hp net book screen glut: How do I surpress or get rid of the browsers and task bars that take op all the space in the screen?
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Hi Loueasy, I work for HP. I found your post interesting and would like to further review your issue. Please send me your product and contact info to PSGSocialmedia@hp.com Attn:Scott. Please include your username. Thanks
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I can't believe it took me so long to find this thread. I have an acer aspire netbook. I loathe it, hate it beause it constantly zooms in and out. I never use. I even almost gave it away even though I just purchased it in April from Amazon. I called Acer, got India, hung up (not going to go there - don't have the patience). I asked on a couple of threads but it was the pinch button. For me, when I see the synaptics keypad icon in the lower right hand side, I just click that, click settings, scroll down to pinch and take off the annoying pinch function (Who would ever want this type of sensitivity on such a small touchpad) and finally, I may be able to use this piece of junk. THANK YOU I can't believe it took me so long to find this thread. I have an acer aspire netbook. I loathe it, hate it beause it constantly zooms in and out. I never use. I even almost gave it away even though I just purchased it in April from Amazon. I called Acer, got India, hung up (not going to go there - don't have the patience). I asked on a couple of threads but it was the pinch button. For me, when I see the synaptics keypad icon in the lower right hand side, I just click that, click settings, scroll down to pinch and take off the annoying pinch function (Who would ever want this type of... » Read More I can't believe it took me so long to find this thread. I have an acer aspire netbook. I loathe it, hate it beause it constantly zooms in and out. I never use. I even almost gave it away even though I just purchased it in April from Amazon. I called Acer, got India, hung up (not going to go there - don't have the patience). I asked on a couple of threads but it was the pinch button. For me, when I see the synaptics keypad icon in the lower right hand side, I just click that, click settings, scroll down to pinch and take off the annoying pinch function (Who would ever want this type of sensitivity on such a small touchpad) and finally, I may be able to use this piece of junk. THANK YOU « Show Less
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You downgrade it, this notebook is windows 8 base system. Sorry can not help you
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Actually... you can change the resolution to 1024 x 768 - Right click on the desktop.. go to Properties > Settings Tab > Click on Advanced - Click on the Monitor tab... and uncheck the box that says "Hide modes that this monitor cannot display." At that point you can change the resolution to 1024 x 768. You can move the mouse to the top and bottom extremes to scroll the desktop up and down.I had this same issue when trying to install Adobe Illustrator CS3. It required 1024 x 768 minimum. I made the change and was able to install the software. No need for an external monitor. Funny thing is... I can run Illustrator fine once it is installed in the standard 1024 x 600 resolution.Hope that helps.Mark Actually... you can change the resolution to 1024 x 768 - Right click on the desktop.. go to Properties > Settings Tab > Click on Advanced - Click on the Monitor tab... and uncheck the box that says "Hide modes that this monitor cannot display." At that point you can change the resolution to 1024 x 768. You can move the mouse to the top and bottom extremes to scroll the desktop up and down.I had this same issue when trying to install Adobe Illustrator CS3. It required 1024 x 768 minimum. I made the change and was able to install the software. No need for an... » Read More Actually... you can change the resolution to 1024 x 768 - Right click on the desktop.. go to Properties > Settings Tab > Click on Advanced - Click on the Monitor tab... and uncheck the box that says "Hide modes that this monitor cannot display." At that point you can change the resolution to 1024 x 768. You can move the mouse to the top and bottom extremes to scroll the desktop up and down.I had this same issue when trying to install Adobe Illustrator CS3. It required 1024 x 768 minimum. I made the change and was able to install the software. No need for an external monitor. Funny thing is... I can run Illustrator fine once it is installed in the standard 1024 x 600 resolution.Hope that helps.Mark « Show Less
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I have not found that, but after using the machine for a while, I completly stopped using it, because many things do not work well, and I hate windows 8.
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Not sure but this one allows you to choose custom tab lengths, spacing sizes etc to maximize label usage.
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Bnot even an issue, issue run wardrame on max w8ing 4 a test 4 the. Crossfire lol
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Yeah, that fixed it! Thanks! Had to go to AMD to download their Catalyst something. Then I had to get rid of that and find the one specific for Mac. Changed the overscan to 0% and no more black border. Thanks again burntham. Now I get to add another thing to my "why I hate Windows" list.
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You could do that by opening 2 programs at the same time and shrinking each one to half size of the monitor. It makes for a smaller workspace on each one, but that is not a problem.
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I do not have this exact computer, but 95% identical. I just have the 640 gb hard drive and mine is a slimline 5550 model of the same line that came out last July. It comes with a trial ware Norton with Norton pc checkup which is very annoying. Remove it and then throw on something like AVG that is free and not a memory hog. Also, I would turn off some startup programs. Those HP utilities are very annoying and they do checks that you do not need. Oh, if you want to speed up the time it takes to setup you computer go to www.ninite.com. Nothing bad, I promise. I use it at work (computer support technician) and it installs all your required software like itunes, quicktime, adobe reader, flash, java, avg, and more. Just click on the programs and install. It turns off pop-ups and it installs everything in less than 25% of the time and no next's or license agreements.
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Not sure, the regular view displays the entire, exposed screen as opposed to the S windows' Summarized display.. it usews less battery, I suppose.
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Everything sounds normal the OS takes some space, and any installed apps and extensions . Also a number of files are cached like recently used Google Drive files, emails, etc. In your browser visit chrome://quota-internals/ you can see your full OS space used and available.
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On Windows 7 and XP, the default video spanning will take ALL screen space and treat it as one contiguous display. If you run windowed programs, what you suggested should work. I did have it showing a movie on that display while doing other work on my other 2. Hope this helps.
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As far as processor, yes, and Ram, yes, but it may lag just a bit at the initialization stage of a visualization, and I would be certain to trim the system of all non-essential Windows or Microsoft apps and services and also have nothing running in background simultaneously - So, yes.
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You can zoom in Chrome. I set my resolution to 2048 x 1152 and all my programs look great without zooming. There is no real need for the highest res on this laptop, but it's there if you want it. People that complain about the resolution probably have not tried 2048 x 1152.
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After using this for some time now, it does reduce the Busy screen drastically. Definitely wroth it for me.
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go to control panel on windows or system preference then hit key board and make adjustments