Resolution too small for the monitor

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Hi guys. I recently bought a full HD monitor 23.6" (ASUS, widescreen) and I'm now using it with my laptop. But my laptop's max resolution is 1366x768. So now if I set the monitor to 1080p resolution, it's displaying the window with black spaces (horizontal and vertical). Basically, laptop's resolution on the 1080p resolution monitor, I think.

Is there any way to extend the resolution to make the picture fit perfectly into the monitor? Even if I set the monitor to 1366x768, the sides extend all the way, but the top and bottom still have black spaces (I guess because the monitor is widescreen?)

Or is there no way out of it? I also recently ordered a PC with a better graphics card, so I assume that will fix the issue, right? I'm not very tech savvy so any help is very much appreciated! :)

Thank you!
 
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Give this answer a try (from - http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/44515-63-display-screen-smaller-monitor-screen):

Press the Windows key + P and choose "Extend" instead of "Duplicate."

The reason this is happening is because in Duplicate mode both monitors have to have the same resolution. And if they're not the same resolution it'll default to the monitor with the lower resolution.
 

Powka

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Thanks, but I have extended it and it's the same. It's still laptop's resolution (I would assume?) on 1080p monitor's resolution.

Still have no idea how to extend the picture to the whole size of the monitor...

Any other ideas?
 

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This is my laptop: Acer Aspire V5-552G-X852 15.6-Inch Laptop
This is my monitor: Asus VS247H-P 23.6-Inch Full-HD LED-Lit LCD Monitor

GPU: AMD Radeon HD 8750M
 
Give this answer a try (from - http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/44515-63-display-screen-smaller-monitor-screen):

 
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