust certain system settings. For example, if I ...
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Reduce text size on Windows 8.1 tablet
I have an HP Stream 7 (tablet) with Windows 8.1. The screen size in desktop mode is a little difficult to work with, and I was exploring changing up the resolution to make things a little easier to ...
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In excel, I want the word "Name" to display but not print
I have a census sheet in excel that has to list peoples name in a specified area. There are a set number of rooms that can contain people, but they are not all full at all times. I would like to have ...
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Keyboard Shortcut to Toggle Mirror Displays in OSX Yosemite
In past versions of OSX you can toggle between mirror displays (if you have more than one monitor) and extend displays with the keyboard shortcut (Command + F1). In Yosemite however, when I try to use ...
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Keep wallpapers specific to individual PC under the same Microsoft account in 8.1
I have several Windows 8.1 machines, but finally set up my first with dual monitors. I log in with my Microsoft account on them all to maintain the experience between them all. However, I added a dual-...
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Videos on YouTube and Windows Media Player are oversaturated; have too much contrast
When I play videos on Youtube in minimum screen or middle-sized, videos are normal. However when I play them in fullscreen the video is oversaturated (has too much contrast and light).
The same ...
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Change screen resolution and size of all items when a specific application starts
My problem is that I am using a hiDPI screen with resolution 3200x1800 but when I launch some specific application, I cannot use this resolution because the text is too small. I tried to change the ...
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Windows 8.1: Login on one monitor, Start/Metro on the other
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I'm on Windows 8.1. I have two monitors. I'll call them A and B.
On A, I want:
- Start/Metro screen
On B, I want:
- Login screen
I don't care where applications spawn.
So does anyone ...
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How to turn off display but not lock the screen in Windows 2012 R2
For various reasons I want my server to:
Automatically turn off the display after 10 minutes of inactivity.
Never go into sleep mode.
Never lock the screen automatically.
So, if I were to leave my ...
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