Tryhing to get picture to fill entire monitor

[laredotornado]

Hi,

I'm running Win XP on a Dell Inspiron lap top. My problem is that when
I start my computer, the picture does not take up all the available
screen real estate -- i.e. there are big black borders around the edges
of the visible screen area. I learned I could press Fn + F7 to make
the picture take up the entire screen, but when I restart the computer,
the screen reverts back to the way it was, with the black borders.

Does anyone know how I can make the effects of the Fn + F7 trick
permanent?

Thanks, - Dave

 

[Ground Cover]

If Control Panel is in Classic view:

Control Panel > Display > Settings tab > use slider to set to the resolution
you want > click OK.

If Control Panel is in Category view:

Control Panel > Appearance and Themes > Display > Settings tab > use slider
to set to the resolution you want > click OK.

 

[Unk]

Hi,

I'm running Win XP on a Dell Inspiron lap top. My problem is that when
I start my computer, the picture does not take up all the available
screen real estate -- i.e. there are big black borders around the edges
of the visible screen area. I learned I could press Fn + F7 to make
the picture take up the entire screen, but when I restart the computer,
the screen reverts back to the way it was, with the black borders.

Does anyone know how I can make the effects of the Fn + F7 trick
permanent?

Thanks, - Dave

There should be a BIOS setting to expand the screen...

 

[DanS]

(e-mail address removed) wrote in @b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

Hi,

I'm running Win XP on a Dell Inspiron lap top. My problem is that when
I start my computer, the picture does not take up all the available
screen real estate -- i.e. there are big black borders around the edges
of the visible screen area. I learned I could press Fn + F7 to make
the picture take up the entire screen, but when I restart the computer,
the screen reverts back to the way it was, with the black borders.

Does anyone know how I can make the effects of the Fn + F7 trick
permanent?

Thanks, - Dave

To add to GroundClutter's reply.....

Just as a clarification, LCD monitors should always be run in their native
resolution, most likely 1024 x 768 on that laptop. My first thought is that
the resolution is set to 800 x 600, so it uses that number of pixels from
the panel leaving the border.

Of course, then everythng will be smaller too. Go to Display Properties ->
Appearance -> Advanced button to change the size of the individual visual
aspects of windows.