Have a friend with a Toshiba laptop running Vista.
Want to change screen resolution.
Open Control Panel.
Can't find Display icon.
Where do I go from here?
Lew
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O/T: Vista
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"Lew Hodgett" wrote in news:4ee99320$0$1635 $c3e8da3$ snipped-for-privacy@news.astraweb.com:
I'm running Windows 7 and don't have a Vista machine around to check, but what happens when you open the start menu and type in "display" or "resolution"?
That reminds me... The idiots responsible for control panel hid everything to make it "easier to use" or something. Somewhere on the LH side, there should be an option to switch to classic view or similar. (Sorry, I'm going by memory.)
Puckdropper
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Right click on a blank area of the screen. Select "Personalize". Select "Display Settings". Adjust to suit. Just checked on my HP running Vista Home Premium.
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On 15 Dec 2011 06:39:39 GMT, Puckdropper
Don't know about Vista, but in Windows 7, you can left click on the desktop and select screen resolution. In control panel you can select display.
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Double-click the "Personalize" icon. You'll get a new window with 7 or 8 choices; the last one is "Display Settings".
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Right click desktop Click on "Properties" Click "Settings" tab
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Laptops come with a hardware resolution built-in. If you change the video resolution different from that you get less clarity or a virtual PITA screen that you have to "slide around" It should already be set for that unchangeable hardware resolution.
Have a friend with a Toshiba laptop running Vista.
Want to change screen resolution.
Open Control Panel.
Can't find Display icon.
Where do I go from here?
Lew
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While partially right, not always:
1) Upgrade the OS, you will most likely have to change it back. 2) Some Video Driver updates, again..sometimes, but not always 3) Shit happens (it is Windows after all)And yes, just to re-iterate some previous comments, right click on the desktop->properties, you'll find it.
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See:
formatting link
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To your local Arco gas station?
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+100
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I think you meant to say right click the desk top.
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On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:10:32 -0600, Leon
Yup. Guess I shouldn't offer solutions at 0400 in the morning.
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to dell dot com and buy a real computer. With something besides vista.
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Vista?
WTF is Vista? Do you drive Studebaker car, too?
Experienced people don't touch Dell anymore.
------------- "Steve Barker" wrote in message news:OeKdnVICHubnX3HTnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com... to dell dot com and buy a real computer. With something besides vista.
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LMAO! Ok, what do they touch? HP?? Har har...
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I always go to my local computer store and have them me one out of top rated parts. They are usually cheaper and don't require "special" drivers and o/s to install so when upgrade them it is actually possible. When problems occur they fix it while I stand there, typically and I don't need to speak Packi in order to discuss methods or fixes. Mind you, the Chinklish can get pretty thick, sometimes.
LMAO! Ok, what do they touch? HP?? Har har...
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Aren't Dells the Packard Hells of today?
-- If you're trying to take a roomful of people by surprise, it's a lot easier to hit your targets if you don't yell going through the door. -- Lois McMaster Bujold
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Getting that way. I've been a big fan of Dell's XPS laptops for years, but their XPS 15 I purchased two months ago is extremely disappointing in fit and finish ... it is built like it came from HF, not kidding!
I have the old one and the new on side by side in my office ... the difference in quality is glaring, and does not bode well for the future of Dell.
Further proof that, with the rise of MBAthink, almost anything you buy from an American corporation these days is, in a large measure, total, unmitigated, shit.
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It seems most brands are going that way, as a rule, I avoid all the consumer grade computers, too much bloatware and horrible components. A possible exception for machines aimed at gamers, they tend to have much better hardware in them. Get machines aimed for corporations if you can, they tend to be better all around, as a general rule.