Black Border on my screen

Hello - My screen has a one inch black border on both left and right of my screen - which means I'm not getting full use of my screen. I cannot drag the screen to fill it and cannot hit the green button to make it any bigger. Any clues?

Just a guess. Go into System Preferences, then Displays and select 1280x800. I'm guessing you might be set at 800x600.

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24Golfer wrote:
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paller wrote:
Still, I do not understand why Apple chose to use grey instead of just the other one.... They should just have made this grey one black aswell looks way cool'er..
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navers wrote:
Sorry! It is an HP Pavilion 15 Notebook PC. I can give you the product number if you want? Running on Windows 8.1 64-bit
Thank you for the additional information.
Yes, the product number would be helpful. Please don't provide the Serial #, however.
I believe your problem may be that the monitor is not compatible with Win 8.1. The only updates that are available are for Win XP and Vista. You can find this information in the link that I provided under the section titled "Software Update".
I suggest contacting LG Customer Service to see if they can help you.
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