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October 5th 06, 07:12 PM
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Wallpaper Boarder
Quite a while ago someone was messing with the wallpaper on the screen and
centred it. It now has a boarder of about 1 inch wither side of the main window. I've tried expanding the wallpaper but that makes no difference. If anyone could give any advice I'd be extremely greatful - I've tried everything. 
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October 5th 06, 07:49 PM
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Wallpaper Boarder
On the bottom of your monitor you have some controls...either buttons or
wheels....use those to expand the image to fill the screen. --- Ted Zieglar "Backup is a computer user's best friend." Bunny wrote: Quite a while ago someone was messing with the wallpaper on the screen and centred it. It now has a boarder of about 1 inch wither side of the main window. I've tried expanding the wallpaper but that makes no difference. If anyone could give any advice I'd be extremely greatful - I've tried everything.
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October 5th 06, 08:40 PM
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Thanks but I've tried that
"Ted Zieglar" wrote: On the bottom of your monitor you have some controls...either buttons or wheels....use those to expand the image to fill the screen. --- Ted Zieglar "Backup is a computer user's best friend." Bunny wrote: Quite a while ago someone was messing with the wallpaper on the screen and centred it. It now has a boarder of about 1 inch wither side of the main window. I've tried expanding the wallpaper but that makes no difference. If anyone could give any advice I'd be extremely greatful - I've tried everything.
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October 5th 06, 08:57 PM
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Have you tried:
A) Seeing if you have the same problem with another wallpaper? B) Updating the drivers for your video card to see if that resolves the problem? -Dan "Bunny" wrote in message ... Thanks but I've tried that "Ted Zieglar" wrote: On the bottom of your monitor you have some controls...either buttons or wheels....use those to expand the image to fill the screen. --- Ted Zieglar "Backup is a computer user's best friend." Bunny wrote: Quite a while ago someone was messing with the wallpaper on the screen and centred it. It now has a boarder of about 1 inch wither side of the main window. I've tried expanding the wallpaper but that makes no difference. If anyone could give any advice I'd be extremely greatful - I've tried everything.
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October 5th 06, 09:10 PM
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Thanks for the suggestion...I've tried another wallpaper which makes no
difference & unfortunately I dont know how to update the drivers for the video card so I cant try that. "LittleMoo" wrote: Have you tried: A) Seeing if you have the same problem with another wallpaper? B) Updating the drivers for your video card to see if that resolves the problem? -Dan "Bunny" wrote in message ... Thanks but I've tried that "Ted Zieglar" wrote: On the bottom of your monitor you have some controls...either buttons or wheels....use those to expand the image to fill the screen. --- Ted Zieglar "Backup is a computer user's best friend." Bunny wrote: Quite a while ago someone was messing with the wallpaper on the screen and centred it. It now has a boarder of about 1 inch wither side of the main window. I've tried expanding the wallpaper but that makes no difference. If anyone could give any advice I'd be extremely greatful - I've tried everything.
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October 5th 06, 09:36 PM
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Your best bet would be to go to your computer manufacturers website.
Using mine as an example: I go to HP's website, from there I do a search for my computer model in the search bar within the website. Your computer model should be printed somewhere on the front of your machine. If it's not there then look on the booklets that came with your computer (but it should be somewhere on your PC) So I put in zv6233nr and press search (which I can either press Enter or click the double arrow button which performs the search). There are 2 areas that come up with results - one is quick links - the other is the regular search results. The quick links displays the main links pertinent to my computer. The search results contain everything about it. Choose the section that says Software and Driver Downloads. (there should be something similar for other manufacturers sites) Next for mine they have a section to choose the operating system, so I choose XP Then look for the entry that says Graphics Driver or similar (might say display driver), click the link, agree to anything that needs to be agreed to, download the program, run the update program, and restart the computer. You are now done with the driver update. -Dan "Bunny" wrote in message news  Thanks for the suggestion...I've tried another wallpaper which makes no difference & unfortunately I dont know how to update the drivers for the video card so I cant try that. "LittleMoo" wrote: Have you tried: A) Seeing if you have the same problem with another wallpaper? B) Updating the drivers for your video card to see if that resolves the problem? -Dan "Bunny" wrote in message ... Thanks but I've tried that "Ted Zieglar" wrote: On the bottom of your monitor you have some controls...either buttons or wheels....use those to expand the image to fill the screen. --- Ted Zieglar "Backup is a computer user's best friend." Bunny wrote: Quite a while ago someone was messing with the wallpaper on the screen and centred it. It now has a boarder of about 1 inch wither side of the main window. I've tried expanding the wallpaper but that makes no difference. If anyone could give any advice I'd be extremely greatful - I've tried everything.
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October 6th 06, 04:47 AM
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Is the 'Position' drop-down on the 'Desktop' tab functioning? Or is it grayed out?
-- Good Luck, Keith Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] "Bunny" wrote in message news Thanks for the suggestion...I've tried another wallpaper which makes no difference & unfortunately I dont know how to update the drivers for the video card so I cant try that. "LittleMoo" wrote: Have you tried: A) Seeing if you have the same problem with another wallpaper? B) Updating the drivers for your video card to see if that resolves the problem? -Dan "Bunny" wrote in message ... Thanks but I've tried that "Ted Zieglar" wrote: On the bottom of your monitor you have some controls...either buttons or wheels....use those to expand the image to fill the screen. --- Ted Zieglar "Backup is a computer user's best friend." Bunny wrote: Quite a while ago someone was messing with the wallpaper on the screen and centred it. It now has a boarder of about 1 inch wither side of the main window. I've tried expanding the wallpaper but that makes no difference. If anyone could give any advice I'd be extremely greatful - I've tried everything.
