Did A Video Driver Update And Lost 1/2 Inch Of Screen?

did a video driver update and lost 1/2 inch of screen on both sides i then did a driver roll back and i still have the same problem 1/2 inch of screen on both sides missing.i am running windows 7 64bit on a gateway laptop and screen res is set at 1024x768 i have tried every setting but i can not get it to go back to full screen

missing 1/2 is black bar it looks like

 

Hi bogyone. Welcome to Computer Help Forums.
Have you tried a system restore?
Also if you open your Graphics control panel there are options there to stretch the image to fit your screen.

 

yes sir i forgot to say i tried that

 

I has the same issue recently and it worked for me stretching the image.

 

Hi further to DSTM and stretching the view to fit the screen. Which graphics control do you have?
I can advise regarding NVIDIA, right click on an empty space on the desktop and choose NVIDIA Control Panel. Once that has opened, select or open "Display" then select "Adjust desktop size and position" you should then see a screen with arrows on both sides and top and bottom, click those which should move things for you.

 

i am running Onboard ATI Radeon Xpress 1150

 

Hi, thanks for that, and Hope DSTM doesn't mind me stepping in here,
I did a search and found this article, it may or not be of help and does give some links for relevant drivers. Worth a look at and do take notice of what this guy says regarding not installing driver version 8.593.100.0

http://www.sanchitka...s-on-windows-7/

Nev.

 

thanks for the info. i searched all day and found this site
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx

it fixed my problem but only kinda sorta i can have a normal screen but only if i run it at 1280x800 but if i try a lower res i lose the 1/2 on my sides so for now im running 1280x800 and made my icons and fonts larger and made both my browser larger so i can read every thing

 

Good your'e kind of sorted.
Wondering whether there is any update pertaining to this in Windows custom updates.

 

What is the size of the monitor?

 

i am using a Gateway MT6451

Heres it Specs

http://support.gatew...14129Rsp2.shtml

it came with vista installed and the little partion that had the reinstall was Corrupt so i formatted and put Windows 7 on it
i did add more memory Ram it now runs 3Gb thats the only hardware upgrade i have done
i have only 1 other problem ive never been able to find a Mass Storage Controller Driver its the only thing flagged yellow in my device Manager but it runs fine without it lol

 

1280 X 800 is the proper setting for that screen. Using a different resolution will have varying effects on the display. From what I gather you really don't have a problem at all. You just need to customize the display as you have until it is acceptable to you.