Hye_Acher Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Guys I hope you can help me with my computer problem. The problem is that the pictures on the Internet look very blurry even the smiley faces on this forum. It’s very annoying and hurtful to my eyes . I was hoping that someone here would tell me what is wrong and why is this happening and hopefully a way to fix this problem. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 That is most likely a problem with your monitor. How old is it and what brand? It is probably going bad. You may have to buy a new one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Also, what's your screen resolution? Things may seem 'blurry', simply because your resolution might be set very low. You may also need to reset the number of display colours. You can check these settings by right-clicking on the desktop and choosing 'properties'. Then look under the 'Settings' tab. Tell us what you see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gevo27 Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 no it isnt the resolution settings, and her monitor is good... she dagauzed it, reset the seetings to default, tried changing resolution etc.. it didnt work.. i figure if she use the system restor wizard, and restore everything to how it was before theproblme, it might work.. but i couldnt find how to get to the system restore wizard.. lol what you think seaphan, would that help.. i figure, since its her pictures and smileys that are blurry it could even be spywear... its possible.. so if you know where the system restore wizard is.. lemme know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 ... and her monitor is good... how did you figure that out? I guess we need more info. What does it mean "pictures on internet" and what is blurry? So is the text fine? Just the smilies are blurry? Are there any pictures that are not blurry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gevo27 Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 how did you figure that out? I guess we need more info. What does it mean "pictures on internet" and what is blurry? So is the text fine? Just the smilies are blurry? Are there any pictures that are not blurry? lol.. she said her text is fine, just pictures and smileys.. veryyy weird,, so thats why im thinking it might be some spywear... or something like that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 My gut feeling when I first read the post is that the colors (red, green, and blue) are not lining up correctly in her CRT (I assume it is a CRT monitor and not a flat LCD). In that case, the colorful pictures would look blurry but the black text would not be affected much. I still think it's a hardware problem with the monitor (beam focusing issue). Some monitors (like mine) let you fine tune the color convergance on them but the cheaper ones don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hye_Acher Posted March 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 My gut feeling when I first read the post is that the colors (red, green, and blue) are not lining up correctly in her CRT (I assume it is a CRT monitor and not a flat LCD). In that case, the colorful pictures would look blurry but the black text would not be affected much. I still think it's a hardware problem with the monitor (beam focusing issue). Some monitors (like mine) let you fine tune the color convergance on them but the cheaper ones don't. Sip, My computer is almost two years old. When I purchased the computer it was brand-new. I’m the first owner! But I started having problems with my computer few weeks ago so certain people recommended for me to reset my entire PC. Which I did and GEVO that’s the only reason why I do not want to restore it because I cleaned everything and started all over again about 6 days ago so there is no point of me restoring to an earlier date. Anyway just to make it a little clear. I can see the text with different colors perfectly but I do have problems with pictures they just simply look blurry . I hope it has nothing to do with my monitor because I spent a lot of money on it and I haven’t used it much. Gevo about the spy wear what is that? Sounds very familiar I think on one of my pop-up windows suggested for me to download such program. <_< <_< BTW, thank you Gevorik for explaining Mersi gevorik aperik Please HELP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellthecat Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Have you recently moved the monitor, or put something electrical near it? A speaker from a radio (even a small one), or the crt from a TV can affect the sharpness and definition of the monitor. So can lots of other electrical things. Even the Earth's magnetism can affect it - mine looks sharper when it is facing north-south than when it is facing east-west! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gevo27 Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 No problem kurik jan.. i have been asking around and keep checking settings lol.. this is puzzling to me!!!!!! lol.. i WILL find it damnit.. and bell.. dang, i just tried turning my monitor to diff directions.. and nope, i coudnt tell the diff... lol.. ill be checking in to this constantly till i get it!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 I know it may sound stupid but to add something to what Bell said, check your cable connection. A loose VGA cable can cause a poor image sometimes. Also, as bell said, make sure you don't have any electrical things plugged next to the monitor. One example would be if your monitor is sitting on a surge protector and you have a power supply (like for speakers) connected to the back of the surge protector. That is the worst position as the magnetic field from the power supply can really screw up the CRT beam in the monitor. So to diagnose: 1) Move around your monitor see if there are any changes 2) Make sure all cables are plugged in fine 3) Try it with a different monitor ... maybe take the PC to a friend's house or somewhere else with another monitor and see how the picture looks. If the pictures look good on a different monitor than yours then we know the problem is your monitor. But if they still look bad, then we can start talking about changing settings and what not on your PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gevo27 Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 i higly doubt her monitor is the problem.. possible yes.. but i mean why would only poctures and smileys be that way>>>?? the crt beam in the monitor is uniform is it not? I would say its some stupid virus type spywear problem... but yeah still anything is possible,,, lol hyeacher jan, i would bring my monitor and try it, but dangit, your to far!!!! lol... