Stretching the Screen on Desktop

I've just switched from Acer 19" to and Acer 22" Wide Screen Monitor. Most of my programs fill the screen but when I boot up my desktop come up in the 19" format. To cure this I have to go to Control/Display/Desktop/Position and change it from Center to Stretch...... In order to get my "backgrounds" to fill my screen I have to change the position to "Stretch" every single time.

Is there a way to set this to make "Stretch" my defaukt setting as it switches back to "Centre" each time I boot up ? - very annoying.
(Using XP)

Assitance and tips appreceated.

 

Scroll down to #217 here and see if that REG fix works?

 

Hi reknaw.

You really don't want to stretch your display - everything shown will be distorted. What you want is to get your video adapter to output the right aspect ratio and resolution to fit your new screen properly.

What make & model is your PC ?
What make and model of graphics adapter are you using ?

 

Not so sure I know where to find that info. Here's the list of my hardware, if that helps ?

Class Vendor Product Code
Processor Intel Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.60GHz
System Intel Intel(r) 82802 Firmware Hub Device
Media Intel Intel(r) 82801BA/BAM AC''97 Audio Controller
hdc Intel Intel(R) 82801BA Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 244B
System Intel Intel(R) 82801BA/CA PCI Bridge - 244E
hdc Primary IDE Channel
hdc Secondary IDE Channel
USB USB Root Hub
USB USB Root Hub
Dot4 HP HP OfficeJet V40 USB
USB (Generic USB Hub) Generic USB Hub
Keyboard Logitech Logitech PS/2 Keyboard
Ports Printer Port (LPT1)
Ports Communications Port (COM1)
fdc Standard Floppy Disk Controller
System PCI bus
Mouse Logitech Logitech-compatible Mouse PS/2
System Microsoft Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
Monitor Plug and Play Monitor
Dot4Print Microsoft IEEE 1284.4 compatible printer
Image Hewlett-Packard Hewlett-Packard OfficeJet V40 Scanner
printer HP hp officejet v series
FloppyDisk Floppy disk drive
CDROM HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8525B
CDROM HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4163B
DiskDrive SAMSUNG SP0802N
DISPLAY ATI Technologies Inc. RADEON 7000 / RADEON VE Family (Microsoft Corporation)
Net Linksys Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapter(LNE100TX v4)
Modem CXT SoftV92 Data Fax Modem
System Intel Intel(R) 82845 Processor to I/O Controller - 1A30
System Intel Intel(R) 82845 Processor to AGP Controller - 1A31
System Intel Intel(r) 82801BA LPC Interface Controller - 2440
USB Intel Intel(R) 82801BA/BAM USB Universal Host Controller - 2442
System Intel Intel(r) 82801BA/BAM SMBus Controller - 2443
USB Intel Intel(R) 82801BA/BAM USB Universal Host Controller - 2444

Disk Drives
Letters Model Serial Removable Details
C SAMSUNG SP0802N Unknown No DMA

Monitors
Model Max Resolution Viewable Area Serial Manufactured
ACR 243355 1600 x 1200 47 x 30 cm 1919994082 July 2007

Thanks

 

The make (manufacturer) would be like Dell, HP-Compaq, Gateway, home-built-desktop, Toshiba, etc. The model number for retail prebuilt units is like D610, GM5420, Satellite S5100, etc.

The make is almost always on the front of desktops and on the lid of laptops.

Desktops often have a small sticker on the back with the full model number on it as well as having it printed or embossed on the front plastic panel.

Laptops usually have the model number printed on the deck above the keyboard.

 

To be honest I don't think I did - I just plugged it in and all seemed OK - except the above. Not sure I know how to "install" drivers - do you think I should try it ?

 

You can install the monitor driver, but this will not cure the stretching problem. The monitor driver informs the graphics driver what resolutions the monitor can handle. Generally, external LCD monitors can accept any resolution output by a graphics adapter. They have an "auto-adjust" feature which stretches the output to exactly fit the visible screen.

If the graphics card output has the correct aspect ratio to match the display's aspect ratio then the displayed graphics will have a "1:1" (one-to-one) fit and displayed things like perfect circles will not appear squished or stretched.