Screen resolution on new ViewSonic monitor

I'm having a problem with my new ViewSonic 19" LCD monitor. They want
me to use screen resolution 1440x900, but I don't want to use that. I
want something with smaller fonts, more real estate. If I choose
1920x1200, it gives me "more area", but the resolution itself is still
the same - meaning stuff appears off the edge of the screen, and if I
push my mouse that way, the screen scrolls. I'd like it to use
different fonts, etc. to give me more content within the viewing area.

If I use 1280x1024, I get about 6 extra lines, but, it's a very short,
fat font and it's a little fuzzy. Is there any way I can get the
monitor to use smaller fonts to give me what I want?

I used to have this problem with my old, CRT monitor, and I would just
unplug the monitor, change the resolution on the monitor (without
Extending my Desktop), then plug the monitor back in. But that trick
doesn't work with this new monitor.

I have a Dell Latitude D620 laptop, also fairly new.

Thanks for your help!

One of my co-workers has the same monitor, and she's displaying a nice
tiny font. She has a desktop machine, though, whereas I have a
laptop. I have heard it might mean a graphics card upgrade or
something. Another co-worker is using a DVI cable from his laptop,
but to a different kind of monitor, so I don't know if that would be
another way to correct my problem. Any thoughts?

On Dec 10, 1:36 pm, "Cari \(MS-MVP\)" <NewsGro...@coribright.com>
wrote:
> 1440x900 is the maximum resolution for the 19" monitor. If you want higher,
> you'd be better off using a larger monitor, like a 24" or 28"
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaginghttp://www.coribright.com/windows
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> "kaligrrl" <kalig...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> > I'm having a problem with my new ViewSonic 19" LCD monitor. They want
> > me to use screen resolution 1440x900, but I don't want to use that. I
> > want something with smaller fonts, more real estate. If I choose
> > 1920x1200, it gives me "more area", but the resolution itself is still
> > the same - meaning stuff appears off the edge of the screen, and if I
> > push my mouse that way, the screen scrolls. I'd like it to use
> > different fonts, etc. to give me more content within the viewing area.
>
> > If I use 1280x1024, I get about 6 extra lines, but, it's a very short,
> > fat font and it's a little fuzzy. Is there any way I can get the
> > monitor to use smaller fonts to give me what I want?
>
> > I used to have this problem with my old, CRT monitor, and I would just
> > unplug the monitor, change the resolution on the monitor (without
> > Extending my Desktop), then plug the monitor back in. But that trick
> > doesn't work with this new monitor.
>
> > I have a Dell Latitude D620 laptop, also fairly new.
>
> > Thanks for your help!- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Some graphics cards will go much higher, but the 19" Viewsonic does prefer
the default resolution you already have. Since you cannot change the
graphics card on a notebook, you're pretty much stuck with what you have.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows

"kaligrrl" <kaligrrl@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c1b08c95-fcd7-440e-bceb-f4f18b1a88a6@s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> One of my co-workers has the same monitor, and she's displaying a nice
> tiny font. She has a desktop machine, though, whereas I have a
> laptop. I have heard it might mean a graphics card upgrade or
> something. Another co-worker is using a DVI cable from his laptop,
> but to a different kind of monitor, so I don't know if that would be
> another way to correct my problem. Any thoughts?
>
> On Dec 10, 1:36 pm, "Cari \(MS-MVP\)" <NewsGro...@coribright.com>
> wrote:
>> 1440x900 is the maximum resolution for the 19" monitor. If you want
>> higher,
>> you'd be better off using a larger monitor, like a 24" or 28"
>> --
>> Cari (MS-MVP)
>> Windows Technologies - Printing &
>> Imaginghttp://www.coribright.com/windows
>>
>> "kaligrrl" <kalig...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:df192a5b-812d-4fe9-b00b-0e16e76e3269@i12g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>> > I'm having a problem with my new ViewSonic 19" LCD monitor. They want
>> > me to use screen resolution 1440x900, but I don't want to use that. I
>> > want something with smaller fonts, more real estate. If I choose
>> > 1920x1200, it gives me "more area", but the resolution itself is still
>> > the same - meaning stuff appears off the edge of the screen, and if I
>> > push my mouse that way, the screen scrolls. I'd like it to use
>> > different fonts, etc. to give me more content within the viewing area.
>>
>> > If I use 1280x1024, I get about 6 extra lines, but, it's a very short,
>> > fat font and it's a little fuzzy. Is there any way I can get the
>> > monitor to use smaller fonts to give me what I want?
>>
>> > I used to have this problem with my old, CRT monitor, and I would just
>> > unplug the monitor, change the resolution on the monitor (without
>> > Extending my Desktop), then plug the monitor back in. But that trick
>> > doesn't work with this new monitor.
>>
>> > I have a Dell Latitude D620 laptop, also fairly new.
>>
>> > Thanks for your help!- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>