Graphics
Laptop graphics drivers
Television cannot be set to Full Screen

Description

When a Television is used as the secondary display device, you may not be able to set the Television’s Full Screen setting.

To view this setting, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Intel® Graphics Properties window by pressing the Ctrl+Alt+F12 hotkeys or by right-clicking on the Windows desktop and selecting Graphics Properties.
    Note For additional methods, see How to open the Intel® Graphics Properties window.
  2. With the Television set as the Secondary Device, click the Display Settings.
    Note With newer driver, click on Display > General Settings
  3. Click on the Television tab (see Figure 1).  The Full Screen checkbox is displayed on this tab.
    Note With newer driver, select Television from Display dropdown menu (see Figure 1a)


    Figure 1 - Television's Display Settings


    Figure 1a - Television's Display Settings

Solution

This issue is resolved with the latest graphics driver. To check whether a newer graphics driver is available for your graphics controller, use the Intel® Driver Update Utility. If the online utility displays a message that a customized graphics driver is detected, go to the Customized computer manufacturer graphics driver is detected page.

Operating System:
Windows Vista *, Windows 7 *

This applies to:
Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family

Solution ID: CS-029998
Date Created: 28-Dec-2008
Last Modified: 12-Apr-2012
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