I'm new to this forum--so not sure if I'm posting correctly or not :-/--Cause I don't know if my problem is hardware or software based! I have a 19" CRT monitor--Viewsonic. My PC has a GEForce 5200 card with 128MB Ram running W2K. When I change the screen resolution to 1024x768 and then open any screen--whether it's a browser, spreadsheet or a folder---the screen is eaten up with whatever I have opened--it takes up the whole screen to where I can't see any of the information on the top bar (File, Edit, etc) or the minimize, resize or X to close the screen. I can put the mouse way up out of sight and double click, then it will usually bring the screen down to a smaller size where I can resize it, but once I close and reopen, here we go again-folder opens off the screen. Pressing F11 MAKES it worse. I know this is a simple setting 'somewhere', but I sure can't find it........
I can use the 600x800 or whatever it is, but I'd PREFER the 1024x768 setting. I also have a 19" LCD monitor that is set to 1024X768 on a PC running XP Pro that does not have this problem.
I did a search here and on other forums for CRT Screen Size and tried other phrases, but all I get is information on how to change the resolution. I know how to do that-----
/meactually.. it sounds like your monitor itself. can you adjust the screen size using buttons on the front of the monitor? usually a menu or something.I'll try that tonight---I never thought of the monitor buttons themselves. But anyway--don't those just MOVE the whole screen left, right, up down, etc? If I do that (say--move screen down) so that the top is within 'clicking' range, then the bottom of the screen will disappear.
Thanks for the suggestion and I'll post back later tonight the results.
yep.. up, down, left, right, Wider, narrower, and short or tall... and usually many other little features..If you're not sure about your monitor controls, use Google to search for a manual for it.
Thank you IT-Guy--your suggestion worked. It took some finagling---setting one or 2, then going back and changing one I'd ALREADY set until I went through them all and got it just the way I want.
Backdated, I fortunately knew about the buttons on the monitor---I had just set them years ago when I installed the monitor and have never messed with them again. They didn't even come to mind when I started trying to figure out what to do.
Brandy