Re: Game in middle of screen wiht black around it

From: Chris H. (winxpnews_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/13/04 

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 20:55:27 -0700

Right-click the link you use to launch the game, go into the Compatibility
settings and set the display for the originally intended mode. 

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Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
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"PJN" <PJN@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:AF6625FA-16FC-4726-97B7-F60436F8FCD8@microsoft.com...
>I tried my Myst and although my resolution is fine everywhere else, it 
>isn't
> in this game. I get only the bottom half of the game screen.   If I make
> these changes suggested, all my other resolutions are different, too!  How 
> do
> I change just for the games?  Is it a Quicktime problem?  My Quicktime
> problem solver doesn't address this or give me options.
>
> "RobertVA" wrote:
>
>> Flat Panel or CRT display?
>>
>> Tried adjusting vertical refresh rate (hz), position and size for that
>> resolution in Windows' advanced display properties? Ussually you can 
>> reach
>> these settings by right clicking on the Windows desktop and clicking
>> "Properties" in the resulting context menu. then click the "Settings" tab
>> and the "Advanced" button, in that order. Beyond that point the procedure
>> varies, as the advanced display settings dialogs differ with the various
>> graphics accelerator manufacturers.
>>
>> Tried adjusting position and size with controls on the display?
>>
>> "Twisted" <TwistedPower@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:522d01c480e0$71018090$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> > Bla... I dont know what i did but now all, not just one,
>> > of my games go to the 460X800 resolution or what ever
>> > that  size is, wich infact is not a problem its what i
>> > want. BUT, it puts it in the middle of my screen with
>> > black all around it and its REALY fustrating...... i know
>> > its a display settings option of somekind but i dont know
>> > what i did or how to change it back to the way it was
>> > working (maby i'll back up everything reformat reinstall
>> > windows xp and that will fix this stupid problem X_x
>> > ugh....)i realy dont want to do that at all for somthing
>> > this little HELP PLEASE. Whats funny is that only my
>> > games do it..... everything else is in proper resolution.
>> > Thanks.
>>
>>
>>