Questions tagged [display-settings]
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How to use different scaling for every monitor?
One of the new features in Windows 8.1 is the new "Desktop display scaling", which allows user to configure scaling per monitor. I've been trying to get this working in preview but with no success. If ...
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Colors differ in the dual monitor
I use a dual monitor.
The colors appear entirely different on the new monitor than they do on my laptop.
When you are selecting colors etc, to be included in a website design, it totally freaks me ...
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Change Overscan/Underscan settings without Catalyst Control Center
Just installed Windows 8 and downloaded the Catalyst version which ATI website recommended. However it says that it can't start! My main monitor is connected to my PC via a HDMI cable and the display ...
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How to mock up a virtual display on a Windows 10 VM
Running from an amazon VM with windows 10, I want to mirror the screen with an application through a web interface.
Ideally I would like to Mock up a custom screen that mirrors the clients ...
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Get display resolution from the command line for Linux Desktop
I'm looking for a method of reporting display resolution. I want to set up scripts to launch rdesktop, and I want to launch it on several machines with different resolutions, so I want a way to ...
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How to turn off the display in Windows 8 without locking or making computer go to sleep?
How to turn of the display in Windows 8 without locking or making computer go to sleep ?
The problem is that when I enable ‘Turn off display after x minutes’ feature from control panel, the device ...
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Windows 10 detects too many monitors
I have a Dell Precision laptop running the latest version of Windows 10. I'm experiencing problems with my display settings where it sometimes won't recognize new displays connected via HDMI. When my ...
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Removing drop shadow from windows in Windows 7
I recently made the switch to Windows 7 and love it. but I was wondering if/how I can turn off the drop shadow on the windows?
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How to modify / remove the bottom bar in Mac OS X?
How can we remove the "bottom bar" (that has all the icons) in Mac OS X? :
Also, is it possible to move it to the left or right side of the screen like how Windows taskbar does it? :
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How do I re-position the displayed image on my laptop?
I want to re-position the display on my ASUS K53SM laptop's screen because I somehow managed to damage some portion of it (and I don't want to spend on this laptop for the time being).
Please refer ...
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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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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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How to properly adjust monitor brightness and contrast? [closed]
This days, it seems that I either go worse with my eyes or some settings with contrast and brightness have been changed.
However, I have been searching now for some tutorial on how to adjust contrast ...
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Is there a way to specify separate scaling factors for multiple monitors in Windows 8.1? [duplicate]
I have a Samsung Series 7 Ultra laptop with the latest update to Windows 8.1. I am using an additional digital monitor with the same nominal resolution (1080p) as the laptop, but much larger in size (...
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How do I disable the screen lock in Windows 7?
I am running Windows 7 on an HP laptop and after the machine sits idle, it locks and I must enter the password to continue.
I cannot find anything in the control panel to affect this. I thought it ...
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Fonts extremely small in some applications - Windows 10
The title bar, menu bar and some fonts applications (such as Quickbooks, Microsoft Onedrive) get so small that the words get cut off vertically and very difficult to read.
I searched online and tried ...
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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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How to make Excel open at the first column of the chart instead of far right?
Everytime I open a very large excel spreadsheet, it opens on the far right of the chart (like column Z, then blank space, rather than the beginning (column A) of the chart. How can I change this to ...
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How could I dim the external display brightness in Plasma 5?
I'm using Plasma 5 for GNU/Linux in a desktop PC box. I would need a way to dim display brightness, but I have absolutely no idea where to start looking for it. Whatever you come up with, CLI ...
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Windows setting "Fix scaling for apps" - what does it do?
In the Windows 10 settings (as of version 1809), there is a setting "Fix scaling for apps" (under Settings -> Display -> Advanced Scaling Settings), with a toggle switch that says:
Let Windows try ...
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Rearrange displays according to dpi instead of according to resolution - Windows 10
I use two monitors which have the same physical size but different resolutions:
my laptop screen is 4K (3840 x 2160), 15.6"
an external portable display, which is FHD (1920 x 1080), 15.6"
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How can I force letterboxing on my display?
What I want to do:
I want to put vertical letterboxes on the sides of my widescreen display to run a 4:3 resolution while maintaining the native pixel-for-pixel aspect ratio and scaling: my display ...
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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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How do I force windows 8 into 1280x720?
Windows 8 has a minimum resolution of 1024x768, unless you are running it in a VM. As such it doesn't support going into 1280x720 (since 720 < 768). Windows 7 allowed this, but the modes are ...
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Windows 10 is squashing a few buttons, labels, and stuff, but most are generally fine
On my Windows 10, most of everything looks fine, except there are certain particular cases where some buttons or labels or something will get squashed. This is basically not a font sizing issue, as ...
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nVidia Control Panel resets Gamma setting after restart
Yesterday i bought a GeForce 560 Ti video card but unfortunately there is a problem.
I set the gamma level in nVidia Control Panel to 0.65 but when I shut down or restart the PC the gamma is restored ...
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Is there any way to horizontally flip my monitor?
I have an ATI 3200 MRadeon, graphics card, and I wanted to know if there is any way to horizontally flip, or "mirror" my monitor. Is it possible to do this from within Catalyst Control Center (Ati's ...
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Intel Graphics saturation setting disappears when using HDMI
I have a little problem.
You see the Saturation setting in Color Enhancement is there when you're using the laptop alone, but as soon as I plug in HDMI to a display, that particular setting ...
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I think my computer has two desktops and I don't know how to remove the extra one
I think my computer has two desktops - I have no idea how to remove the second one which I never use, not that I know how to use it anyway. If I take my mouse pointer out of the upper bounds of my ...
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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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Changing display color from B/W to color (vice-versa)using a program.
Actually, I have a problem with eyes but I want to work in computer.
Since, black and white display would be much better than color for my eyes.
I needed a program so that, in double click I can make ...
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