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Computer Screen Has Black Bars on the Sides: How to Fix It

How to fix computer display setting issue that has black bars on sides of desktop

Ask David! Question:

My HP laptop screen suddenly has black areas on both sides, and those parts of the screen aren't usable. If I move a window toward either side, part of the window disappears underneath the black area. This happened when I was trying to open GIMP. The screen seemed to suddenly snap into a different size. How do I fix this?

David’s Answer:

This is most likely a display resolution problem, not a damaged laptop screen.

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