Windows 10: Display larger or smaller than monitor in Windows 10

You may want to use a monitor with your Windows 10 laptop or desktop in order to increase your productivity. However, some Windows users are experiencing an issue, where their display is larger or smaller than the monitor size. In this article, we are going to see some simple solutions to fix this display issue in Windows 10.



Display larger or smaller than monitor


These are the things you can do to fix Display larger or smaller than monitor Windows 10. Let us talk about them in detail.

1] Check Screen Resolution and Aspect Ratio




The first thing you need to do is to check Screen Resolution and Aspect Ration. There can be two settings you need to check, Windows 10 Display settings and your Monitor Manufacturer’s settings.

To check Windows10 Display Settings, launch Settings by Win + I. Go to System > Display, now, set your “Display resolution” to “Recommended” (if it is on “Recommended”. try going back and forth on Screen Resolution until you find the perfect one for your Monitor).

If this doesn’t solve your issue, go to your Manufacturer’s settings. If you don’t have that, you can download it from your manufacturer’s official website. There you need to make the Screen Resolution and Aspect Ratio is set correctly. You should always set the aspect ratio to fit your screen.

2] Manage Graphics Drivers


If you are still not able to scale your display properly, try managing your Graphics Drivers. You need to do three things.

Rollback Driver


The first thing you can do to fix the error is to Roll Back drivers. To do that, launch Device Manager by Win + X > Device Manager, expand Display Driver, right-click on your Graphics Driver, and select Properties. Go to the Drivers tab and click Roll Back Driver.

If the option is greyed out, your driver is not updated, so, try updating it.

Update Driver


To update your driver, open Device Manager, expand Display Driver, right-click on your Graphics Driver, and select Update Driver.

Follow the on-screen instruction to update your Driver

Reinstall Driver


To reinstall your drivers, open Device Manager, expand Display Driver, right-click on your Graphics Driver, and select Uninstall Device.

Now, unplug and replug the device and check if it fixes the issue. If you are facing this error with your primary monitor, don’t unplug it, right-click on Display Driver, and select Scan for hardware changes.

Hopefully, we have helped you in fixing the Display larger or smaller than monitor Windows 10.

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App Display issues with windows 10

Hi Michael,

Welcome to Microsoft Community and thank you for your interest in Windows 10.

As per the issue description you are facing issue with fonts which get messed up.

In order to help you better, could you please confirm a couple of things:

• 
  Whether your computer is connect to a Domain?
  

I would Suggest you to try these steps if the computer is not connected to a Domain.

In Windows 10, you can now set DPI (Dots per Inch) scaling to make text and other items, such as icons, fonts, and windows, to display larger or smaller for all displays or per-display.

Windows 10 DPI scaling improvements are primarily focused on:

•Optimizing the usability and readability of high-DPI displays

•Providing a uniform experience multi-display systems

•Empowering developers to optimize app-specific scaling based on display DPI

If you are running a screen resolution of 1366x768 on a tablet, chances are that UI will look good at 100% DPI settings. But what about when you connect your system to an external high resolution display? In Windows 8 you can choose either 100% to
optimize the UI on the tablet display or up to 150% to optimize the UI on the external display. You have to compromise.

Windows 10 takes care of this issue by supporting per-display DPI scaling to address. By default, Windows 8.1 will choose the optimum DPI scaling value for each display based on the value chosen for overall scaling in the control panel.

You can change Modern UI text size by following the steps provided below.

•Press Windows key

•Click on Settings.

•Click on System.

•Click on Display.

•Now change the font size according to your choice.

Also refer these Microsoft articles:

Get the best display on your monitor

Windows help & learning - Microsoft Support

Hope this would help. If issue still persists post back with current status of your computer and result of proposed suggestion, we will be happy to assist you.

 

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I recently downloaded a Windows 10 update and now my monitor display is smaller and cannot be reset.

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Hi Alex,

Since your display has a high resolution, Windows 10 will automatically set the scaling value to an appropriate percentage that's why the icons appear larger. Also, Microsoft recommends keeping your display resolution to the "recommended" value. If you prefer
your text, apps, and other items to be even bigger or smaller, we suggest that you follow these steps:

• Click Start menu.
• Click Settings.
• Click System.
• Choose Display and you can manually adjust it by clicking or dragging the slider.

Let us know how it goes after performing the steps above.