Display settings set up for multiple monitors. Cannot change them.

[Guest]

Display Properties > Settings

My display settings are set up for multiple monitors (which I don't have).
As a result, I have to have the resolution on 1280x1024 in order for my
display to take up the full screen. This makes everything super small. I have
recently gotten a new video card as well as a new motherboard and hard drive.
This happened after Windows XP was reinstalled. I have tried to change the
resolution to a different setting, however the display gets smaller and
leaves black empty space all around it. How do I fix this?

Please make your responses user friendly as I am not an expert!

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Do you have the latest video drivers from the video card manufacturer and
*NOT* Microsoft?

Also, try this.

Right click a blank area of the Desktop | Properties | Settings
tab | Advanced button | Monitor tab | Screen refresh rate.

Fiddle with the refresh rate until your display fills the screen.

You will probably have to lower the setting. Mine is set at 60 HZ.
Some people advise against this setting. It's supposed to make your
screen flicker.

Mine does not flicker. 60 HZ is the only setting that allows
the display to fill my screen.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Guest]

As far as I know I have the latest drivers. I have the NVIDIA GeForce 440 Go
video card.

On the settings tab, under Display: there are two choices

1. Multiple monitors and then my video card name
2. Default monitor and then my video card name

Either way nothing changes.

I tried your below suggestion, but it didn't work. Those settings were
already set like that.