how do you setup a wide screen monitor for your pc?

Question

k, we got this wide screen monitor for our computer but when i plug it in everything is stretched and it looks terrible! When you play full screen movies on it, they take up the entire screen, wide screen movies play in a little strip on the screen. is there anyway to tell the computer that it's a wide screen monitor? perhaps a free program i can download?

Answer 1

Right click anywhere on the desktop, and select Properties from the menu that appears
Click on the Settings tab
There will be a slide bar on the center left of the windows
Sliding that bar will change the ratio of the screen
Without knowing the measurement of the screen, I can not predict which will work
So slide it one by one through the sizes doing an "apply" for each until you find the one you like.

Answer 2

There's two ways to use a dual monitor setup You can have the same thing showing on both screens - in this case the resolutions must be the same on each screen Or you can have different windows open in each one (the Windows taskbar just shows in one screen though) - when you do this, you can have totally different resolutions The setting is in Display Properties (right-click your desktop and press properties) on the Settings tab, it's called 'Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor'

Answer 3

You should change your screen resolution accordingly. Mouse right click -> properties -> Settings -> and change the screen resolution.

But probably you should setup your monitor (probably require installing the software driver for your monitor) in your operation system first:

Assuming you are using a Microsoft Windows type operation system, you should either:
- Install the monitor driver provided, or
- If driver is not provided, try changing it manually (mouse right click on your desktop -> properties -> Settings -> Advanced -> Monitor), or
- Check on the monitor manufacturer's website for driver information

Once this is done, you should be able to change your screen resolution.

Answer 4

You don't even need to download anything. :)

Right-click on an empty part of your desktop, and select Properties from the menu that pops up. A window will open with some tabs in it; click on the right-most tab to bring up the resolution settings for your display. There should be a drop-down menu in that window with different sizes (i.e. 1024x768, 1440x900) in it. Select different ones until the picture on your screen is sharp and clear.

Answer 5

Install the driver/software of your monitor. This will fix the problem.