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    Windows 7 Screen Size

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by soul_reaper1513, Dec 22, 2009.

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    soul_reaper1513 Newbie

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    I have a vaio laptop Model- PGC 6J2l after i updated to windows 7 i got Thick black bars on both sides of my screen going verticle. I was wondering if anybody would know how to re strech the screen. I have the resolution set all the way up and cant seem to find any other way to change the screen size.. n e body have an idea as t what i should do???
     
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    lbohn Notebook Consultant

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    -Right click anywhere on your desktop, select "Personalize".
    -Click on the "Desktop Background" link at the bottom of the dialog window.
    -In the drop down list for "Picture Position" select an option other than "Center" or "Fit". As soon as you make your choice, your change will be cross-faded in, so you can view the different options to find the one which is right for you.

    Hope that helps!

    --L.
     
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    unfortunatly all that did was move the picture around within the smaller screen.. the black bars didnt adjust at all.. do you have any other ideas? and thanks for that iv ben slaving over this the last couple days but cant seem to find any way to fix it..
     
    soul_reaper1513, Dec 23, 2009
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    ShadowFlare Notebook Geek

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    Had to google what model PGC 6J2l is.... turns out it's an SZ, should just say that in the first place. I have SZ as well, an SZ3, installed Win 7 fine, no black borders that I noticed after reinstalling Win 7 for like.... 10x trying to make the brightness and Fn keys to work.

    I install Win 7 in STAMINA mode, after it's done installing, then install some important bits like SFEP, SPIC, Event Service, etc, I switch over to SPEED, restart, and it'll start detecting the video card as it arrives on desktop. I remember the screen to be just 640 x 480 or 800 x 600... with big black borders around it. Then I installed nVidia drivers, restarted, and it looked normal.
     
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    soul_reaper1513 Newbie

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    sorry about that on the botom above the system information it said Sony Model 6J2L and thats all i got out of system information when i right clicked computer and then personalize.. any way it worked great thank you so much!!!! you just made my week. Everytime i checked on the nvidia drivers it said they had ben installed and didnt need an update so i didnt bother with that after that.
     
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    were you able to get the fn keys working agian? Im still working on downloading the drivers from sony but since the computer is discontinued they dont have any drivers for windows 7 just vista..
     
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    ShadowFlare Notebook Geek

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    Glad it's working out for you. My Fn somewhat works under STAMINA mode (volume and brightness) but under SPEED, brightness setting stopped working. I think I just needed to make it run in vista compatibility mode. And yes, there are no Windows 7 drivers for SZ, have to use Vista drivers and run them in vista compatibility mode. Follow this guide

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=401285

    There are other Windows 7 on SZ guides if you look through each page.
     
    ShadowFlare, Dec 23, 2009
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    yea i figured so all good im about to get the rest of the drivers
     
    soul_reaper1513, Dec 23, 2009
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