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October 6th 06, 04:51 AM
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"Bunny" wrote in message ...
Quite a while ago someone was messing with the wallpaper on the screen and centred it. It now has a boarder of about 1 inch wither side of the main window. I've tried expanding the wallpaper but that makes no difference. What do you mean by expanding it? Is the wallpaper mode set to "stretch"? -- Alec S. news/alec-synetech/cjb/net
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September 5th 09, 12:35 AM
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folks I have the same problem, that damn 1" of black background behind my
wallpaper. I've tried to fix this for months now. I have tried all the above ideas too to no avail. Something no one has said yet is Windows Classic View, is that related? I use Windows Classic view. It is very annoying. "Alec S." wrote: "Bunny" wrote in message ... Quite a while ago someone was messing with the wallpaper on the screen and centred it. It now has a boarder of about 1 inch wither side of the main window. I've tried expanding the wallpaper but that makes no difference. What do you mean by expanding it? Is the wallpaper mode set to "stretch"? -- Alec S. news/alec-synetech/cjb/net
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September 5th 09, 12:35 AM
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folks I have the same problem, that damn 1" of black background behind my wallpaper. I've tried to fix this for months now. I have tried all the above ideas too to no avail. Something no one has said yet is Windows Classic View, is that related? I use Windows Classic view. It is very annoying. "Alec S." wrote: "Bunny" wrote in message ... Quite a while ago someone was messing with the wallpaper on the screen and centred it. It now has a boarder of about 1 inch wither side of the main window. I've tried expanding the wallpaper but that makes no difference. What do you mean by expanding it? Is the wallpaper mode set to "stretch"? -- Alec S. news/alec-synetech/cjb/net
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September 5th 09, 04:15 PM
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"calgary" wrote in message ... folks I have the same problem, that damn 1" of black background behind my wallpaper. I've tried to fix this for months now. I have tried all the above ideas too to no avail. Something no one has said yet is Windows Classic View, is that related? I use Windows Classic view. It is very annoying. "Alec S." wrote: "Bunny" wrote in message ... Quite a while ago someone was messing with the wallpaper on the screen and centred it. It now has a boarder of about 1 inch wither side of the main window. I've tried expanding the wallpaper but that makes no difference. What do you mean by expanding it? Is the wallpaper mode set to "stretch"? -- Alec S. news/alec-synetech/cjb/net If you use wallpaper 'stretched' it should fit. If it doesn't, there are two possible reasons why it may not: 1. the picture itself has a black border.. 2. the monitor viewing area needs to be adjusted using the controls on the monitors front panel -- Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
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September 5th 09, 04:15 PM
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"calgary" wrote in message ... folks I have the same problem, that damn 1" of black background behind my wallpaper. I've tried to fix this for months now. I have tried all the above ideas too to no avail. Something no one has said yet is Windows Classic View, is that related? I use Windows Classic view. It is very annoying. "Alec S." wrote: "Bunny" wrote in message ... Quite a while ago someone was messing with the wallpaper on the screen and centred it. It now has a boarder of about 1 inch wither side of the main window. I've tried expanding the wallpaper but that makes no difference. What do you mean by expanding it? Is the wallpaper mode set to "stretch"? -- Alec S. news/alec-synetech/cjb/net If you use wallpaper 'stretched' it should fit. If it doesn't, there are two possible reasons why it may not: 1. the picture itself has a black border.. 2. the monitor viewing area needs to be adjusted using the controls on the monitors front panel -- Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
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September 5th 09, 04:51 PM
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On Sep 5, 10:15 am, "Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:
"calgary" wrote in message ... folks I have the same problem, that damn 1" of black background behind my wallpaper. I've tried to fix this for months now. I have tried all the above ideas too to no avail. Something no one has said yet is Windows Classic View, is that related? I use Windows Classic view. It is very annoying. I suggest you put the picture into your graphics program, and enlarge the picture to match the screen resolution. Or, change the wallpaper picture to one that has the same resolution as the monitor screen. I/ E, monitor set to 1024x768, and picture 640x480 equals a black border. That should fix it. "Alec S." wrote: "Bunny" wrote in message ... Quite a while ago someone was messing with the wallpaper on the screen and centred it. It now has a boarder of about 1 inch wither side of the main window. I've tried expanding the wallpaper but that makes no difference. What do you mean by expanding it? Is the wallpaper mode set to "stretch"?
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September 5th 09, 04:51 PM
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On Sep 5, 10:15 am, "Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:
"calgary" wrote in message ... folks I have the same problem, that damn 1" of black background behind my wallpaper. I've tried to fix this for months now. I have tried all the above ideas too to no avail. Something no one has said yet is Windows Classic View, is that related? I use Windows Classic view. It is very annoying. I suggest you put the picture into your graphics program, and enlarge the picture to match the screen resolution. Or, change the wallpaper picture to one that has the same resolution as the monitor screen. I/ E, monitor set to 1024x768, and picture 640x480 equals a black border. That should fix it. "Alec S." wrote: "Bunny" wrote in message ... Quite a while ago someone was messing with the wallpaper on the screen and centred it. It now has a boarder of about 1 inch wither side of the main window. I've tried expanding the wallpaper but that makes no difference. What do you mean by expanding it? Is the wallpaper mode set to "stretch"?
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