Windows 10: Solved: Black Bars on the left and right of Display Screen in Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)

I looked through all the comments available here as of 11 August 2018 and googled these issues also and could not find these simple fixes which I stumbled upon by trial and error:


To get rid of the two black borders on the left and right sides of your Desktop display:


Go to Control Panel - Appearance and Personalisation - Taskbar & Navigation - Background - Choose a Fit - Change 'FIT' to 'STRETCH.'

If you find that your Desktop Icons are still half-visible only at the edges of the screen (left side) and at the task bar (bottom) this can be corrected by Accessing your Monitor's Menu (use the remote or one of the buttons at the side of the monitor) - Choose Picture - change Aspect Ratio from 16:9 to Just Scan (my monitor is an LG 22" HD PC/TV LCD with native resolution of 1980 x 1080 (1080p) and a refresh rate of 60Hz. My Graphics Card is GeForce GTX 650 Ti.


The problem with my Desktop display occurred after exiting my DRM-free disc version of the game "Monochroma" in Steam, after I had been prompted to change to 'Big Picture' mode to facilitate better controller use (This did not have a positive effect on my X-Box 360 controller at all. I do not have a Steam controller which the prompt seemed aimed at when I looked at it again - so I will avoid doing this next time).


Changing the resolution back and forth had no effect on resolving these problems. One suggestion I read here was to rename the WindowsApp folder to Windows App.old. Fortunately, my computer would not let me do this even though, when I checked, I still had Administrator privileges (as I am the sole user of my PC). Going into to safe mode, and updating drivers, and all the other complicated stuff was too off-putting for me to try so my advice is please try the above first. Saying this, it still took me a couple of hours of messing around before I found these solutions (I am not a techie by any means).

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4870x2 won't display at 1680x1050 at all!

OK. Now I know what ur problem is. Step by step:
1. Go to Catalyst Control Center
2. Click on the word "Graphic" right on top left corner. It will display drop down menu
3. Click on Display monitor and will see the list of monitor at near bottom
4. Right Click the monitor and select "Configure". It will show up the window
5. There will be 3 option to select. Select the middle one and then click on the tab which show the bar with 15%.
6. Drag the bar to max, and the screen will stretch to the native resolution 1680x1050.
7. Also click the tab with showing RGB drop down list and select the last one (it will change to image quality for pc).
That's it. Good Luck.

 

Screen brightness different on left and right sides of display


I just updated my display driver to the latest from Nvidia. Now the left half of the display is darker than the right half.
I tried uninstalling the driver and reinstalling, but the problem remains.

The driver is Nvidia 355.60 WHQL , and yes my display card in on the list of supported cards. This is the driver for Windows 10 64 bit and my Nvidia GTS 450.

I have never seen this issue before and I don't know if it is Windows 10 or the Nvidia driver causing the problem.

Please help a tired old man!

 

Black bars around screen.

Hi,

Thank you for choosing Windows 10 Technical Preview.

I understand the inconvenience caused. Let me help you with the issue.

The issue could be, due to outdated graphics card or if the Windows is not up to date.

I suggest you to first check for updates and install them.

• Press Windows key + letter 'R.'
• Type 'Wuapp' and hit OK.
• Towards the left pane, choose Check for Updates.
• Install all the available updates.
• Restart the computer and check if it helps.

If the above steps did not fix the issue, I suggest you to uninstall the display drivers and restart the computer to check if the issue is caused by Display drivers.

• Right click on the Windows Start icon.
• Choose Device Manager.
• Expand Display adaptors.
• Right click on the Display driver and select Uninstall.
• Restart the computer and check.

Hope the above steps is helpful to you. Please feel free to reply for any further help/queries.