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Remote Desktop won't maximize

I use a laptop and I am docking and undocking frequently. Often when I connect to another machine using remote desktop, the screen size gets messed up when I dock again. By "messed up" I mean that it stays the size of my lap top screen (wide…
Vaccano
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Is higher resolution necessarily better when it's a full HD monitor?

A majority of high end wide-screen monitors (16:9) that are titled as "Full HD" have a native resolution of 1920 x 1080 (i.e. 1080p) But there are a select few "Full HD" monitors that have a slightly higher resolution. i.e. this Dell 23" boasting a…
Nick Josevski
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Cannot set 16:9 resolution on ubuntu 12.04 run in VirtualBox

I recently installed virtualbox. I tried to run ubuntu 10.04 and it worked fine in fullhd resolution. Then I installed Ubuntu 12.04 and now when I to setup up any fullhd resolution UI becomes very slow, almost unusable. Other high resolutions work…
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Why does the dead pixel on my monitor keep reviving and dying?

I have an Asus ROG STRIX 49 inch ultra wide monitor... and unfortunately I have a dead/stuck pixel I tried many programs online(JScreenFix, PixelHealer, UDpixel, etc...) as an attempt to remove the dead pixel and bring it back to life, but the dead…
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Just switched to widescreen monitors -- what should I do with all this extra width?

I just switched from two 19" monitors running 1280 X 1024 to two 22" monitors running 1680 X 1050. If I run typical apps full screen now, they tend to have a lot of unused white space. Examples: I'm typing into Firefox right now, and even with the…
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Where are the Wraparound Gaming Monitors?'

Early in 2008 there was talk and lots of pictures of a new direction in wide screen monitors, ones that are almost 3 feet long and have a curve; i.e. "wrap around". Listing resolutions starting at 2880 x 900. A Jan 2008 wired story showing it. On a…
Nick Josevski
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How to correct stretched image on ext. widescreen monitor?

I have my 13" laptop connected via VGA to a 23" ext. monitor but I noticed that images are slightly squashed/stretched out horizontally. (i.e. circles slightly look like ovals [X > Y]) My laptop resolution is 1280 x 800 at 60 Hz (GMA 950) while it's…
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Why does my new LED LCD TV look worse than my CCFL LCD monitor?

At work we wanted a large 1920 x 1080 monitor to use with a certain program. Since monitors with this resolution seem to currently stop at 24", we went for a LCD TV so that we could have 26", and in fact we bought the LG 26LE5500 which is a LED LCD…
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21:9 monitor taking squished screenshots

I have dual ultra wide LG 21:9 Ultrawide 34WL500-B monitors (native/default resolution 2560x1080px). They mirror each other. When I hit print screen and then I paste it to a paint document for example, it's completely squished horizontally (example…
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Split wide screen monitor in 2 fake screens for the system

I want to buy a wide screen (50 inch) but i want to know if i can split the screen into 2/3 fake screen (for windows / linux or even macos) (with software or hardware). The first and third fake screen will have each 1/4 and the second (middle…
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Display pdf in two columns on wide screen

Currently, I'm using a wide screen, and it does not feel good to view pdf files in one column on such a screen. So, I'm wondering whether it is possible to display the pdf files in two-columns. I'm using Adobe Reader DC now. But I'm willing to…
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Setting up wide monitor in XP

I have windows XP on my second computer and a wide-screen monitor. Text appears stretched with automatic settings. How can I set it up properly?
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Free video conversion software that supports widescreen format

Is there a good video conversion software for Windows that supports widescreen format? Things I tried from download.com don't support widescreen. It creates black bars top and bottom. I like AVS Video Converter, but it isn't free. Is there a good…
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Widescreen monitors for dual, triple, quad screen setup?"

As a programmer, it is a pain to work with 1 monitor, I generally have at least 2. My last setup was 2 19" monitors, they were not widescreen they were just regular. In fact I have never used a widescreen monitor and now it seems that is all you…
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widescreen resolution

I have just changed my monitor from square shaped TFT monitor to widescreen lcd monitor but the problem I am getting is that the window screen is still square shaped it is not going wide. The window is displayed in middle and some screen is left on…
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