[ddots-l] Re: suddenly getting error about display setting

  • From: Efren Chavez <efrenchavez91@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 19:38:31 -0500

Hey Dave,
Go to the adjust screen resolution and make sure its not on portrait.
Set it to Landscape and the correct order of numbers should appear.


On 2/4/15, Dave Hillebrandt <dave@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks for suggestion. This is actually in windows xp, and able to read the
> actual numbers but the one wanted is not listed. You mention presentation
> mode and dont know anything about this. I even have a selection of 768
> by1024 but not the other way around for 1024 by 768.
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: D!J!X!
>   To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 6:18 PM
>   Subject: [ddots-l] Re: suddenly getting error about display setting
>
>
>   Are you using Windows 7? If so it probably reads it as percentages,
> specially if you have an intel built-in graphics such as the 3000, 4000 or
> 4600.
>
>   If so, set a percentage and press tab, then jaws will read the actual
> numbers. Then you can shift tab to find the bar and move it up and down.
>
>
>
>   HTH, D!J!X!
>
>
>
>   From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Dave Hillebrandt
>   Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 5:51 PM
>   To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   Subject: [ddots-l] Re: suddenly getting error about display setting
>
>
>
>   Thanks, will definitely get some sighted assistance to confirm what I'm
> seeing with jaws. very true about it not always being screen reader
> friendly, however is reading these selections, and quite strangely, this
> 1024 by 768 is not a choice given so is where I am not and got to find a
> tech who knows how to make this come up.
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>
>     From: Bill
>
>     To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>     Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 5:43 PM
>
>     Subject: [ddots-l] Re: suddenly getting error about display setting
>
>
>
>     Yes, 1024 by 768 is what you want.  Unless somebody swapped your video
> card out for another, there's no doubt that your card can be set to that
> resolution.  But that Windows is not at all screen-reader friendly.  You may
> need to tab to the field that shows resolutions and then press right or left
> arrow.  Then, to read the new value, you must tab away from the field and
> then tab back.  Probably fastest to recruit a sighted assistant.
>
>
>
>     From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Dave Hillebrandt
>     Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 5:32 PM
>     To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     Subject: [ddots-l] Re: suddenly getting error about display setting
>
>
>
>     No, I'm afraid not, though could see how it might do that. No, hadn't
> been connected to anything unusual and a bit baffling. Wondering if it could
> be a virus or something.
>
>     If you know, could you varify that the display needs to be either 1024,
> 1152 or 1280 for horizontal and 768 for vertical? Since this is not one of
> the choices, am wondering if there is a way of getting in somewhere in
> between what is offered if you know what I mean.
>
>     I see a couple with horizontal settings of 1024 and or 1152 but none of
> them have a vertical setting of 768.... Thanks in advance
>
>       ----- Original Message -----
>
>       From: Bill
>
>       To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>       Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 5:22 PM
>
>       Subject: [ddots-l] Re: suddenly getting error about display setting
>
>
>
>       Dave, is it possible that you or anyone else connected your machine to
> a video projector or auxiliary video display?  If so, it is likely that good
> old Windows changed your display settings for you without even asking.
>
>
>
>       From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave Hillebrandt
>       Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 10:54 AM
>       To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>       Subject: [ddots-l] suddenly getting error about display setting
>
>
>
>       Hello Friends, Just went into Sonar 8.3 and getting message that my
> display is set to the wrong resolution. Haven't changed anything in display
> for a couple years so dont know how it could change. Then, when I go into
> display to change setting, I cang find one that is both horiz 1024, 1152, or
> 1280 alongwith vertical of 768 as nessage states, did i understand this
> message correctly, and if so, how would display settings change like that on
> their own? Are there possibly other values that I'm not seeing as seems to
> have many choices but not one I need. Using Windows XP. Thanks for any
> ideas. Dave
>


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