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I have an error when opening an old video game on Virtual Machine. Error says 'Unable to initialize display. Width: 800, Height: 600, Depth: 32'
I want to play an old game through virtual machine, but when I click 'open', it comes up with an error saying, 'Unable to initialize display. Width: 800, Height: 600, Depth: 32'
I'm using Windows XP, ...
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Windows XP - screen turns off after X time
I have a Windows XP PC that's supposed to stay on without closing the screen etc. Even if the setting is set to never, after a while the screen shuts down no matter what I chose.
Any idea?
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Win XP Screen saver / power management not working
I have a PC running Win XP, and even though I have the power management set to turn off the monitor after 10 minutes, and I have the windows screen saver set up, many times they never kick in. I come ...
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How to re-enable laptop display in Windows XP while blind
My father has a Lenovo S10 laptop. While on vacation, he connected it to an external monitor and disabled the laptop display with the Windows Display Properties Dialog. Before leaving, he disabled ...
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Monitor sleep in Windows XP does not work. Is there an add on to force it?
I have an EEE box with XP Home and a DVI connected TFT, and it does not sleep the monitor. It only starts working after I go to the energy control panel and turn it off and on again. Then the timed ...
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Switch to Monochrome
Is it possible to switch the display mode under Windows to monochrome somehow? You know, like when you select 'Turn off' in Windows XP and it makes it all grayed out - so I need this but for life.
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Ugly font antialiasing
I have a problem with font antialiasing on a Windows XP PC. Example image (top half bad vs bottom half good taken on another XP box):
I'm using normal antialiasing (I don't like ClearType).
What ...
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Windows: emulate green CRT on modern LCD
I felt the old green phosphorous CRT very relaxing.
Is there any way to emulate the monotone green of a phosphorous CRT on modern LCD monitors?
Can I solve it coding a Windows theme or monitor ...
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Run monitor on 1440x900 resolution when native is 1920x1200
I have a Dell Inspiron E1705 running Windows XP. It has Intel 945GM graphics. When I bought the computer, I got it with a native resolution of 1920x1200. However, this resolution is far too small to ...
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Settings to rotate display by 90 degrees
A friend (I know how that sounds) has managed to rotate her desktop display by 90 degrees.
Right now she has had to physically rotate her monitor so that everything looks fine.
She says she does not ...
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How do I rotate the desktop on Windows XP?
My angel pressed some thing and after that the Windows screen has rotated. It has become vertical. I have restarted, but it still shows the same.
How to resolve this issue?
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Screen flicker(Yes, I already tried googling, I need an expert)
Okay, a little background, I am poor and I am using the same laptop for last 10 years using Windows XP for all my life however, I recently upgraded to Windows 7 when my lappy stopped working(2 weeks ...
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Weird picture quality using DVI
I have a Windows XP (yes, XP) desktop that has a NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT graphics card, using an LG W2042TQ (20 inch widescreen monitor ). I always had a kinda “weird” display on that computer—not ...
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How do I stop panning on a monitor that supports a specific resolution?
I've been battling this for a few days now. Any and all help is appreciated.
I have a planar monitor with a native res of 1280x1024. At one point, I had used PowerStrip to override "something" and ...
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Screen flicker -> Severe System Slowdown?
I'm using a Dell D830 laptop, and over the last few weeks it's been developing a very irritating screen flicker problem that leads to the system slowing down almost to the point of unusability.
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XP screen loses first three characters
Windows XP. The screen loses the first three characters on the left. There is a black band to the right. I want to move the screen three paces to the right. Have tried Mode con ,r,t with combinations ...
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S19A100N expanding past the end of my screen
I just bought a Samsung SA100 19" monitor (S19A100N). I set my resolution for 1366 x 768 as recommended, but my desktop is too big. Horizontally I see about 2/3 of the desktop. If I move my mouse ...
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How do you enable the Ctrl+Alt+Arrow commands for monitor rotation?
I want to rotate a monitor 90 degrees, but the usual Ctrl+Alt+Arrow command isn't working.
Where is the menu to enable that?
Monitor: HP L2245wg
Graphics card: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
I actually ...
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PC Stuck at boot screen
PC Stuck at boot screen set up as image below.
What could possibly go wrong?
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Doesn't display the whole window in Windows XP
My Dell Inspiron Mini 10 Netbook doesn't display the whole window in Windows XP. Does anyone know how to fix it?
Any helpful answers would be greatly appreciated!
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Monitor position moves when I reboot; any way to fix that, or dynamically set it?
I've got Windows XP running with an NVIDIA GeForce 9400GT (with two monitors) and a DisplayLink adapter for a total of three monitors.
During each reboot the third (DisplayLink) monitor changes its ...
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nVidia Driver - Laptop is forced as one of my monitors
I am trying to get my nVidia Driver to correctly configure my multi-monitor setup. I have my laptop in a docking station and two monitors hooked up to it.
I had an old driver that this worked ...
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Can I make Windows XP remember my monitor when I start up with the monitor off/disconnected?
I often start my computer with the monitor disconnected (really, set to display another PC via a KVM switch), and Windows always defaults to low-res display when this happens.
Is there any way to ...
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(Nearly) Blank screen on 2007 T61 Lenovo Thinkpad running Win XP
My everyday laptop is a 2007 T61 Lenovo Thinkpad running Windows XP. Up to yesterday, it ran reasonably well given its age. I generally keep it running 24/7, and dim down the screen to the max at ...
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Dell D630 pink tint on screen when powering on, what will happen?
I've been given a Dell D630 laptop by a friend. I got it in the mail yesterday and it was quite cold, I plugged the power in and after 20 mins I switched it on.
The contents of the screen had a pink ...
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More than 2 monitors in a PC with external graphics card
Windows XP: I have an on-board graphics card that has 2 outputs (VGA and HDMI) (Intel motherboard).
In addition I have an external graphics card with VGA and DVI (nVidia).
Can I use 3 or 4 of them at ...
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1/4 of screen doesn't refresh at all on Windows XP?
One of the teachers at the school I support has a Dell Latitude E5500 and about 3/4 of the desktop shows just fine, but the right 1/4 shows whatever was on there last, like it's not refreshing (yes I ...
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Connect 2 monitors to one system and show different pictures on either
I want to connect 2 LCD monitors to 1 CPU to show different tasks on different monitors. For example, I want 1 monitor to display a video and the other one to display a stock trading platform.
How ...
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Can't mirror screens on laptop and projector
I'm using Windows XP. My laptop is not showing dual monitor properly. I want the screen on my laptop and on the projector mirrored.
I right click on Desktop, Properties and then Settings, "Show two ...
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Desktop: samsung syncmaster 933 drivers required
Any idea where I can find Win XP drivers for Samsung syncmaster 933?
tried the samsung site but no joy.
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