Enlarge and narrow screen!

[Advice Pro]

What did I do & how do I get things back?

 

[Combat Wombat]

Define narrow screen.

 

[Advice Pro]

There is about 2 inches of black screen on either side.

 

[hang-the-9]

Monitor or TV? Check if the resolution is set to the default for the monitor. There may also be a setting on the monitor that enables scaling, you may need to turn it on to expand to full screen.

 

[tooold]

I could suggest that you have accidentally pressed a button of your monitor that adjust the display ratio, of the monitor, from 16:9 to 4:3.

Hope it helps

 

[Combat Wombat]

In most screens there is a reset option.. select that and it should adjust to the proper resolution.

 

[nikorr]

Also in my case, when I got 24" LCD whenever I do a new install, I needed to adjust scaling in my catalyst only, no setting on the Dell monitor.

I had 1 inch black stripes on each side.

 

[Combat Wombat]

Give this a read:

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000315.htm

Should help.

 

[tlw1999]

Try adjusting your display resolution to see if that corrects the issue.

 

[Advice Pro]

I accidentally changed the resolution, must be with a shortcut built into Vista.

 

[Advice Pro]

Best answer selected by Advice Pro.

 

[nikorr]

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