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    Adjusting desktop size

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by chaiseylain, Oct 9, 2005.

  1. chaiseylain

    chaiseylain Notebook Guru

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    Might be a silly question, but when I change the resolution (from 1024x768 to 1280x1024) on my Acer 3201XCI laptop it doesn't fit the screen! Is this normal? I have to drag the mouse along the edges to view the rest of hte desktop. I have noticed people having higher resolutions on their laptops than what must be the default - how do they do this?
     
    chaiseylain, Oct 9, 2005
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  2. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    It may not support it maybe, as the resolution is not its 'native' resolution...

    Also, try updating the drivers
     
    coriolis, Oct 9, 2005
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    drumfu super modfu

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    1280 x 1024 doesn't fit on a standard notebook screen. you will have to scroll.

    the standard resolutions for a 4:3 screen are...
    1024x768 - xga
    1400x1050 - sxga
    1600x1200 - uxga

    for 16:10, they are...
    1280x768 or 800 - wxga
    1680x1050 - wsxga
    1920x1200 - wuxga

    it is, by definition, impossible to have a higher-than-default resolution on a notebook screen. the default resolution is the "native" resolution aka "max" resolution that an LCD can handle.

    you can down, but you can't go up
     
    drumfu, Oct 9, 2005
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