PC games not in fullscreen in Windows 10

Anonymous
2015-08-02T08:18:47+00:00

I nned help with PC Games not in fullscreen when the resolution is on 1024x768 and the Intel Control Panel does not give me an option to switch to full screen when in 1920x1080 resolution and switching the screen resolution to lower and set to scale fullscreen, launch the game and still not in full screen.

ASUS-G551JM

Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (10.0, Build 10240) (10240.th1_st1.150717-1719)

Language: Hungarian (Regional Setting: Hungarian)

System Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.

System Model: G551JM

BIOS: G551JM.204

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4710HQ CPU @ 2.50GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.5GHz

Memory: 8192MB RAM

Available OS Memory: 8076MB RAM

Page File: 3859MB used, 6135MB available

Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS

DirectX Version: 12

DX Setup Parameters: Not found

User DPI Setting: Using System DPI

System DPI Setting: 120 DPI (125 percent)

DWM DPI Scaling: UnKnown

Miracast: Available, with HDCP

Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Supported

DxDiag Version: 10.00.10240.16384 64bit Unicode

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-08-27T06:23:40+00:00

    Thank you very much for your explanation, very helpful. That means all the old games i love so much do not work. I tried everything, lower my screen resolution ... but could not find a solution. 

    By the way I think that concept mentioned above is kinda stupid. What benefits do we PC users have from it? Annoying. I was stupid to delete my old Windows backup and now i have to reinstall everything. And the way Windows 10 save those backup files is stupid too, they should let us choose which drive to save/restore backups, not C drive.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-08-26T01:36:04+00:00

    This is all nonsense, I've paid hundreds of pounds for my computer & all it's upgrades, spent time setting things right for my use of my computer. I've used Windows since it's introduction to the public, plenty of new OS that were awful, but I could always transfer my files & settings. Then just get used to the new OS layout, no problem. Now they want to amalgamate all Windows OS to a single standard, I use an Android smart phone because it's just a bloody phone with toys & adverts & store & apps to purchase. Microsoft want some of that, so I'll stick with 7. It's like XP, the one you left without knowing how much you'd miss it. If they as likely discontinue any unprofitable Windows 7 users, fine I can use Linux & just stop playing games.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-08-25T13:19:58+00:00

    [EDIT: May '17 - It looks like MS has returned control of screen scaling to the graphics driver Control Panel

    options with the 1703 update.

    You can now do as with previous Windows and force full screen when  running games that use a resolution

    that is native to a 4:3 aspect ratio, eg- 1024x768.

    (Previous comments regarding Win10 commandeering screen scaling have been deleted.) ]

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-08-25T07:44:56+00:00

    Same problem here. Not only games that do not have the same resolution as desktop screen but also some games that do. And they all work well on Windows 7 and Windows 8. Guess we have to wait for Windows 10 to be mature

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-08-20T05:57:50+00:00

    Hi Oliver,

    Is this issue specific to this particular game only? If yes, in which game is this bahaviour noticed?

    This issue could occur if the your playing a game at a different resolution than the desktop resolution. I owuld suggest you to se the resolution for both as the same and then check if the issue persists. If the issue persits, I owuld suggest you to install the drivers from the manufacturer's website in comatibility mode. Try these steps and let us know the results.

    NO .. It happens with all my downloaded games.

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