Forcing 1:1 pixel mapping

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So at work we use a few AOC 2436vw monitors with a native resolution of 1920 x 1080. However the thinclients we use have a maximum resolution of 1440 x 900 (in fact there are only 2 resolutions allowed in the display options, that one and a 4:3 one). The 1440x900 resolution does not map well to the monitor and several employees (including myself) report eyestrain very quickly into their shifts. Checking the manual and playing with the on screen menu I can't find a way to force it to give a "letterbox" kind of display.

Is there a way, or a hack, or a program that can force the output to be 1920x1080, but only have the 1440x900 the that the computer uses be filled in (leaving the remaining 480x180 black and preventing any kind of distortions)?
 
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There are two places in which you need to check. First you have to check the monitor. They may have a built in scaling that forces everything to full screen when you use a reduced resolution. 2nd you need to check in the graphics settings in Windows. Both the Nvidia Control Panel and AMD's CCC have option to scale or not. I do not know what you have for graphics, so you'll have to check on your own, but if it is Nvidia, look in the nvidia control panel (right click desktop) and look under "display -> Adjust desktop size and posiiton" and select "No scaling". If it is Intel, I do not know what options they have, but I'm sure there is something similar.
 
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No luck on the monitor, you can check the pdf of the manual out yourself if you're curious (http://us.aoc.com/support/downloads monitor model 2436vw). As for the graphics card... well it's a thinclient. I'm pretty sure it's just running an onboard chip. I doubt it has any real card in it and it definitely is not running any additional nvidia/amd software.

Unless the video card would be server side? Not sure if that's how it works, I don't have a lot of experience with thinclients.

Oh, I forgot to mention the virtual machine is running XP.

(edited to remove doublepost)
 
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the answer will vary according to each monitor, some allow it, some don't.

every thin client setup I have seen does indeed have limited options at the client end, but it may be possible to make these adjustments at the server end.

There's won't be a standard chipset to speak of.
 
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