Steve Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 I have a Compaq netbook which I carry about for use on sites at work, the actual screen size is 1024 x 600 (iirc). Now I have a couple of programs which I use and they don't display properly due to the size. Is there some sort of software that can trick the laptop to display these programs properly? Hope that makes sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennK Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Steve, Try this: NB. This only works on Windows 7 equipped netbooks. Here’s what you have to do: 1) Run regedit 2) Search and modify all values “Display1_DownScalingSupported” from “0″ to “1″ 3) Restart the system 4) Enjoy the two new resolutions: 1024×768 px and 1152×864 px Now, when selecting a resolution in Windows you’ll get the extra resoutions above. However, be aware that these tweaks might not work on all netbooks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted December 7, 2010 Author Share Posted December 7, 2010 Thanks for the reply but I should have said that is a XP machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonytotheB Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Thanks for the reply but I should have said that is a XP machine. Buy Windows 7! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted December 7, 2010 Author Share Posted December 7, 2010 Buy Windows 7! I would but half the software I need to use wont run on Windows 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennK Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Try: AsTray Plus 1.4.0 BETA1 works on XP...http://www.netbookfiles.com/983/astray-plus-140-beta1/ Else if you had an Acer: a1ctl utility from http://nodadev.wordpress.com/pc-projects/a1ctl/ might be worth a try too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted December 8, 2010 Author Share Posted December 8, 2010 I will give that ago when I get home later on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted December 8, 2010 Author Share Posted December 8, 2010 Just to let you know AsTray Plus works great. Thanks for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermonkey Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Steve, Try this: NB. This only works on Windows 7 equipped netbooks. Here’s what you have to do: 1) Run regedit 2) Search and modify all values “Display1_DownScalingSupported” from “0″ to “1″ 3) Restart the system 4) Enjoy the two new resolutions: 1024×768 px and 1152×864 px Now, when selecting a resolution in Windows you’ll get the extra resoutions above. However, be aware that these tweaks might not work on all netbooks... Sorry for my ignorence, how do I search for the above? I am trying to do this on an ASUS netbook, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennK Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 In Regedit menu EDIT>FIND>Display1_DownScalingSupported Job Done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermonkey Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Nice one bud, mine is already 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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