BOINC Off-screen in Windows 7

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Ross

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Message 55374 - Posted: 12 Aug 2014, 21:20:40 UTC

I can't see BOINC when it's not minimized. It's off-screen to the left. (I can see it zipping over there.)

I'm running BOINC on several computers and in one case I'm upgrading from XP to 7. I'm continuing to use an HP S2031 Wide Screen monitor. When I go into the screen resolution utility, it recommends 1600 x 900, but also says, "If your resolution is below 1600 x 1200, some items may not fit on the screen."

When I try to use a higher resolution, including 1600 x 1200, a notice pops up on the screen (generated by the monitor) which says that the data is out of range.

I would be satisfied to run BOINC in full screen mode, when not minimized, but I can't get to it to run it that way.
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Message 55458 - Posted: 18 Aug 2014, 22:23:15 UTC - in response to Message 55374.  

Sounds like 2 separate issues here: screen resolution and possibly having BOINC window moving to another display.
What size is the monitor and do you know the native resolution for it? It sounds like you may have multiple displays set-up and it is sending the window to one of the other displays. In windows you can press "Windows Key" + Shift + Left/Right Key to send the active window from one monitor to another. I do this at home to send my media player from my monitor to my connected TV for example.

First try Windows + Shift + Right and see if the window comes back. If you're in Win7 now, right-click a blank area of the desktop and open 'Screen Resolution'. Does it show more than one display as active (Blue instead of Grey)? If it does show more than one active display and you only have the one monitor connected, you can disable the extra ones. Hit 'Identify' in the screen resolution window and whatever number is displayed on your monitor, you can set the multiple displays option to "Show Desktop only on x". Where x is the number displayed when hitting identify.
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