Solve : Windows Vista Sidebar messing up the size of the gamescreen?

1.	Solve : Windows Vista Sidebar messing up the size of the gamescreen?
Answer» EDIT: It's fixed. I managed to manually reset the screens configuration but I've no idea what was reset since the only values that changed were the ones going right-left and up-down. The same ones I tried to change from the beginning but without any luck. Windows Vista COMES with a Sidebar. It's a few cm wide, usually to the right on the screen. When playing games (CSI: New York and Still Life, so far) that Sidebar-size shows up on the gamescreen as a BIG black STRETCH of nothing and the gamescreen gets shunted to the left. The first thing I tried was manually move the screen's POSITION but it couldn't move enough towards the right side to let me see the full gamescreen. The other thing I did was first closing the Sidebar and then disable it with not letting it start automatically after rebooting. I still get the same result. Has this happened to anyone else and is it possible to solve? Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 Intel Core2 Quad NVIDIA GForce 9800GTHave you updated Vista at all? Quote from: Mulreay on May 05, 2009, 01:50:23 PM Have you updated Vista at all? Unless there's an update I don't know about, it should be up to date.Disable Windows Sidebar in Vista Thankfully it's also easy to disable. To disable the sidebar, right click on the sidebar or sidebar icon, and choose properties: Uncheck the "Start Sidebar when Windows starts" checkbox: Then right-click on the icon, and choose Exit to close the sidebar: Your sidebar should now be gone, and won't start back up with Windows anymore. That's all I have mate. I don't get why you have this PROBLEM and I've looked everywhere. Sorry Quote from: Mulreay on May 05, 2009, 02:57:57 PM Disable Windows Sidebar in Vista Thanks but I've already tried that.

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EDIT: It's fixed. I managed to manually reset the screens configuration but I've no idea what was reset since the only values that changed were the ones going right-left and up-down. The same ones I tried to change from the beginning but without any luck.

Windows Vista COMES with a Sidebar. It's a few cm wide, usually to the right on the screen. When playing games (CSI: New York and Still Life, so far) that Sidebar-size shows up on the gamescreen as a BIG black STRETCH of nothing and the gamescreen gets shunted to the left. The first thing I tried was manually move the screen's POSITION but it couldn't move enough towards the right side to let me see the full gamescreen. The other thing I did was first closing the Sidebar and then disable it with not letting it start automatically after rebooting. I still get the same result.

Has this happened to anyone else and is it possible to solve?

Windows Vista Home Premium SP1
Intel Core2 Quad
NVIDIA GForce 9800GTHave you updated Vista at all? Quote from: Mulreay on May 05, 2009, 01:50:23 PM

Have you updated Vista at all?

Unless there's an update I don't know about, it should be up to date.Disable Windows Sidebar in Vista
Thankfully it's also easy to disable.

To disable the sidebar, right click on the sidebar or sidebar icon, and choose properties:

Uncheck the "Start Sidebar when Windows starts" checkbox:
Then right-click on the icon, and choose Exit to close the sidebar:
Your sidebar should now be gone, and won't start back up with Windows anymore.

That's all I have mate. I don't get why you have this PROBLEM and I've looked everywhere. Sorry

Quote from: Mulreay on May 05, 2009, 02:57:57 PM

Solve : Windows Vista Sidebar messing up the size of the gamescreen?

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