Re: XP setup screen does not fill screen

On Aug 6, 7:47 am, "Smarty" <nob...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Noel8" <harri85...@xxxxxxx> wrote in message

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I have a 22'' LCD/vga HDTv MONITOR Each time i have to reinstall XP,
the setup screen is not centered so I can see ALL buttons that i need
to press to get to the next function. I spend a lot of time moving the
mouse in the general area guessing where the arrow or button is. I
called the tech and the idiot and i use the word loosely, told me go
to windows and change the resolution...I told him how can i change the
resolution in windows when its not installed? True once i do get into
windows then i am able to change resolution and it does fill the
screen nicely...but its the setup that is the problem. has anyone here
have similar problems with one of these monitors and able to correct
that part? Its an excellent monitor otherwise..but rotten support.

If your problem(which is often called "overscan") only occurs when
installing/reinstalling Windows, and not when Windows is running, then your
only remaining remedies are to use your HDTV monitor's internal menu and
settings to temporarily adjust your monitor to make these hidden buttons
appear, and if your monitor has no such range of adjustment, then to replace
your video card with one which has better support for your specific HDTV. I
don't believe the XP setup program has any provisions whatsoever to change
the monitor/overscan settings, and you are thus left with the 2 options I
have mentioned.

You might, for example, try going through your HDTV settings to see if your
menus allow to change the "Size", the "Centering", the "Height" of your
display. Any of these should allow you to temporarily move the image to see
things at the edges which would otherwise be in the invisible overscanned
area at the edge of the display.

Consult your HDTV owner's manual or web site to get a good understanding of
what your menu options are.

Good luck,

Smarty

HI, thanks...yes my manual has 2 functions, called P-Mode, P-Size, but
i believe its limited to the TV and not the VGa MODE. Although why 2 I
don't know. They make the typical changes one wants viewing TV...4-3,
normal,zoom. I am not able to get to that menu in the VGA mode,
unfortunately..at least not that i am aware of...As you can see by my
OG post, the results i got from the Vendor's tech support, its
hopeless.
Again Video card with HDTV seems limiting itself to the TV mode. Even
when I do get to my Windows XP screen its not completely centered, the
one with the moving ribbon as its loading windows...but thereafter the
XP views are normal. There is another function called P-Size and its
function says
.

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