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    Is this a Vista thing or just my actual laptop?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by kingofspades, Apr 22, 2007.

  1. kingofspades

    kingofspades Notebook Enthusiast

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    I went into presferences on my laptop to change the screen resolution to 1280x1024 but the highest my laptop's resolution will go is 1280x800. I would really like a 1280x1024 resolution. Is there a way to do this?

    On a side note I like to change my wallpaper a lot and store all my wallpapers in a folder but I never see any online that match the 1280x800 resolution.

    PS- I believe my laptop has a 15' screen if that has anything to do with it. I looked and it said it recommended 1280x760 for 15' screens but when I changed it everything became blurry and hard to read, so I went back to 800.
     
    kingofspades, Apr 22, 2007
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    _radditz_ Fallen to the Sith...

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    This is hardware issue. The maximum allowable screen resolution allowable by your screen in 1280x800 - the standard for pretty much all 15.4 widescreen notebooks.

    Unless you know your screen is better (WSXGA,WUXGA etc) than standard resolution then this is likely the cause.
     
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    mujtaba ZzzZzz Super Moderator

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    _radditz_ is right.The LCD screen has a resolution maximum that cannot be changed unless you are ready to do some hard-core modifications.
     
    mujtaba, Apr 22, 2007
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    kingofspades Notebook Enthusiast

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    Oh, ok. Thanks.

    Does anyone know why when I save a wallpaper that is 1280x760 to a folder in my documents and I try to set it as the background the whole thig doesnt fit on ym wallpaper? If I click it on the website and save it as my wallpaper form there it does though...

    I tried setting my res to 1280x760 but it just gets blurry.
     
    kingofspades, Apr 22, 2007
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    acaurora Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    yah, 1280x760 is not the native resolution. It will stretch/shrink to fit the screen accordingly
     
    acaurora, Apr 23, 2007
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