Monitor slight change in size

[ijiaw]

Hi guys. I have a bit of a problem that I hope you can help me with.

Every time I open a window in desktop, the size of the monitor would increase just slightly. It's noticeable if I observe the edges of the screen. But if I close the window, the size would return to normal. It's not a big problem but it is annoying.
My monitor is a ViewSonic E7 17 inch with nVidia GeForce3 200 Ti video card and Windows 98.

Thanks for the help!

[Whyzman]

Hello ijiaw,

Welcome to http://www.pcguide.com/ubb/pcgubb.gif Forums!

Hmmmm....my first question would be where do I get one of those monitors? http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/tongue.gif

Would you give it another go with explaining what is actually happening? Is it your active window that is strangely behaving when you click on the maximize button?

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[ijiaw]

Actually, it is the screen itself that increases slighty in size (resolution?) whenever I open an active window. It comes back to normal size if I closed all active windows.
I have tried different resolutions and even borrowed a monitor from a friend (although it is the same brand but 15 inch) but nothing so far seems to fix it.

[ijiaw]

Btw, the change in the screen size looks more like an optical effect rather than a real change in resolution. I hope that helps a bit more in describing my problem.