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DJKAL
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O.P. small scrren - HP laptop [fixed]
hi,
i have a HP omnibook 6000 laptop
and just formatted it
and installed XP home edition
but i have the screen size as a box in the middle of the monitor, it is not "stretched" to fit it,
much like a centered background on a normal screen.
how do i get this problem solved?
i looked for a vid. driver on their site but i couldnt find 1
This post was edited on 02-14-2006 at 08:16 PM by DJKAL.
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Nathan
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RE: small scrren - HP laptop
got into screen porperties to see if it's on the right resolution such as 600x800  |
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Mike
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DJKAL
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O.P. RE: small scrren - HP laptop
 i always thought that just changed the size of the boxes  {cos thats all that happens on the pic in the optins }
now it is right but the boxes are too small, so the start menu is too small and the option sat the top of programs {IE as eg} are all to small also and can be difficult to see
any way to make these bigger? "You don't sleep, you defragment!" |
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Mike
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RE: small scrren - HP laptop
Try setting it to the previous resolution, and hit CTRL+ALT+F11 and see if that works...
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DJKAL
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O.P. RE: small scrren - HP laptop
i just formatted it 
no previous,
only the 1 that was too small for the monitor  "You don't sleep, you defragment!" |
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RE: small scrren - HP laptop
- Open Display Properties
- Change to the resolution that fits your screen
- (still in Display Properties) Click the Settings tab
- Click the Advanced button
- Under the General tab, under DPI setting, change to Large Size (120 DPI), click OK
This post was edited on 02-14-2006 at 07:52 PM by Caboose.
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Mike
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RE: small scrren - HP laptop
quote:
Originally posted by DJKAL
only the 1 that was too small for the monitor (Smilie)
Yeah, that one.
quote:
Originally posted by Mike
and hit CTRL+ALT+F11 and see if that works...
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RE: small scrren - HP laptop
Make sure that you have the right display drivers. Don't always trust the default Windows ones. I've seen it on a lot of older notebooks, where you install an OS and it doesn't have the right display drivers. If you check your display properties you might notice that it says that its on a generic or SVGA drivers, or something like that.
HP Omnibook/Pavilion series - HP Display Settings Utility
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DJKAL
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O.P. RE: small scrren - HP laptop
quote:
Originally posted by Caboose
- Open Display Properties
- Change to the resolution that fits your screen
- (still in Display Properties) Click the Settings tab
- Click the Advanced button
- Under the General tab, under DPI setting, change to Large Size (120 DPI), click OK
this worked - thanks! 
i did custom to mak it work best
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