# Computer game question (running error)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-game-question-running-error/123611>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 12, 2002, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-game-question-running-error/123611 "2002-08-12T23:42:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![gitfiddle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-game-question-running-error/123611/1 "2002-08-12T23:42:25Z")

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I have a game called Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon. I’ve had it for about a week, and it has run fine until yestarday. The game won’t cover the whole monitor. THe viewing area is in the center and then the rest of the monitor is black. I haven’t changed any of the settings. I cannot figure out how to get it back to the regular size. I’ve reinstalled it and tried changing the resolution. I’m running on windows XP.

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**Author:** ![EmbarrassingDad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/embarrassingdad/32/5441_2.png) [@EmbarrassingDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmbarrassingDad)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-game-question-running-error/123611/2 "2002-08-13T01:19:39Z")

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This may or may not help… depending on your display drivers

right-click the desktop and select properties  
click the settings tab then ‘advanced’  
look for a ‘displays’ tab or equivelent  
click your monitor and look for a “scale image to screen size” setting.

Yours is probably different but if you poke around hopefully you can find a similar setting.

good luck 🙂

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**Author:** ![therealblaze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@therealblaze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/therealblaze)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-game-question-running-error/123611/3 "2002-08-13T08:05:49Z")

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Try updating your display card’s drivers. If you have the newest driver version you could go back to an older version and see if that helps.

As a side note some people with illegal copy of the GR are experiencing screen size problems, but this of course doesn’t need to apply to you.

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**Author:** ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-game-question-running-error/123611/4 "2002-08-13T09:35:20Z")

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Have you installed any programs or changed any system settings?