my start button and taskbar are barely visible, and the left side icons are
half cut off. using xp pro on a dell latitude d505, tried updating drivers
but no luck. when I hook up an external monitor I dont have the problem on
it, just the notebook.

mclemore1 wrote:
> my start button and taskbar are barely visible, and the left side
> icons are half cut off. using xp pro on a dell latitude d505,
> tried updating drivers but no luck. when I hook up an external
> monitor I dont have the problem on it, just the notebook.

Then you must use a different resolution when not using an external monitor
than when you are using an external monitor.

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only thing that works is 800 x 600 and then I have about a one inch frame
around the edges of the screen that I can't use. Its hard to work like this.


"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> mclemore1 wrote:
> > my start button and taskbar are barely visible, and the left side
> > icons are half cut off. using xp pro on a dell latitude d505,
> > tried updating drivers but no luck. when I hook up an external
> > monitor I dont have the problem on it, just the notebook.
>
> Then you must use a different resolution when not using an external monitor
> than when you are using an external monitor.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>

mclemore1 wrote:
> only thing that works is 800 x 600 and then I have about a one inch
> frame around the edges of the screen that I can't use. Its hard to
> work like this.

Sounds like you have the wrong refresh rate set on your system when using
the built in screen. What is the make/model of laptop?

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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

dell pp10L latitude d505

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> mclemore1 wrote:
> > only thing that works is 800 x 600 and then I have about a one inch
> > frame around the edges of the screen that I can't use. Its hard to
> > work like this.
>
> Sounds like you have the wrong refresh rate set on your system when using
> the built in screen. What is the make/model of laptop?
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>