Questions tagged [screenresolution]

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Windows boot screen resolution is weird

During boot, the Windows logo and loading circle got stretched by 3:4 image ratio on 16:9 screen. When it going to login screen, the resolution goes back to 1600x900 I have a PC with specs: Asus H61M-K mainboard, Intel Core i3-2120 CPU, 8 gigs of…
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VSCode window cannot be moved when the title bar is not reachable

Usual Windows applications will open the "Windows menu" an upper-leftmost menu for resizing/moving/closing the window, by typing Alt+Space, which is a lifesaver when the title bar is not accessible. VScode is using this keyboard shortcut to …
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Is there any chance to set fractional scale on Integrated Matrox G200eW3 Graphics Controller?

I connect to a Ubuntu 22.04.2 node in a cloud through VNC. I would like to set a fractional scale of the display. But whenever I set the Scale and click Apply button in Displays settings, the Scale goes back to an integer multiple of 100%. The…
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My monitor's resolution keeps defaulting to the lowest possible after driver update, sleeping the PC or "reconnecting"; in general after short time

My monitor keeps reverting to the lowest supported resolution. This problem usually occurs after installing driver updates, however, it can also happen when the PC has been has been sleeping for more than 5-10 minutes (sometimes even less). Early…
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Lock windows resolution, orientation and scale

How to prevent Windows 10 from changing display resolution, orientation and scale % by it self? Or if not possible, how to set them by a script at the boot time? I'm managing 10+ computers connected to various screens and if there is HDMI problem or…
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Game running in native monitor resolution instead of configured one

I have a widescreen monitor (21:9, 2560x1080) and some older games (Skyrim, AC IV,.,..) don't support such a ratio very well. I have tried Flawless Widescreen but never had quite the results I expected so I'm trying something else. I used Windows 10…
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2560x1600 graphics card and 2560x1440 monitor?

The maximal resolution my graphics cards supports is 2560x1600, however there are no monitors on the market with this resolution, the closest one is 2560x1440. What will happen if I connect such a monitor to my PC? Is everything going to look…
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How to get screen resolution and save it to a text file?

I found the following vbs script to get the screen resolution but I would like to save the result in a text file please help me Dim HTM, wWidth, wHeight Set HTM = CreateObject("htmlfile") wWidth = HTM.parentWindow.screen.Width …
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Do I need a 4K display to record my screen @ 4K resolution?

If I have a 4090 GPU card that is capable of 8K video outputs(I guess), but my display is a Full HD (2K I guess) monitor, Can I record my screen at 4K resolution using OBS? Or I need to buy a 4K monitor?
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How to customize resolution on Ubuntu virtual machine (VirtualBox) that parasitizes a Windows host machine?

I don't know if Ubuntu detects the available resolutions but I know that VirtualBox can resize depending on machine resolution. The ideal resolution would be 1900x980 but I tried others too (like 1792x960 and 1728x972) and nothing works. Please…
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How to access higher resolutions in windows 11 virtualBox7 guest os under Ubuntu 22

My display resolution is locked to 1024x1024 running virtualbox7 with guest OS windows 11. I tried Devices -> Insert Guest additions That launches a windows to Download the Guest additions which fails.
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Why wouldn't VirtualBox 6 let me resize the virtual screen?

Virtualbox 6 doesn't let me resize the virtual screen. What could explain this issue? The "scale to 100%" stay selected even though I tried to manually select other resolutions. Using Microsoft Windows 10 as host in Microsoft Windows 7 as…
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