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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