How do I fix my display
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So your resolution changed and your aspect is incorrect now? Is your circle an oval now? And, what laptop do you have? Make, model, etc...
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Just go into your resolutions settings and max out the resolution. Usually, your "max" setting is your native supported resolution for LCD's and will correct your aspect ratio.
Do you know how to do that?
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Here you go: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Change-your-screen-resolution
- Open Screen Resolution by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, clicking Control Panel, and then, under Appearance and Personalization, clicking Adjust screen resolution.
- Click the drop-down list next to Resolution, move the slider to the resolution you want, and then click Apply.
- Click Keep to use the new resolution, or click Revert to go back to the previous resolution.
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My laptop is an Acer Aspire 5252, I did what that said but I'm already at the highest point on the scale, and the lowest zooms the screen in to an unusable point
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Is the highest point of the scale also your native resolution (1366x768) or is something else?
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No wonder it stretches circles. Have you tried updating your graphics drivers?
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A uninstall/reinstall of the driver usually does the job assuming there is no hardware issues at play or other conflicts.
I'm wonder, as this is a laptop, if you accidentally entered a "presentation" mode. Often laptops have a display mode that when used with projectors or overhead units will dumb the resolution down making the laptop a clone of older, non-wide screen projector units.
Looking into your particular model now.
Download drivers here.
In some basic searching, I did find this as a solution from this thread:
You will have to use regedit to do this.
I'm wonder, as this is a laptop, if you accidentally entered a "presentation" mode. Often laptops have a display mode that when used with projectors or overhead units will dumb the resolution down making the laptop a clone of older, non-wide screen projector units.
Looking into your particular model now.
Download drivers here.
In some basic searching, I did find this as a solution from this thread:
You will have to use regedit to do this.
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Jahgee
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I found regedit and opened it and got down to CurrentControlSet, but there is no Video option. The options I do have are Control, Enum, Hardware Profiles, Policies and services.
Edit: Under Control it has a Video option, but it doesn't have the FEE option
Edit: Under Control it has a Video option, but it doesn't have the FEE option
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Oh really?
Well, try to reinstall your video/graphics driver. Probably use the link I provided to find the correct driver for your laptop.
Seems kind of funky to me......
[Edit] Dumb question, but you have rebooted correct?
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If it was correct but then dropped and now it's incorrect how can it be the drivers?
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See the link I provided above.
Driver files can get corrupt or changed. Sometimes a reinstall of the driver restores default factory settings. If you are not that familiar with an OS, reinstalling a driver is one of the easier solutions to try and support via text message responses.
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