The screen slid to the side. Troubleshoot monitor problems (image shift). Possible causes of this problem

Hello! Today there will be a short note about such a household problem, which may not be common, but is quite annoying. If we discard the phrase in parentheses of the title of the article, then this topic and in a number of extensive articles it is impossible to fully disclose. In fact, I will talk about one small problem and directions in which to dig if other problems arise.

While setting up the router, I encountered the following problem - the monitor image was shifted a couple of millimeters to the left. And the cursor also “floated” to the left, without stopping on the edge of the monitor. Moreover, this happened both in programs and on the desktop. And on the right a black stripe the same couple of millimeters wide appeared. But what can I tell you, see for yourself (lower right corner and the folder crawling out over the edge):

It is impossible to show this on a screenshot, because the screenshot “photographs” the active area controlled by the system. And now it feels like the pixels have stopped working.

How did I solve the problem?

Everything turned out to be very simple. It was enough to change the frequency of the monitor (LCD monitor). Now I'll show you how it's done.
1) Go to the desktop context menu, Screen Resolution (in Windows 7).

2) A menu with screen settings will appear. Click on “Advanced options”.


3) The characteristics of your video adapter (video card) will appear.

Go to the “Monitor” tab. There is an important drop-down menu here – “Screen refresh rate”. We exhibit maximum frequency screen updates. My default setting was 60 Hz, which was the cause of the problem.

After this, the image should move into place.

General technique for troubleshooting monitor problems

1) We look at physical connection monitor to connector motherboard. We try to pull out and reinsert the cable.
2) We check with our hands that the cable is working properly (there are no kinks).
3) Check the monitor's power connection.
4) If the image does not appear on the monitor, then the video card is most likely damaged. You need to take another one and try to see if the monitor works with it. If not, then the end of the monitor has come.
5) If you still see the image, but it is distorted, then again go to the desktop context menu - Screen resolution. Here you need to set the standard resolution of your monitor as specified in the instructions.


If CRT monitors(similar to TVs) allow without special problems change the resolution, then their LCD counterparts should only have the standard one. Otherwise, the image will turn out blurry.
6) If the image looks like a ladder like this (best seen on the cart label):

then we go to additional options(as in point 2 of the solution to my problem), go to the “Monitor” tab and at the bottom there is a color quality mode switch. So there you need to select 32 bits (True Color):

Then the image will become smooth and the gradients will be invisible:

7) If the text still looks fuzzy, crumpled, like it was printed by a printer that is running out of ink, then most likely you have Clear Type mode turned off. To enable it, in the same screen setting at the bottom, click on “Make text and other elements larger or smaller.” A panel will appear:

On the left side of the menu, go to “ClearType Text Settings”. And in the window that appears, check the “Enable ClearType” checkbox. At the same time, you can immediately see changes on the monitor and understand what’s what. Click next and select the best text options for you. It’s not difficult, so I won’t give screenshots.

8) If the interface elements on the screen look small, then in the menu we went to in point 7, select “Other font size (dpi)”. A scale selection window will appear:

In the middle window, go to video adapters and click on the name of the video card. In the window that pops up, go to the “Driver” tab.

Click “Update”:

It turns out that you can manage windows in Windows 7 without using a mouse! Why is this necessary? Well, for example, if for some reason your mouse malfunctioned, which sometimes happens, or you connected your computer to the TV in the “Expand screen” mode, and the screen settings window that came up did not appear where you expected . Sometimes there is another situation when something happened to the mouse or the buttons that control the movement and size are located beyond the visible border of the screen and the mouse cannot reach them. There is a way out and it’s very simple, we’ll use the keyboard, I hope you haven’t thrown it away as an outdated peripheral device.

Let's look at the keyboard carefully; in the lower left part you can see the control keys Alt And WIN(flag key). So, if the window is not open on the entire screen, and this is exactly the case in our case, otherwise all window controls are visible and accessible for pressing, then pressing the keys simultaneously Alt+Space(the longest button is at the bottom in the middle) you can get to the window management menu. It contains the following points: Restore, Move, Size, Collapse, Expand, Close. Us in in this case You will be interested in the item - Move. We select it by pressing the “Down Arrow” and “Enter” keys, after which by pressing the Left, Right, Up and Down arrow keys, you can move the window to the desired position on the screen and press “Enter” again. If you need to move a window very precisely, down to a point (pixel) on the screen, then while moving the window you need to hold down the Ctrl key (located to the left of the WIN key), then the movement will be done point by point (pixel by pixel), very smoothly, but slowly.

In what other cases may this operation be necessary? working mouse? Very often on Netbooks with a screen resolution of 600 pixels vertically dialog boxes containing the required button to confirm or cancel the action do not completely fit on the screen, which is very annoying even experienced users, because These same buttons are simply not visible. And again Alt+Space saves us, Move and the up arrow to the desired height, and now these buttons are available. All this works from Windows 95 to today's Windows 8 (on the desktop, not on the subway).

In conclusion, a couple of “goodies” from Windows 7. You can quickly move a window to the left or right edge without a mouse using the WIN key while simultaneously pressing the left and right arrows - respectively, press the window to the left or right edge of the screen, this looks especially interesting if you have several monitors, experiment. WIN+Up Arrow— expands the window to full screen. Combination WIN+Down Arrow minimizes the window to an icon on the active taskbar or returns it to its original size if the window is expanded to full screen.

