This issue bugs me so bad! I can do it manually, however I will not be satisfied unless it's perfect (which is doubtful considering I'm doing it manually).

My screen doesn't fit my whole monitor (there are black spaces around it which haven't been filled). I was wondering if there is anyway possible to automatically adjust/fix that issue?

Monitor: Dell M992
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
Operating System: Windows 7 x64 Bit
Resolution: 1280x1024
Refresh Rate: 85 Hertz

If you need more information, tell me and I will be more than happy to post it

Any answers would be greatly appreciated! Thank you

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You may be out of luck. CRT monitors can be finicky and if the built on controls are not working for you, there isnt much you can do.

The "driver" you are referring to isnt actually a driver. It just tells Windows what resolutions are supported. There should be no benefit to installing it.

My suggestion is to get a LCD monitor. LCD monitors do not suffer from these issues. Your have a 19" CRT, why not get a 19" LCD? They are relatively cheap.

A new thought:

Try lowering your refresh rate to 75 hz. I havent used a CRT in ages, but I remember higher refresh rates could make the display smaller.

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use the video tuning wizard in the nvidia drivers. if you go to the advanced controls it should show for you. I dont use windows much any more so I cant describe the menus properly but there are controls in nvidia that allow you to fix it. usually you can get a "test" patern to show so you can see exactly when its at the edge. once you get it close you can use the monitors built in controls to finalise it.

I would also check to make sure that it isnt out of focus. as much as I love my crt its only any good for playing games now due to being out of focus. you cant see it unless you put a lcd next to it so you can see if text is crisp or not. The first lcd we got made me mad, I was all hyped up to do dual screens and when I set them side by side I could instantly tell the crt was a goner.

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I know it has been long time so this may not help the OP but based on the views, seems like there are a lot of people having similar issues so am posting something that worked for me in similar scenario.

As mentioned by some users, this may very well be the CRT issue for the OP but I had similar black strip issue with my LCD (HP w1907) which got resolved using the following steps:

1. Unplug the monitor from the computer and turn off the monitor (really off, not asleep).
2. Check in devices under monitors to make sure the monitor does not show up.
3. Leave the monitor turned off.
4. Plug it into the video port of the computer.
5. Observer that it shows up as a "Generic Non-PnP Monitor".
6. Now turn the monitor on.
7. You will now be able to set the resolution correctly.

It seems that the problem was with plug and play.

Credit : MichaelWitbrock @

Had similar problem, solved like this:

In Nvidia Control Panel > Display > Adjust desktop size and position > Apply the following settings > Select a scaling mode I changed from None to Full screen and changed the resolution as wanted.

Then, in Nvidia Control Panel > Display > Change resolution > Apply the following settings, Resolution > I changed the resolution as wanted.

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