Re: XP setup screen does not fill screen

"Noel8" <harri85274@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:53c9cb97-c439-4f8c-896c-9d35cc5517e9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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



The end of your previous reply was missing, and the last part of your message is incomplete "There is another function called P-Size and its function say". I am not quite sure what you intended to say.

I would go through the menus while using the computer input mode and see which menu items actually do work. If one of them allows you to re-center, shrink, or shift the display to temporarily expose the overscanned area, this is the menu you will need to set before doing another XP reinstall. If you are completely convinced that your monitor will not allow such changes when in the computer/VGA mode, then your only remaining choice is to replace your video card, since there is no way to modify the Windows XP installer software.

There is a very remote possibility that your HDTV as well as your present video card may have yet another form of connection to temporarily hook up your HDTV to your computer in a low resolution manner. This would be easily determined by examining the connectors on your video card at the back of your computer to see if there is a "Video Out", "S Video Out" or some other connection method. If there is, then you might consider connecting your TV to your computer temporarily to this port when reinstalling XP since it may not have overscan issues.

Smarty


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