Anyone wanna help a novice?

[FriedFred]

Just received a refurbished Dell Lapttop with win2kpro
loaded and can't get full screen display. What to do?

 

[Herb Martin]

Just received a refurbished Dell Lapttop with win2kpro
loaded and can't get full screen display. What to do?

Some of the laptops will only go "full screen" if you have
one or both of the following:

1) matching screen resolution (higher may even be better)
2) correct driver (try Dell's site)

Also, the Dell folks are nice about answering submitted
requests (from the web site) even if you didn't buy it new.

Also, there may be a BIOS setting that is interfering but this
is less common.

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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Some of the laptops will only go "full screen" if you have
one or both of the following:

1) matching screen resolution (higher may even be better)
2) correct driver (try Dell's site)

Also, the Dell folks are nice about answering submitted
requests (from the web site) even if you didn't buy it new.

Also, there may be a BIOS setting that is interfering but this
is less common.

I believe there's a setting in the display properties that you check for
'full screen'. Have to dig around to find it, can't remember where it is. I
had a similar prob where it did that once in awhile. Once I installed XP Pro
on it, the issue disappeared.

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[Herb Martin]

I believe there's a setting in the display properties that you check for

'full screen'. Have to dig around to find it, can't remember where it is. I
had a similar prob where it did that once in awhile. Once I installed XP Pro
on it, the issue disappeared.

You may have another set of reasons for this happening Ace
(hardware is funny that way) but in my experience this is because
many laptops don't support "full screen" in all resolutions.

Rather than "expand" the pixels to fit, many of them will just show
800x600 in 4/5ths the screen. I know it defeats the whole purpose
of changing resolutions but this is not uncommon.

Another thing that interferes is not having the right driver, and the
Windows won't go beyond 800x600 since it doesn't have the
correct hardware driver for the machine.

(I have a lot of Dells too.)

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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You may have another set of reasons for this happening Ace
(hardware is funny that way) but in my experience this is because
many laptops don't support "full screen" in all resolutions.

Rather than "expand" the pixels to fit, many of them will just show
800x600 in 4/5ths the screen. I know it defeats the whole purpose
of changing resolutions but this is not uncommon.

Another thing that interferes is not having the right driver, and the
Windows won't go beyond 800x600 since it doesn't have the
correct hardware driver for the machine.

(I have a lot of Dells too.)

I was using the driver that Dell supplied with the default config out of the
box. nothing different I did. Once in awhile it would set itself to non-full
screen. I called them up and they didn't have an explanation for it, but did
offer a newer driver, which didn't do jack. When I installed XP as a fresh
install, it went away.

--
Regards,
Ace

Please direct all replies ONLY to the Microsoft public newsgroups
so all can benefit.

This posting is provided "AS-IS" with no warranties or guarantees
and confers no rights.

Ace Fekay, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSE+I, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Windows Server - Directory Services

Security Is Like An Onion, It Has Layers
HAM AND EGGS: A day's work for a chicken;
A lifetime commitment for a pig.