Display Resolution in Windows

When I run Windows 7 in VMWare Fusion 4, I am not able to run the Thunderbolt Display in 2560x1440 resolution. I can either select a resolution that doesn't fill the width of the monitor, but still looks crisp, or a lesser resolution that does fill the monitor, but looks like crap. Is Apple going to release a driver for Windows 7 so that the monitor can be run in its native resolution?

Try Parallels Desktop 7. You probably do not want to spend another $80 after dropping $1K. I purchased two (2) Thunderbolt Displays, and the Windows screens - although I did not check resolution, were very clear. I will check resolution next weekend when I am at my home where the new setup is. At minimum, try the 14 day free trial that Parallels offers.
Let me know if this works.
..dw

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I have exactly the same issue.
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Apparently the display is required to be HDCP compatible to view HD movies in iTunes. My display isn't so this is my problem. I contacted Apple support and they have agreed to credit me for the HD movie and I have now downloaded the SD version.

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updates for osx will not affect windows
in osx one can make a packet with all drivers required for bootcamp windows do that
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are not the type used in imacs they use the laptop versions

My laptop meets minimum display resolution for Lightroom 5 but bottom of windows display off-screen

I installed Lightroom 5.3 on my older Lenovo laptop with 1280x768 native screen resolution. When I open Lightroom and try to set up preferences, the lower part of the preferences window is displayed off the bottom of the screen and I am unable to move it up to make changes. The same thing happened when it asked me to download the update to 5.5; I could not get to the bottom of the window to say yes.
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The display is nice and crisp, but the scaling (read: DPI setting in Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Display) really sucks. Chrome is all fuzzy fonts at 150% DPI, 100% and 200% is just so OK), and for many applications I have to go into a program's Compatibility settings to disable DPI scaling.
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Thorsten

Hi thinkstorm, and welcome to the Lenovo User Community!
The main issue is that app developers (like Dropbox) have not tailored their apps for the leading-edge 2560x1440 resolution. Until that happens, we have to make do .
I don't work for Lenovo. I'm a crazy volunteer!

Satellite Pro A300-28R - Windows starts up with wrong display resolution

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How to change external display resolution WITHOUT clicking "CONFIRM"?

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Fateh wrote:
I hope that my question is clear ... Nope.
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then he/she zooms it outHow?
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<li>Web server architecture (EPG, OHS or APEX listener/host OS)
<li>Browser(s) and version(s) used
<li>Theme
<li>Template(s)
<li>Region/item type(s)
You've been posting here for years. You know this basic information is necessary to understand and reproduce problems.
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Hi, my HP G42 laptop now has a different display resolution on the left and right sides. The left half seems to have less resolution than the right side, the right side looks like it's in HD, the left side looks washed out. I'm not sure if it is a hardware issue or a setting/software issue. The first time it appeared was after a windows 7 update was completed and installed, I'm not sure if that was just a coincidence. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. It works but is very annoying to look at.
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Welcome to the HP Forums! I see that you are having a problem with two different resolutions on each half of your screen. The easiest way to determine where the problem lies is to connect it to an external monitor. If the image is normal then we know it is an issue with the display screen but if the issue occurs on the external monitor then we know it is a problem with the drivers or the video card itself.
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13" Cannot set screen resolution in Windows 7 to 1440 by 900

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Windows 7. Illustrator CS5. Acroabt Pro X
An artist created a document in Illustrator which has embedded screenshots. Screenshots are 72 ppi and not scaled.
He sent me the AI file and I saved it from Illustrator as a PDF and then viewed in Acrobat.
At 100% zoom, the page shows larger in PDF than in Illustrator. Making the screenshots look rather blurry.
After some exploring I found a setting for Page Display Resolution. It was set to custom (I cant remember the ppi, but perhaps 110?). My other choice was system setting (96 ppi). That was too be as well. So I changed it to 72 and now its fine.
So I kinda understand where they are going with it. However, this is a Program setting, right? Not a document setting. Is there any way to set something like this so that anyone who gets this PDF will see the images at the right resolution at 100% zoom?
Maybe there is something else going on here that I dont get...
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Losing Display Resolution on Sleep or Reboot

We have 176 Mac Mini's with ViewSonic VA1703WB 17" WideScreen displays. The Mini's run OS X 10.4.10 and Boot Camp Windows XP. The Mini's are used in a computer lab where they spend most of their time in "sleep" mode until we activate them for an exam. Even though we built our image with the Display (VA1703WB-Series) detected and the proper resolution (1440x900), the Mini's will not retain those settings. Eventually when a Mini wakes up, the display resolution will be reset to 800x600 or some other incorrect setting, and the display detected will be just "Display" instead of "VA1703WB-Series". The only way we've been able to get the display detected again is to disconnect it, power off/on and reconnect the display. What is happening and what can we do to fix it?

That's not typical behavior. Is there any way you can try a different monitor, or better still different monitors (plural) to see if the mini behaves in a more expected manner when connected to a different display? This could help to tell you if there is something about the mini's configuration, like some kind of software installed on all of them, that is interfering with normal operation, or if the problem lies with the display.
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- Mini comes out of sleep state.
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- Mini outputs generic, default timing.
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This does not look quite like anything I've seen here already. Mid-2010 Mac Mini, OS X 10.9.2, Acer V173 monitor with 1280 x 1024 maximum resolution, connected via Apple Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter (because the monitor has only a VGA input). Resolution is set at 1280 x 1024. I have Display Menu installed and the icon sits at the top in the menu bar.
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Another helpful hint, again I forget where on this discussion board I saw it, is that holding down the Option key while hitting the Scaled button in Display Preferences gives a wider choice of resolutions. Ordinarily the only resolution option is 1280x1024, but the Option key brings up others, including 1280x960.
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The next question is, would Apple dislike a wide screen aspect ratio? If it likes 16:9, would it dislike 16:10? With my hardware and OS, and a 1080p HDTV/monitor connected with an HDMI cable, would the resolution stay put?

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