Here's a simple lesson for today, I hope it will help some save time and nerves. And if you want to fully learn all the Windows keyboard shortcuts, you can

You can move the screen horizontally and vertically, stretch and shrink it. Use these controls to properly fit the screen into your monitor. I need to change the value of some field that does not fit within the screen. As usual, there are several various options do the same action.

The next way to move the screen on a PC or laptop to the left or in any other direction is to use not the capabilities of the Windows OS itself, but the options of the video card. Using the right and left buttons, you can adjust the image on the monitor in a way that is convenient for you. Unfortunately, it is impossible to be more specific, since this menu is different for different monitors. So how do you rotate an image on your display?

I am attaching screenshots. You can open it by pressing the Start menu on your keyboard. But it is impossible to read and delete mail, all games are not in the center, but shifted to the left, because of this the ball falls and it is impossible to catch it.

Ctrl+⎇ Alt+→ will rotate the screen 90° to the right. This allows you to easily rotate the monitor 90°. Please note that if you rotate the monitor manually, you will still need to adjust the orientation through the graphics card settings. Whenever you rotate the monitor, it must be firmly secured to the stand or mount. Using foreign objects to secure the monitor may cause it to unstable work or overheating.

I didn’t want to take Ruslan’s bread, but apparently he had long forgotten this post. I'll have to answer my own question, maybe it will be useful to someone. Open the dialog box, press the Tab button repeatedly and watch how the buttons and lines in the window are activated one by one. Thus, activation reaches buttons that you cannot see. All you have to do is raise the window, as Ruslan said above, remember the location of the button you need, return the window to its original position and, pressing Tab, activate the invisible button.

How to Adjust, Customize and Rotate the Windows Screen

Adjust the screen position. Sometimes the screen doesn't fit exactly within the confines of the monitor and you may notice that your mouse goes out of bounds small screen, or black stripes may be visible around the edges.

I'm looking for it in “Adapter”. There are two options for adjustment - “List of all modes”, where you can adjust the frequency, color and size - all this is not relevant and “Properties”.

24 Questions and Answers How to move a window without a mouse?

Next, using the arrows, select a menu item, for example, move, press the Enter key to activate this item. A move icon in the form of crossed arrows will appear. Use the arrow keys to move the application window up\down, right\left.

Why might this option be needed? First answer: to view images large size in the right angle. This is, for example, what developers of gaming products do, designed to be played projected onto a vertically located display. A photo taken from the wrong angle and placed on the desktop also needs to be corrected.

Additionally, some modern monitors may themselves be mounted differently. You can think of a dozen more situations in which the user may need to rotate the screen. So how do you rotate an image on your display? This is the subject of our short note. As usual, there are several different options for doing the same action.

Method one and the easiest: use keyboard shortcuts. Here's a picture to explain it:

However, this option does not work on all computers. The easiest way to verify the availability of a function is by experiment. Press “Ctrl” + “Alt” + arrow key simultaneously and admire the result.

If nothing has changed on the screen, then try other options, which we will discuss below.

Other ways to control the screen image

Some benefit in terms of solving our problem can be obtained using the “Screen Resolution” window.

Getting to it in Windows 7 and Windows 8 is as easy as shelling pears: you just need to click on an empty space on the desktop and in the window that opens context menu select the item with the same name.

A window similar to this will appear:

By manipulating the “Orientation” list, you can achieve the desired effect.

In Windows XP, the same option is available in the desktop properties window (click on an empty space on the screen and select the “Properties” menu item).

The next way to move the screen on a PC or laptop to the left or in any other direction is to use not the capabilities of the Windows OS itself, but the options of the video card.

When installing a driver for a modern video adapter, we usually install some other things. software similar to the video card control panel.

Dig into its options and you will definitely find something there to adjust the orientation. Better yet, just read the documentation for such a program.

Good afternoon, my insatiable knowledge hunters!

Agenda for today - how to return a program window that has “run away” from the desktop?

Haven't you had this before? And just the other day such an incident happened to me. I had two monitors, everything was fine. One monitor was needed for another matter and I turned it off. Soon after I started working, I discovered that my favorite Notepad++ notepad disappeared from view upon startup, although its active icon was hanging on the taskbar. But the window itself is nowhere to be seen!

What to do? Hug the monitor and cry into the Notepad icon? :) No, there is a solution! And how to return windows back to the desktop will be discussed in my article.

First of all, make the window of the “runaway” program active. That is, select it with the mouse on the taskbar or switch to it via Alt+Tab. The screenshot shows an example for Alt+Tab.

So, the program window is active, the window itself is not visible. Now, carefully read what needs to be done next.

Press the Alt+Space combination. It opens a special system menu active window. It looks something like this:

In my case with Notepad, the menu appeared at the very edge of the monitor on the right. And indeed, the last time the notepad was opened was on the right monitor. Next, press the down arrow on the keyboard and highlight the second item - Move. Press Enter.

Now, after pressing Enter, the window is ready to move. Press the key left or right, depending on which side of the monitor the window is hidden from, and begin to move the window. You will see the outline of the program being moved (see screenshot below). Continue holding the arrow key until the entire outline is on the visible desktop. After that press Enter.