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display drivers.

I've had this a million times, especially happens with laptops.

i assume that you are not using a standard 4*3 monitor (if you are, change your resolution to 1024*768).

the generic display driver which comes with windows (and for that matter, most other operating systems) assumes that you are using a 4*3 monitor, and most graphics cards treat differently sized monitors in different ways, so it can be hard to write a general purpose, one size fits all display driver.

if not go to the website for your graphics card/ motherboard manufacturer and download the latest display driver. I've never encountered a graphics card which cant be coaxed into displaying properly, with enough tlc.

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