Windows 10: How to set screen resolution to 1920 x 1200?

Can't recall last time i needed a monitor driver, hmmm, although my ASUS has one for certain features not having to do with this.I thought generic PnP be fine.

 

You can go to the NVIDIA site and download the correct driver for your card. Quadro 2000 – Workstation graphics card for 3D design, styling, visualization, CAD, and more

 

Really? Seems unlikely.

Drivers can be had at Web Server's Default Page com.

http://www.nvidia.com/download/drive...px/88808/en-us

 

incorrect. See post #1.

The monitor ID "drivers" may be worth installing, but replacing the Microsoft basic video drivers is much more important.

 

That may be a good idea. It makes much more sense to go to 10 from 8, rather than 7. (IMHO.)

On the other hand, you have a rather high-end system there. Are you willing to struggle a liitle for some nerd cred?*Wink

 

Not all monitors adhere to the proper DDC(Display Data Channel) standard, DDC reports are sometimes only a subset of the timings supported by the hardware. Monitor "drivers" are nothing more than configuration files that tell Windows what timing ranges the monitor is capable of supporting. I've seen many monitors that were not fully support by Windows , and needed the driver to work properly. However, my dual HP-W2408, 1920x1200, the same resolution as OP's Dell Monitor, when fresh install Windows 10, Windows Updates detected and installed it.

As long as you get the resolution and refresh rates you want out of the default driver, there is nothing to gain from installing the manufacturer's driver other than seeing the proper name of your monitor instead of "Generic LCD Panel" or whatever

 

Nice explanation topgundcp ! My ASUS PA248Q, native res. is also 1920x1200. The disc came with it makes it also show the model in Device manager instead of Generic PnP, but not shown to be supported for Windows 10, plus it only adds a utility for ASUS MultiFrame Software. In Display properties i do see my model number, but not in Device and Printers or Device Manager.

 

Wow! I am impressed with the number of helpers and your collective wisdom. All of this is new to me... I've never tinkered with hardware, simply using what came with my system without issues. And, frankly, a lot of the discussion is foreign language to me.

bobkn - your replies have helped a lot. My system is what it is because I have used it to write, design, and self publish 9 books over the years using Quark, each with 100s of photos I process and enhance with Photoshop. I am not a gamer and do not use video apps. So maybe a return to Win 7 isn't such a bad idea. My only concern is that it will continue to function over the long haul, as in 10 more years. Do you have any thoughts about that? Also, can you tell me how to get back to where I was a week ago with Win 7? Thanks so much!

 

The highest resolution available on my Win7 Custom, Win8.1 Custom, Win10 Dell Inspiron and Linux Mint Dell Optiplex Desktops is 1920x1080 [16:9]. It's the ratio of 16:9 or 16:10 that usually determines the numbers, the one I use on 4 computers with an HP Compaq L2105tm monitor on a KVM is 1440x900 [16:10], looks the same on all 4 computers. The old 1024x768 or 800x600 had a ratio of 4:3.

 

My monitor native resolution is 1920 x 1200 16:10 60 Hertz

 

A page of discussions about the difference:
Blog - 16:10 vs 16:9 - the monitor aspect ratio conundrum | bit-tech.net

 

10 years? Not impossible. A PC that I owned that has been handed down twice has just stopped working. I doubt that there's much wrong with it, but as the recipient just got a much newer machine from me, I doubt that he'll bother trying to fix it.

Windows support schedule:

Windows lifecycle fact sheet - Windows Help


(7 is already off mainstream support. Extended support ends for it in 2020. The 2020 date is the important one. I think security updates will cease then.)

It's possible to roll back to 7, if you haven't deleted any of the restoration files.

Windows 10 - Go Back to Previous Windows - Windows 10 Forums

If you search the forums a little, though, you may find that this isn't completely reliable.

I haven't tried it. I always image my installation before a major update, so I can restore that in less than 10 minutes. (That's the OS drive; I keep more data on a second drive.) I'd strongly recommend getting that capability, if you don't have it now. Most of us keep some fraction of our lives on our PCs. Maybe someday I'll embrace the Cloud to preserve my data, but for the moment, I prefer local backups.

It's up to you if you wish to return to 7.

In my opinion 10 is OK, as long as you have drivers for all of your peripherals, and all of your software is supported. If you don't like the Windows 10 interface, there are third party utilities that can more or less restore the 7 interface. I haven't tried them, but I used Startisback+ with Windows 8.1. (The integration of the Windows desktop and the interface once known as Metro was very limited. 10 seems much better in that regard.)

 

bobkn - I wish you were my brother or next door neighbor... You explain things very clearly, and have given me good leads for more information to make my decisions easier. Having the 2020 date helps too. Thanks!

 

Thanks all... By re-downloading Win 10 drivers, the stretched-image monitor view is resolved!*Biggrin