Desktop resolution smaller than 640x480 possible ?
Martin Meier (MMC)
Is it possible to set the windows desktop size to smaller resolutions than
640x480 ?
I use a nvidia graphics card and the PowerStrip tool to set the display size
to 400x234
pixel, but it seems as if windows restricts the minimum desktop height to
480 pixels :-(
Do you know any hint how to set the desktop height to smaller values than
480 ?
Any help would be appreciated :-))
TIA,
Martin, Germany
Lenny
> Do you know any hint how to set the desktop height to smaller values than
> 480 ?
You can make a screen size that is smaller, but all that will happen is that
the desktop appears in a window that is 640*480 pixels in size that you have
to scroll around in. That's the minimum size, it's built-in into the
operating system.
May I ask why you need this?
Martin Meier (MMC)
> You can make a screen size that is smaller, but all that will happen is
that
> the desktop appears in a window that is 640*480 pixels in size that you
have
> to scroll around in.
If I understand correctly, the screen resolution can be set to smaller
values than
640x480, but the desktop is always this size ?
After setting the nvidia driver to 400x234 pixels with powertool it seems
that
the output resolution is 400x480 (?) but not 400x234 :-((
What would be your recommendation to adjust the screen size ?
> That's the minimum size, it's built-in into the
> operating system.
Is there a registry hack to change this ?
> May I ask why you need this?
I am currently building an mp3 player for my car and want to use the
built-in
navigation system display for the user interface. The display is 400x234
resolution,
so I need to set the VGA output resolution to exactly this size.
Martin
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> Is it possible to set the windows desktop size to smaller resolutions than
> 640x480 ?
> I use a nvidia graphics card and the PowerStrip tool to set the display
size
> to 400x234
> pixel, but it seems as if windows restricts the minimum desktop height to
> 480 pixels :-(
>
> Do you know any hint how to set the desktop height to smaller values than
> 480 ?
Hi,
you'd do better to ask that here-
http://pub28.ezboard.com/fentechfrm5
procerus
Gabriele Neukam
> Is it possible to set the windows desktop size to smaller resolutions than
> 640x480 ?
*Kleiner*? Davon habe ich noch nicht gehört. Aber falls es um Ultima7
mit seiner 320x240-Auflösung gehen sollte, gibt es eine Lösung:
Gabriele Neukam
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Martin Meier (MMC)
> http://pub28.ezboard.com/fentechfrm5
Thanks, helped me a lot :-)
MM
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problems with resolutions below 640x480. I have also managed to make work
the CGA driver (640x200 black and white) and the MDA (herc driver 720x350 in
monochrome) and the EGA drivers from Win31 in Win95 but with all of the
problems of using a monolithic driver in Win95 and much reduced
functionality. Many windows and dialog boxes are too tall to be used
properly so you have to alt-spacebar-m-arrow key them up and down to see the
various parts or just get used to keyboard entry for everything.
Really for small displays in any modern application, you should use a
version of windows designed for such purposes like Windows CE.
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Peter Moeckli
>Hi, Newsgroup !
Which one? ;)
>Do you know any hint how to set the desktop height to smaller values than
>480 ?
Probably, you have to alter the INF-File of your graphiccard-driver
and/or the one for your monitor that tells Windows what values the
card or the monitor is able to use.
CU
Peter
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michael schwarz
"Martin Meier (MMC)" <ne...@mmc-software.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Hi, Newsgroup !
>
> Is it possible to set the windows desktop size to smaller resolutions than
> 640x480 ?
> I use a nvidia graphics card and the PowerStrip tool to set the display
size
> to 400x234
> pixel, but it seems as if windows restricts the minimum desktop height to
> 480 pixels :-(
>
> Do you know any hint how to set the desktop height to smaller values than
> 480 ?
Bist du dir sicher, ob dein Monitor das kann? Versuchs vielleicht mal in der
Newsgroup: de.comp.hardware.graphik . Die müssten sich mit sowas auskennen.
Ich glaube nicht, dass das ein Windows Problem ist.
Gruß
Michael Schwarz
Martin Meier (MMC)
der
> Newsgroup: de.comp.hardware.graphik . Die müssten sich mit sowas
auskennen.
> Ich glaube nicht, dass das ein Windows Problem ist.
> Gruß
> Michael Schwarz
Die Anforderungen kommen von meinem Monitor - einem Navi-Display in meinem
Auto...
Martin
Martin Meier (MMC)
> and/or the one for your monitor that tells Windows what values the
> card or the monitor is able to use.
I use the tool PowerStrip which alters the INF file - but it seems as
if windows has a problem with desktop resulution < 640 x 480 ?
MM
Martin Meier (MMC)
has
> problems with resolutions below 640x480. I have also managed to make work
How did you accomplish this ?
> Really for small displays in any modern application, you should use a
> version of windows designed for such purposes like Windows CE.
I want to install a computer in my car and display the windows desktop on
the
car's built-in navigation system so that I can comfortably select mp3 and
divx
movies :-))
The navi display needs 400x234 resolution at 60Hz with sync-on-green - I
think
it's more easy to do this with real windows than with windows ce - and -
what is
more - my application is already programmed - using win2k ...
greetz,
mm