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 Gevo, there are 3 beams in a CRT tube for red, green, and blue. If they don't line up precisely, you will get blurry images. Please explain to me how spyware or a virus can make a digital image appear blurry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gevo27 Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 Gevo, there are 3 beams in a CRT tube for red, green, and blue. If they don't line up precisely, you will get blurry images. Please explain to me how spyware or a virus can make a digital image appear blurry? i can imagine it screwing your settings.. or any pic format fiel.. virus's can do some freeecky things bro... lol.. im not sure.. im jsut saying things.. and if the crt beams are screwed up, they would be uniformly screwed not only a certain area that happens to be the pictures area.. lol.. right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 It's hard to say what will be affected how. Here is a simple test Hye_Acher: 1) When there is a blurred image on your screen, press the "Print Screen" key. 2) Start Microsoft paint (start->Programs->Accessories) 3) From the edit menu, select Paste 4) Drag the pasted image so that there is a blurry picture and also some text near the top left corner 5) In the Image menu, select Attributes 6) Type 300 for hight and 300 for width and select ok 7) Save the image as a BMP file 8) email that picture to gevo. If there is a virus or a spyware or something making the images blurry, then they should be blurry in that picture you saved and sent to gevo. If there is a problem with the monitor or video card or cables or monitor settings, then the picture would be just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gevo27 Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 LMAo good idea.. ill take the pic, scan it then tell you what i see.. go on email it kurik jan.. lets see if its your pc or your moitor.! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 what do you mean "scan it?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gevo27 Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 what do you mean "scan it?" virus scan bro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 Acher jan, have you had your Acher checked lately? okay just kidding....... I would be willing to put money that it is the monitor. Do you not have access to another monitor that you can plug your PC onto to check? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hye_Acher Posted March 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 (edited) I would be willing to put money that it is the monitor. Do you not have access to another monitor that you can plug your PC onto to check? Azat, I hope its has nothing to do with the monitor No I do not have access to another monitor . I did move aound the Monitor but still nothing. I have none electrical things plugged next to the monitor. I will now try to follow Sips Instructions and see if it helps. I will be back with hopefully good results. Thank you everyone for trying to help I really appreciate it Edited March 24, 2004 by Hye_Acher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellthecat Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 It's hard to say what will be affected how. Here is a simple test Hye_Acher: 1) When there is a blurred image on your screen, press the "Print Screen" key. 2) Start Microsoft paint (start->Programs->Accessories) 3) From the edit menu, select Paste 4) Drag the pasted image so that there is a blurry picture and also some text near the top left corner 5) In the Image menu, select Attributes 6) Type 300 for hight and 300 for width and select ok 7) Save the image as a BMP file 8) email that picture to gevo. If there is a virus or a spyware or something making the images blurry, then they should be blurry in that picture you saved and sent to gevo. If there is a problem with the monitor or video card or cables or monitor settings, then the picture would be just fine. Sorry, but that's not right, I think. If you are doing a screen-capture (print screen) then what you will capture is exactly what is on the screen, complete with blurryness. Hye_Acher, if you have a scanner- then scan an image and then save it as a bmp. Then load it into any program that can display it, and make a screen capture of it and save that captured image as a bmp. Then take a copy of both the scanned image and the screen captured image and compare them by looking at them together on someone elses pc. If there is something wrong with your monitor then the screen capture will be blurry and the scanned image won't. Of, if you don't have a scanner then just download an image you know is sharp and use that instead. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gevo27 Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 LOL.. i just thaught of an easy way to find out if its the monitor. i should athaught of this before.. but why dont you print a picture, if its comes out good. then most likely its your monitor.. if its bad then its not your moniotr for sure.. lol... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 Sorry, but that's not right, I think. If you are doing a screen-capture (print screen) then what you will capture is exactly what is on the screen, complete with blurryness. That was the point. If the capture is blurry then the contents of the video frame buffer is messed up. This is highly unlikely in my opinion so it was just an exercise meant to help gevo rule out a "virus". Although technically it could be possible for a piece of software to corrupt images as they are being written to the video memory (frame buffer), I have never seen such a thing done and I think it would be rather difficult to do it on a newer windows-based machine as the driver and the kernel code space where this would have to take place are pretty well protected from intrusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 Hye_Acher: Based on what you have said, I think after you have "reset" things, you have not installed the correct drivers for your display adapter and/or the settings are not right. Please check the following and tell us what they are set at: 1) Screen resolution 2) Adapter (driver) information 3) Screen refresh rate You can see these by doing the following: 1) Right click on your desktop and select properties (you can get to the same thing from start->settings->control panel->display) 2) Click on the settings tab at the top 3) You can see the screen resolution in the middle towards the left of that dialog 4) Click on the "advanced" button 5) Select the "adapter" tab at the top 6) You can see the adapter and driver info on this page. 7) Now select the "monitor" tab at the top 8) You can see the screen refresh rate there. If your refresh rate is 60Hz or below, that could cause blurryness as well. Mine is set at 100Hz. Note that you may have to install the correct monitor driver for what you have. Also, you didn't say anything about your monitor yet. Is it a regular big boxy monitor or one of the flat LCD monitors? How big is it? What brand? If you don't know, just say whatever is written on it like brand, model, etc and we can look it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurgen Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 Is it a regular big boxy monitor That's called a crt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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