Monitor shrinkage problems

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I have an old computer with a Viewsonic GS15 20" monitor which I let
my many grandchildren use when they visit. This monitor has a
shrinkage problem that I would love to solve. When it is initially
booting into WIN XP, the displays on the screen are compressed
horizantilly. I can live with ths problem since as soon as WIndows is
loaded the display corrects to full screen.

My main problem is this monitor does its shrinking act when the kids
try to play games such as Hoyle Card Games or Hyperbowl, etc.

I have Powerstrip, but can't seem to correct the above problems by
tinkering with various settings of Powerstrip.

Any/all help appreciated. TIA! __JJ
 
Computer or monitor.... only one way to find out. Try another monitor
or try the monitor on another computer as it could be either.

Guess another way would be to try nother video card, having said that
Sod's law say's it'll be the monitor, so better finding out first.

Davy
 
I should have mentioned that :

a) this monitor used to work fine on games

b) the problem occurs regardless of computer or graphics card since I
have recently moved it to another computer running XP, but the same
problem occurs.

JJ
 
JJS said:
I have an old computer with a Viewsonic GS15 20" monitor which I let
my many grandchildren use when they visit. This monitor has a
shrinkage problem that I would love to solve. When it is initially
booting into WIN XP, the displays on the screen are compressed
horizantilly. I can live with ths problem since as soon as WIndows is
loaded the display corrects to full screen.

My main problem is this monitor does its shrinking act when the kids
try to play games such as Hoyle Card Games or Hyperbowl, etc.

I have Powerstrip, but can't seem to correct the above problems by
tinkering with various settings of Powerstrip.

Any/all help appreciated. TIA! __JJ
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I assume that you've tried adjusting the monitor while it's displaying
the lower resolution of the games (and the start-up screen)?
 
I really don't know how to adjust the resolution used during the boot
process?!? I think if I could fix that, the games would follow. I
have had this problem across two XP machines with differant video
cards so it seems to be a problem with the monitor itself. I emailed
Viewsonic; they told me to call. I called and was promised a call back
which has never taken place - so much for tech support! JJ
 
JJS wrote:

(top posting corrected)
I really don't know how to adjust the resolution used during the boot
process?!?
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I said adjust "the monitor". The buttons on the monitor will function
just fine during the boot process, or during the games.
 
JJS wrote:

(top posting corrected)


I said adjust "the monitor". The buttons on the monitor will function
just fine during the boot process, or during the games.
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I have tried but to no avail! JJ
 
I have an old computer with a Viewsonic GS15 20" monitor which I let
my many grandchildren use when they visit. This monitor has a
shrinkage problem that I would love to solve. When it is initially
booting into WIN XP, the displays on the screen are compressed
horizantilly. I can live with ths problem since as soon as WIndows is
loaded the display corrects to full screen.

My main problem is this monitor does its shrinking act when the kids
try to play games such as Hoyle Card Games or Hyperbowl, etc.

I have Powerstrip, but can't seem to correct the above problems by
tinkering with various settings of Powerstrip.

Any/all help appreciated. TIA! __JJ
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Find the manual for your monitor, and read up on how to adjust the
screen size and position.

You're using a different display mode on bootup (and while running
those games). It's a different analog signal, and you need to tell
the monitor how to display it properly. Once you do, it should
remember the setting. It should also not affect the size and position
of your desktop display mode.
 
Find the manual for your monitor, and read up on how to adjust the
screen size and position.

You're using a different display mode on bootup (and while running
those games). It's a different analog signal, and you need to tell
the monitor how to display it properly. Once you do, it should
remember the setting. It should also not affect the size and position
of your desktop display mode.
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No manual around for this old crt - jj
 
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