Screen Resolution changes scrambles my icons


  1. Posts : 31
    7 Professional 64bit
       #1

    Screen Resolution changes scrambles my icons


    Hi All,
    My screen resolution changes from the default setting for my monitor (Toshiba TV 1360x768) to 1024x768 usually. It's very annoying and scrambles my icons all over the desktop. After searching Google I found a reccomended registry fix which I did and it seemed to stabilize things for a while but now is back to doing the same thing. I rechecked the registry settings and they are as I had them. I am running Windows 7 Professional 64bit.

    1360X768 (Decimal) = 550X300 (Hex) Changed both below:
    X Resolution to 550
    Y Resolution to 300

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Hardware Profiles\0001\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\VIDEO\{F92BFB9B-59E9-4B65-8AA3-D004C26BA193}\0000

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Hardware Profiles\0001\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\VIDEO\{F92BFB9B-59E9-4B65-8AA3-D004C26BA193}\0000\Mon12345678

    Any and all help is appreciated.

    Thank you..........Tom





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  2. Posts : 4,280
    Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit / XP Home sp3
       #2

    Welcome to Seven Forums. Since we're talking about the resolution on your TV and not a monitor. I would reccomend you download the program Powestrip. It allows for many adjustments on your TV's and might be worth a try.
    PowerStrip - Download Download is at the btoom of the page.

    It may require being installed in XP compatibility mode. Compatibility Mode

    Here's a quick and easy guide on how it works and what is avalible.
    Powerstrip Guide for the powerstrip impaired
    Hope this will help.
    Fabe
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  3. Posts : 31
    7 Professional 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thank you for the reply. I'm running windows 7 64bit and I don't think the solution you recommended is appropriate (I may be wrong), but this seems to be a configuration issue because I can get the perfect resolution I need, it just will not stay after and only after the computer goes to sleep. If I turn the computer on & off everything is fine. It's only sleep mode that affects the resolution change.
    Any other suggestion are appreciated.

    Thanks........Tom
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  4. Posts : 329
    WDS 7 Home Pre.x64
       #4

    odatkid said:
    Thank you for the reply. I'm running windows 7 64bit and I don't think the solution you recommended is appropriate (I may be wrong), but this seems to be a configuration issue because I can get the perfect resolution I need, it just will not stay after and only after the computer goes to sleep. If I turn the computer on & off everything is fine. It's only sleep mode that affects the resolution change.
    Any other suggestion are appreciated.

    Thanks........Tom
    OMG ..I had this same "extremely annoyed" problem with my vista pc ..
    (Only when waking up from sleep)
    So far nothing fixes this yet "I was hoping Sp2 will fix it ...guess not.."
    Good Luck Budd.
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  5. Posts : 1,814
    XP / Win7 x64 Pro
       #5

    Is your TV an actual monitor or are you just using it as one? I ask because if it is specified to be used as a monitor, the vendor usually puts drivers out for it that can help with such issues.

    Does the scramble also happen when you unhook from the tv/monitor and then hook it back up? I would check to make sure the tv/monitor has the input set as PC input. Are you using a DVI, VGA, or HDMI cable?
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  6. Posts : 31
    7 Professional 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #6

    FliGi7 said:
    Is your TV an actual monitor or are you just using it as one? I ask because if it is specified to be used as a monitor, the vendor usually puts drivers out for it that can help with such issues.

    Does the scramble also happen when you unhook from the tv/monitor and then hook it back up? I would check to make sure the tv/monitor has the input set as PC input. Are you using a DVI, VGA, or HDMI cable?
    Thanks for the reply Fabe.
    My TV has a VGA input which I am using and the input is set to PC. Toshiba has no drivers available and I only use it as a monitor and not as a TV (I don't have cable or anything else plugged into it). There must be a setting in Windows 7 that resolves this issue. Very frustrating.

    Happy and Healthy New Year to all
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  7. Posts : 2,039
    Several, including Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
       #7

    There are a number of bugs associated with Win7 not coming out of sleep mode properly. They are often specific to certain combinations of hardware/BIOS/Software etc. No way to give you specific advice on your combination.

    You can have a look through this lot:

    Sleep - Microsoft TechNet Search

    Regards....Mike Connor
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  8. Posts : 31
    7 Professional 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #8

    Mike Connor said:
    There are a number of bugs associated with Win7 not coming out of sleep mode properly. They are often specific to certain combinations of hardware/BIOS/Software etc. No way to give you specific advice on your combination.

    You can have a look through this lot:

    Sleep - Microsoft TechNet Search

    Regards....Mike Connor
    Hi Mike,
    Thank you for the reply. I'll check the link and if I learn of a fix I'll let you know.
    Thanks again.......Tom
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  9. Posts : 2,039
    Several, including Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
       #9

    My pleasure, hope you find a fix.

    Regards....Mike Connor
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