Desktop shifted to right, off scree

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When the computer was turned on today, the entire desktop was shifted
to the right about 20 persent. It happened once before and a local tech-
nician (not available today) went into XP and reset something so it woul
display correctly. Any ideas what they did?
 
confused spook -
When the computer was turned on today, the entire desktop was shifted
to the right about 20 persent. It happened once before and a local tech-
nician (not available today) went into XP and reset something so it woul
display correctly. Any ideas what they did?

Nehmo -
Check the settings on the monitor itself.
 
Couple of things to check. Open control panel, display. First check the
resolution aand make sure its as it should be. Then go to settings,
advanced, monitor and try changing the refresh rate, go through all
available but mnake sure "hide modes this monitor cannot display" is
selected so you don't try refresh rates your monitor cant use. Might seem
strange but different refresh rate can shift the picture across the screen.

Once you check those if you can't find the cause straighten it via the
monitor itself. You need to look on the front of the monitor for buttons
which will allow you to move the picture around horizontally and vertically.
Check within windows first.

Glen P
 
Thanks for the response nehmo54. I have already tried all the adjustments on
the
monitor itself before I started searching software. I appreciate your help.
 
Glen, I tried the settings on the monitor itself to no avail. Then I tried
all the other
settings in the control panel, also to no avail.
Thanks for the response. I think the local tech will be in tomorrow so I'll
see if they
can do "it" again. This time, I will write it down and then repost the
results, when it
is working correctly. Thanks again
 
Thanks for the response nehmo54. I have already tried all the adjustments on
the
monitor itself before I started searching software. I appreciate your help.

You're not going to like this, but I typically only can
afford used monitors. And typically, when the monitor
picture begins moving to one side or the other, you are
being warned,

"It's time to get a new monitor!"


Like I was visiting a friend at her office last week. She
called me in to ask me what was happening with her CD Rom
drive. She was trying to install some new software, and one
try, she'd get a menu, but she couldn't open the menu.

Next try, she didn't even get the menu.

I asked if she'd rebooted. She said she'd rebooted twice.

Just then, she got the menu again. It froze.

Then it disappeared again.

As if she was following the instructions she'd been given
earlier, she opened the drive, took out the dick, let the
door close, reopened it, put the disk back in.

Nothing.

She explained. "I've done all this half-a-dozen times, now,
and it won't install!"

I asked her how long she'd been having problem.

She said it had just started the day before.

I told her she needed a CD Rom drive.

Why?

"Intermittent read errors", I explained.

But why didn't it warn me?

"the read errors are your warning!"

--

You are getting "data read error" warnings.

If you've loaded and reloaded your drivers, and you
basically have a monitor that is working, but it's being
"funny",

my $$$$$ is on

"get a monitor."


Good luck!


Tallahassee
 
When the computer was turned on today, the entire desktop was shifted
to the right about 20 persent. It happened once before and a local tech-
nician (not available today) went into XP and reset something so it woul
display correctly. Any ideas what they did?

It's possible that someone touched the video controls on the monitor.
Look for a knob or button for screen position.
Newer ones tend to be menu-driven buttons. Older ones usually have knobs.
 
Just a guess, but perhaps the monitor was not on when PC was booted and
the wrong settings were applied? R-click desktop, Properties, Settings,
Advanced, Monitor, and adjust refresh rate.
 
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