Re: Screen Resolution change, border around screen, etc
Hi Alex,
there are a few things you could try:
System restore: Turn your pc back to a time before you made the changes. Found via the control panel or open the Start Menu, type rstrui.exe in the search box, and press Enter.
Screen: Right click on the desktop and hit 'personalise' in the revealed dialogue box. Near the bottom left of the next screen click 'Desktop Background' and then choose either 'fit, stretch or fill to cure your black borders.
System slowdown: This could be down to a number of things but we'll start with the most obvious, namely virus activity or bot activity. Run your anti virus product. If you don't have a security app running then try Microsoft security essentials. It's free and good at it's job. Along side that I'd also run malwarebytes for a almost bomb proof set up.
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Another cleaner to consider is Ccleaner. It's more thorough than the windows disk clean and has more functionality:
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