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I need to change my screen size and changing the resolution does not do it
enough. It is at the lowest setting and the desktop is still off the screen.
It is very large.

How can I change the size to fit the screen.
 
Microsoft said:
I need to change my screen size and changing the resolution does
not do it enough. It is at the lowest setting and the desktop is
still off the screen. It is very large.

How can I change the size to fit the screen.
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Get a new computer?

Get a new monitor?
- Is it as *wide screen* monitor?

Essentially - depending on what you have - the answer will be different.
Providing some details would more than help your cause. What type of
computer is it (desktop or laptop?) What size monitor is it? According to
the documentation that came with the computer/monitor - what resolution is
the montior's native resolution?

Dependent on your hardware - some resolutions may just *not work*. There
may be no adjustment possible - they just don't work.

You can set the monitor to it's native resolution and change the DPI and
other things to make things larger - this usually results in the best
results.
 
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Microsoft Communities said:
I need to change my screen size and changing the resolution does not
do it enough. It is at the lowest setting and the desktop is still
off the screen. It is very large.

How can I change the size to fit the screen.
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Making the resolution HIGHER will make the display smaller! It sounds like
you're changing the resolution in the wrong direction. Resolution is the
number of pixels the screen can show so if the screen is too big to see, you
make it show more pixels; increase the resolution. Make sense?
Once you get it so it fits on the screen it might have dark bars on the
top or sides. If so, look at your video card for settings to fit wide
screens and non-wide screens. Choose accordingly.

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Shenan Stanley said:
Get a new computer?

Get a new monitor?
- Is it as *wide screen* monitor?

Essentially - depending on what you have - the answer will be
different. Providing some details would more than help your cause. What
type of computer is it (desktop or laptop?) What size monitor
is it? According to the documentation that came with the
computer/monitor - what resolution is the montior's native resolution?

Dependent on your hardware - some resolutions may just *not work*. There
may be no adjustment possible - they just don't work.

You can set the monitor to it's native resolution and change the DPI
and other things to make things larger - this usually results in the
best results.
Click to expand...

Agreed; ofen if you turn on the monitor with the computer OFF, the monitor
will display the preferred resolution for it for a few seconds. IF not,
check the docs for the video card.

Twayne
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Microsoft said:
I need to change my screen size and changing the resolution does not do it
enough. It is at the lowest setting and the desktop is still off the screen.
It is very large.

How can I change the size to fit the screen.
Click to expand...

And what happened when you used the sizing control on the monitor itself?
 
Microsoft Communities said:
I need to change my screen size and changing the resolution does not do it
enough. It is at the lowest setting and the desktop is still off the
screen. It is very large.

How can I change the size to fit the screen.
Click to expand...

What manufacturer/make/model video adapter are you using?
Are the correct drivers installed for the video adapter?
What "resolution" and "color quality" settings are available in Display
Properties > Settings tab?

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VanguardLH said:
And what happened when you used the sizing control on the monitor
itself?
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Seems like I responded to this already but I don't see my response here.
So:

To make the contents on the screen smaller, you have to INCREASE your screen
resolution. It appears you've been going in the wrong direction; the more
you decrease the screen resolution, the larger the screen content will get.

If it's a case of just being a "little" larger than the screen, then your
monitor and/or video settings can probably adjust for that. But it sounds
like the screen contents are a lot larger than you can see. Therefore,
increase your monitor/screen resolution.

Very, very over-simplified and with made-up numbers:
To understand this better, say your screen is 900 pixels wide. Screen
content that is 900 pixels wide will fit on it fine. But if you change
your screen to a lower resolution, say 450 pixels wide, now the content is
twice as wide as your screen can display and you only see part of the
picture.
If you change the screen resolution to say 1800 pixels wide, now the 900
pixel wide content only takes up half the screen real estate. Thus,
increasing the screen resolution makes things get smaller looking.
The screen content is constant and doesn't change. But the amount of the
screen content that can be displayed is controllable by you, namely
increasing the screen resolution to get everything back on the screen.

It might be irritating to think in "pixels", the smallest amount of data a
screen can show, but unfortunately there is NO constant relationship between
pixels and inches or cm. Everyone's computer can and often is different.
Depending on the screen resolution, an image may show up as 2 inches wide
here, 12 inches wide on yours machine, 8 inches wide on another, and so on.
It's the method of display, namely resolution and the size of one pixel that
determines the size you actually see.

Hope that makes a little sense<g>. Try increasing your screen resolution by
2 or 3 steps (higher numbers in the 800 x 600, etc.) until you find the
right one. When you first turn on your monitor, it might even give you a
preferred screen resolution for a few seconds.

HTH,

Twayne






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