i have a PII 333 comp running win 98. when playing halflife i pressed the 'recall' button on my monitor (17 inch) and it seemed to restore it to factory settings. But it reduced the screen size to about 15 inches leaving a black border of about an inch on each side. i haven't been able to get rid of it - the border is there on the desktop as well as being in halflife (it is not there on boot up - win98 logo) i have tried xpanding the screen in display properties and managed to fix the prob, but when i enter halflife the borders are still there and when i leave, the desktop has borders again. it isn't a prob with the game either - when i fix the borders then save changes and restart the computer the borders are there again. i have reinstalled the monitor drivers, deleted them and allowed windows to select different drivers, nothing works. plez help im thinking of using the factory settings disk but that would wipe all my files (can't make back ups- too large) thx jonny

I was helping this person for one hour today over this issue and couldn't resolve it so I sent him here to see if you all could help. Thanks Kenny

Name: == Date: September 03, 2000 at 14:33:58 Subject: my monitor / desktop has borders round it Reply: What make & model is the Vid Card & Monitor? Also what resolution is it set at? I use 800 X 600 for example. Response Number 2 Name: jonny filler Date: September 03, 2000 at 14:53:56 Subject: my monitor / desktop has borders round it Reply: dunno about the monitor (plug and play is the only info i could find) -any way of finding out on my system? my vid card is 'rage pro turbo agp 2x' i think. i use resolution of 800x600 in windows and in halflife the rez. is the same. jonny someone told me about sychronising the monitor with vid card -that only sounds right because i don't understand it :-) Response Number 3 Name: * Date: September 03, 2000 at 16:57:04 Subject: my monitor / desktop has borders round it Reply: Is the Vid Card & Monitor listed on the Display Properties Panel Settings Tab under the word: Display:? Rt clk on desktop, then choose properties to launch panel. Response Number 4 Name: * Date: September 03, 2000 at 17:01:26 Subject: my monitor / desktop has borders round it Reply: PS If everything is working ok except for the black borders, then adjust the width & height controls on the monitor itself. Response Number 5 Name: Skelator Date: September 03, 2000 at 18:44:37 Subject: my monitor / desktop has borders round it Reply: We tried to adjust it already using the monitor itself but no luck i had him replace the driver and had him adjust settings in display but the samething occurs maybe a monitor going bad? Skelator

If this occurred within the last 4 day's then try replacing the registry with a backup copy prior to the event. type: scanreg/restore at the dos prompt.