windows 10 wrong resolution

[jan]

Hi,
Since my upgrade to win10 having a weird problem using my 3d monitor (connected by DisplayLink - driver v7.9).
Resolution is 1050*1680 (yep, the monitor is positioned vertically so not the classic 1680*1050...).
Turns out that windows 10 scales all resolutions to 1080*1920, which makes text reading on the screen almost impossible (checked the actual resolution using the OSD of my monitor).

In win8.1 there wasn't any problem (used the displaylink-tool - far more better than the windows-tool). Anyone any ideas?

Setup: ms surface pro3 using ms docking station, screens: Philips Brilliance 235BL + Philips LED 2205, both DVI.

Kind regards,

Jan

[JamesH]

Hi,

Can you try adjusting the scaling option for that monitor?

The scaling option is in Display settings (right click on your desktop to get to that).

Thanks,
James

[jan]

Would be a workaround, but I use RDP-connections (terminal server). Those rely on the resolution of my tablet but don't allow any scaling-options.
Only way is to adjust the resolution.

1680*1050 produces a screen with black bars on each side of the screen + screen receives a full hd-connection.
Or is 1680*1050 no longer supported?

thanks :-)

[JamesH]

Hi,

Only way around this is to use the 'legacy' display settings which are still available on Windows 10... just hidden (so I don't know how long they'll be around for).

You can reach them through Display settings > Advanced display settings > Display adapter properties > Advanced sizing of text and other items > Adjust resolution

Thanks,
James

[jan]

Hi JamesH,
Tried this before, didn't work. that's the thing that produced the black sidebars on my screen. Apperently windows only outputs full hd or nada.
Meanwhile I tried different resolutions but they all boil down to the same point: monitor receives 1080*1920 and Windows resizes the picture to whatever you select in the windows-screen " adjust resolutions".
thanks for the support :)
Jan

[jan]

OK, tried the scaling but that didn't work. Windows doesn't communicate the resolutionswitch with my displayLink...

[jan]

Fixed the issue. Apperently the DisplayLink doesn't like this resolution. fixed it by connecting the vertical monitor straight to the displayport of the dockingstation + connecting the other horizontal monitor on the displaylink.
So issue isn't really fixed but I can live with this :-)
thnks James