Windows vista screen looks stretched

And when it had restarted it was back to the stretched screen. I've seen dozens of people with the same issue, many of them posted here and no one has helped resolve this issue and almost everyone has had the issue because they had installed Windows As I said, this is a new computer so I don't have the option of reverting back. I've seen this suggested times and it has nothing to do with the problem This is a new computer that came with Windows 10 so I can't revert back, I need this issue solved.

I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Previous Next. Hi, Do not worry we will help you with this issue. Select Device Manager. Expand Display Adapter. Right click on the Display Adapter and click on Uninstall. Type msconfig and press Enter. In the System Configuration window, click on General tab. Select Start-up selection as Normal startup , click on Apply and Ok. Follow onscreen instructions.

Thank you. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to A. User's post on August 24, But I did complete the bottom steps and there was no change.

Is anyone actually going to help? Hello SH, Sorry to here you have that problem. Most games have Options menus that you can use to select a different display resolution. However, you may run into problems with older games that were designed before widescreen monitors became common.

Save the file, launch the game and the stretched or squashed graphics should be a thing of the past. Exult — a modern engine for the classic game Ultima VII — can run the game at higher resolutions than were originally possible.

Use this option to prevent the monitor from automatically scaling images to fill the whole monitor. Aspect Ratio and Native Resolution Back in the day of the big, boxy CRT monitor, virtually all monitors had aspect ratios of , meaning that there would be three vertical pixels of display resolution for every 4 horizontal pixels.

Changing the Display Resolution Regardless of the Windows version installed on your computer, you can change the display resolution in just a few clicks. Windows 7 Right-click the desktop and select Screen Resolution.

Click the Resolution drop-down menu and drag the slider to the desired display resolution. In most cases, with an LCD monitor you should drag the slider to the highest possible resolution for best image quality. Click OK.

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