Laptop Fullscreen Problem

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Fuzzy_Fox
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Laptop Fullscreen Problem

Post by Fuzzy_Fox »

This is my first time with a laptop, so I don't really know where to look, or how I would go about finding out how to change this. When I'm playing a game, it just has a small window, and a black rectangle around it. It used to run games full screen ok, then all of a sudden it started acting like that. It's probably horribly simple to fix, isn't it?

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Cold Drink
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Laptop Fullscreen Problem

Post by Cold Drink »

You should match your game's resolution to the native resolution of the LCD. This is a wild guess, but you may have tripped an option somewhere to not scale. Been awhiel since I've had that problem so im kind of guessing.

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Fuzzy_Fox
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Laptop Fullscreen Problem

Post by Fuzzy_Fox »

Some games don't have an option for resolution as I found out, like Baldur's Gate :pissed off: . For some reason full screen won't work on media player, and it crashes real player. Might be a coincidence.

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Cold Drink
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Laptop Fullscreen Problem

Post by Cold Drink »

You may want to try removing and then reinstalling your video drivers, then do the same to DirectX.

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Fuzzy_Fox
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Laptop Fullscreen Problem

Post by Fuzzy_Fox »

There's still no internet at my residence, so I can't do much try and testing. I'll certainly have plenty to do when that happens :cry: .

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