Couple of monitor questions

Kids bought me a new Acer monitor for my GW. Can't figure how to make
circles look round. I'm on Vista. Any ideas?

Tried to hook up old monitor to replace crt on a Dell but it won't work.
Machine belongs to consulting client and I don't have admin rights.
Do I need them to help? They are not local.

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Frank typed on Sun, 26 Dec 2010 12:05:48 -0500:
Kids bought me a new Acer monitor for my GW. Can't figure how to make
circles look round. I'm on Vista. Any ideas?

Tried to hook up old monitor to replace crt on a Dell but it won't
work. Machine belongs to consulting client and I don't have admin
rights. Do I need them to help? They are not local.

Hi Frank. So what is the native resolution of this monitor supposed to
be? 1280x1024 (4:3), 1440x900 (16:9), or what? If you don't know, go
here to see what it is set too right now.

http://www.whatismyscreenresolution.com/

Sounds like you are not using the right screen resolution and thus it
will be too long or short in one direction depending on the setting.

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Centrino Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3

On 12/26/2010 12:38 PM, BillW50 wrote:
In ,
Frank typed on Sun, 26 Dec 2010 12:05:48 -0500:
Kids bought me a new Acer monitor for my GW. Can't figure how to make
circles look round. I'm on Vista. Any ideas?

Tried to hook up old monitor to replace crt on a Dell but it won't
work. Machine belongs to consulting client and I don't have admin
rights. Do I need them to help? They are not local.

Hi Frank. So what is the native resolution of this monitor supposed to
be? 1280x1024 (4:3), 1440x900 (16:9), or what? If you don't know, go
here to see what it is set too right now.

http://www.whatismyscreenresolution.com/

Sounds like you are not using the right screen resolution and thus it
will be too long or short in one direction depending on the setting.


It's 1600 X 1200. Not sure how son set it and he's not around.
Frank

On 12/26/2010 12:55 PM, Frank wrote:
On 12/26/2010 12:38 PM, BillW50 wrote:
In ,
Frank typed on Sun, 26 Dec 2010 12:05:48 -0500:
Kids bought me a new Acer monitor for my GW. Can't figure how to make
circles look round. I'm on Vista. Any ideas?

Tried to hook up old monitor to replace crt on a Dell but it won't
work. Machine belongs to consulting client and I don't have admin
rights. Do I need them to help? They are not local.

Hi Frank. So what is the native resolution of this monitor supposed to
be? 1280x1024 (4:3), 1440x900 (16:9), or what? If you don't know, go
here to see what it is set too right now.

http://www.whatismyscreenresolution.com/

Sounds like you are not using the right screen resolution and thus it
will be too long or short in one direction depending on the setting.


It's 1600 X 1200. Not sure how son set it and he's not around.
Frank

Took it to slightly higher resolution and that did it.
Thanks for putting me on the right path.

Frank

In ,
Frank typed on Sun, 26 Dec 2010 13:12:58 -0500:
On 12/26/2010 12:55 PM, Frank wrote:
On 12/26/2010 12:38 PM, BillW50 wrote:
In ,
Frank typed on Sun, 26 Dec 2010 12:05:48 -0500:
Kids bought me a new Acer monitor for my GW. Can't figure how to
make circles look round. I'm on Vista. Any ideas?

Tried to hook up old monitor to replace crt on a Dell but it won't
work. Machine belongs to consulting client and I don't have admin
rights. Do I need them to help? They are not local.

Hi Frank. So what is the native resolution of this monitor supposed
to be? 1280x1024 (4:3), 1440x900 (16:9), or what? If you don't
know, go here to see what it is set too right now.

http://www.whatismyscreenresolution.com/

Sounds like you are not using the right screen resolution and thus
it will be too long or short in one direction depending on the
setting.

It's 1600 X 1200. Not sure how son set it and he's not around.
Frank

Took it to slightly higher resolution and that did it.
Thanks for putting me on the right path.

Frank

You are quite welcome Frank, and Happy New Year!

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Centrino Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3

On 12/26/2010 1:15 PM, BillW50 wrote:
In ,
Frank typed on Sun, 26 Dec 2010 13:12:58 -0500:
On 12/26/2010 12:55 PM, Frank wrote:
On 12/26/2010 12:38 PM, BillW50 wrote:
In ,
Frank typed on Sun, 26 Dec 2010 12:05:48 -0500:
Kids bought me a new Acer monitor for my GW. Can't figure how to
make circles look round. I'm on Vista. Any ideas?

Tried to hook up old monitor to replace crt on a Dell but it won't
work. Machine belongs to consulting client and I don't have admin
rights. Do I need them to help? They are not local.

Hi Frank. So what is the native resolution of this monitor supposed
to be? 1280x1024 (4:3), 1440x900 (16:9), or what? If you don't
know, go here to see what it is set too right now.

http://www.whatismyscreenresolution.com/

Sounds like you are not using the right screen resolution and thus
it will be too long or short in one direction depending on the
setting.

It's 1600 X 1200. Not sure how son set it and he's not around.
Frank

Took it to slightly higher resolution and that did it.
Thanks for putting me on the right path.

Frank

You are quite welcome Frank, and Happy New Year!

Thanks again and a Happy New Year to you.
Frank