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CaptMorgan

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I have 7 loaded on my new HP DV4 laptop and am loving it so far. One thing I would like to be able to do would be to set up a profile of sorts so that when I have the laptop monitor on it knows to display at 1200x800 and when its hooked to my 42" lcd to go 1920x1080 and have large icons etc.

I'm a Ubuntu user so I havent been around windows in awhile aside from XP at work which is setup so you cant and dont need to change anything

Any advice would be appreciated

Thanks
 

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I think that is set by the laptop itself - check your HP settings (check the documentation with the laptop) to see how to set your permanent resolutions for external monitors and TVs. That should get you going.
 

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CaptMorgan said:
I have 7 loaded on my new HP DV4 laptop and am loving it so far. One thing I would like to be able to do would be to set up a profile of sorts so that when I have the laptop monitor on it knows to display at 1200x800 and when its hooked to my 42" lcd to go 1920x1080 and have large icons etc.

I'm a Ubuntu user so I havent been around windows in awhile aside from XP at work which is setup so you cant and dont need to change anything

Any advice would be appreciated

Thanks
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Hi CaptMorgan,

You could create a new user account and set that one up with 1920x1080

The only thing you would have to do is log off the 1200x800 user and login 1920x1080.
Or even switch user, but I have never tried that.

I don't think there is a way for windows to change resolution and icon setting just by plugin in another display.

Hope this helps in some way.

greetz
 

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I don't have the original load of Vista on here anymore so i don't have any of the HP specific software and if it was hardware I would imagine that i would have to use the bios settings for that which I can't think of seeing a setting like that or how that would work
 

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320gb
squonksc said:
Hi CaptMorgan,

You could create a new user account and set that one up with 1920x1080

The only thing you would have to do is log off the 1200x800 user and login 1920x1080.
Or even switch user, but I have never tried that.

I don't think there is a way for windows to change resolution and icon setting just by plugin in another display.

Hope this helps in some way.

greetz
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you know I thought of that too but thought it could get annoying to have different profiles incase I use a document on one profile then have to log off to go get it etc. I will keep that in mind, thanks
 

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HP DV4
OS
Windows & / Ubuntu
CPU
Intel Code Duo 2.1
Memory
4gb
Graphics Card(s)
Intel 4500mhd
Hard Drives
320gb
CaptMorgan said:
you know I thought of that too but thought it could get annoying to have different profiles incase I use a document on one profile then have to log off to go get it etc. I will keep that in mind, thanks
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If you redirect folders to the same location in both accounts you would't have to do that.
 

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Asus
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32mb EDO RAM
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Diamond Viper
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Soundblaster 16
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14" AOC CRT 16K color
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800x600
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300mb Quantum fireball
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110 Watts
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Trust Ergonomic
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Or use public folders for this aspect, assuming you are not using a homegroup / shared login / domain environment....
 

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    4 * 32 GB - Corsair Vengeance 3600 MHz
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    EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti XC3 ULTRA GAMING (12G-P5-3955-KR)
    Sound Card
    Realtek® ALC1220 Codec
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    2x Eve Spectrum ES07D03 4K Gaming Monitor (Matte) | Eve Spec
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    ChromeOS Flex Dev Channel (current)
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    Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6300U CPU @ 2.40GHz, 2501 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
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    Dell
    Memory
    16 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel(R) HD Graphics 520
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    Intel(R) HD Graphics 520 + RealTek Audio
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    Dell laptop display 15"
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    1920 * 1080
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