Monitor images out of proportion eldonstuhr 6/8/2007 7:51:03 PM Recently purchased new HP computer and wide screen monitor with Vista Home Premium loaded. All images whether jpegs, video's, or web page pictures are wide and short. Everyone appears short and fat. I thought this should be an easy fix but have looked for all monitor settings and adjustments and searched the forums, and haven't had any luck. Any ideas would be much appreciated. Thanks! -- eldon

Re: Monitor images out of proportion "Tim" <tim_at_overthere.com> 6/8/2007 8:42:06 PM Did you look only at the settings on the physical monitor? Because it sounds like the video resolution needs to be adjusted (from Display Settings). Or do you need to update the monitor's driver, the video card driver, or ensure the correct monitor is identified (is this a laptop or desktop)? Tim "eldonstuhr" <eldonstuhr[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9B9CD7AB-4233-4838-BDDC-4684C6829F27[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Recently purchased new HP computer and wide screen monitor with Vista Home > Premium loaded. All images whether jpegs, video's, or web page pictures > are > wide and short. Everyone appears short and fat. I thought this should be > an > easy fix but have looked for all monitor settings and adjustments and > searched the forums, and haven't had any luck. Any ideas would be much > appreciated. > Thanks! > -- > eldon

Re: Monitor images out of proportion "Cal Bear '66" <xxx[ at ]xxx.org> 6/8/2007 8:49:40 PM What is the NATIVE RESOLUTION of your monitor? (Consult your monitor's documentation.) Is your display resolution (right click desktop, choose Personalization, click Display Settings, is the slider set to the NATIVE RESOLUTION of your monitor? -- I Bleed Blue and Gold GO BEARS! "eldonstuhr" <eldonstuhr[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9B9CD7AB-4233-4838-BDDC-4684C6829F27[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Recently purchased new HP computer and wide screen monitor with Vista Home > Premium loaded. All images whether jpegs, video's, or web page pictures are > wide and short. Everyone appears short and fat. I thought this should be an > easy fix but have looked for all monitor settings and adjustments and > searched the forums, and haven't had any luck. Any ideas would be much > appreciated. > Thanks! > -- > eldon

Re: Monitor images out of proportion "Dave Johnson [MSFT]" <davejoh[ at ]online.microsoft.com> 6/8/2007 10:19:05 PM Eldon, You should make sure that you are using a screen resolution that matches the wide aspect ratio of your new widescreen monitor. A traditional 4:3 resolution (like 1280x1024 or 1024x768) is going to stretch your display. You should check your display's user manual to see what the recommnended (or native) resolution is and set it to that. For example, I recently purchased Dell's 24-inch widescreen monitor and I had to install a monitor profile from the included CD to get the right resolution option to appear in the list. So I'd start with the user manual, but also check the manufacturer's Web site or call tech nsupport if needed. I hope that helps. -- Dave Johnson Windows User Assistance team Microsoft Corporation

Re: Monitor images out of proportion eldonstuhr 6/9/2007 12:34:01 AM Thanks Tim, CalBear and Dave! It was indeed the resolution set incorrectly. Can't remember what it was set at but in checking I found the native suggested resolution for this monitor to be 1440x900. I re-set it there and now the proportion is perfect! Not being very computer saavy I had it in my head that resolution was was simply pixels/inch for clarity, not really appreciating their two direction nature. Thanks again for the solution! -- eldon "Tim" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Did you look only at the settings on the physical monitor? Because it sounds > like the video resolution needs to be adjusted (from Display Settings). Or > do you need to update the monitor's driver, the video card driver, or ensure > the correct monitor is identified (is this a laptop or desktop)? > > Tim > > "eldonstuhr" <eldonstuhr[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:9B9CD7AB-4233-4838-BDDC-4684C6829F27[ at ]microsoft.com... > > Recently purchased new HP computer and wide screen monitor with Vista Home > > Premium loaded. All images whether jpegs, video's, or web page pictures > > are > > wide and short. Everyone appears short and fat. I thought this should be > > an > > easy fix but have looked for all monitor settings and adjustments and > > searched the forums, and haven't had any luck. Any ideas would be much > > appreciated. > > Thanks! > > -- > > eldon >