monitor picture is undersize on t he width adjustm

[steve]

i have brought a new monitor this week.working fine untill i seem to have lost the width settings. my monitor now has a black border either side of about one centimetre. ihave the width settings on maximum. im in 800x600 pixel setting.shop owner tells me it should be in a higer setting for my 17inch model. what icant understand is it was fine in 800x600 setting when we first had it. i know it is something ive altered maybe accidently, but icant seem to get it back.my cursor dissapears of the edge of the screen on the right hand side! please help.

[NHH]

Hi Steve,

I suspect you've got a flat screen LCD monitor which is not designed to display for such a small screen area.
Just set your screen resolution to 1024x768 which is the expected normal resolution nowadays as most web sites & applications are designed for at least 1024x768.
Instructions HERE

Also, pretty much all new monitors have an 'Auto' button which auto calibrates the display to fit the screen, have a look on the panel or browse through the monitor's on-screen menu.

[steve]

thank you for youre advice. i am now happy with my new settings, thanks again