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pbarr - 21 May 2005 17:30 GMT

I have had a new hard drive installed and windows XP installed--
the screen is not filled- there is still a large black border around it.
Help???

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Cari \(MS-MVP\) - 21 May 2005 19:32 GMT

Use the monitor buttons to 'stretch' the screen to fit the monitor

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Cari
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>I have had a new hard drive installed and windows XP installed--
> the screen is not filled- there is still a large black border around it.
> Help???

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Ron Martell - 21 May 2005 20:22 GMT

>I have had a new hard drive installed and windows XP installed--
>the screen is not filled- there is still a large black border around it.
>Help???

Was the Windows XP installed from a CD supplied by the laptop
manufacturer?

If not (e.g. a retail version of Windows XP was used) then go to the
laptop manufacturer's web site and download & install the Windows XP
updates, including video drivers, for your specific laptop model.

Also this particular situation, on a laptop or with an LCD display on
a desktop system, means that the resolution setting chosen is lower
than what the manufacturer designed the display for, such as using 800
x 600 on a system intended to use 1024 x 768. So if the driver
updates do not resolve the issue then try increasing the screen
resolution to the next higher value.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

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pbarr - 21 May 2005 21:09 GMT

> >I have had a new hard drive installed and windows XP installed--
> >the screen is not filled- there is still a large black border around it.
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> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

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