Problem with Windows 7

[RafTen]

I have bought myself Windows 7 few days ago, but I have a problem with my Samsung SyncMaster 959NF monitor. It's an old but still very good (one of the best I would say!) CRT monitor that I bought about 6 years ago. The problem is that Samsung haven't released any drivers for this monitor for Windows Vista/7 and I can't set the screen refresh rate higher than 70 hertz (on Windows XP it was working in 120 hertz). And it unfortunately looks like crap now Does anyone know how to pass this limit without installing new drivers? Or are there any "unofficial" drivers? I hope I won't be forced to buy a new monitor :/

Thanks in advance for any kind of help!

[forka2k]

Hey Rafal, if you are using NVidia card you can try with manage custom resolution in NVidia control panel. Here is more info:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/custom_resolutions.html
Also you can check, if you are using the latest drivers from NVidia.

[RafTen]

Thanks for the reply! I'm using ATI card and have latetes drivers installed but the problem still remains unfortunately.

[forka2k]

OK, then you have to try with ATI Catalyst Control Center, I think there was an option about this.

[RafTen]

It worked!!! Thank you very much!!!

[forka2k]

You are welcome. Glad I can help

[RafTen]

I have installed Windows 7 less than a month ago. I had a lot of problems with it from the beginning , but fortunately I have solved the majority of the issues. However so far I could not remove the problem with playing videos from dvds. The problem is that when I start any film or concert from the DVD the picture appears to be speeded up, and is not synchronized with the sound (which works correctly). I've tried to install the various programs to play movies but always with no effect. The only program where I was able to play the movie without any problems is Power DVD 10, but to be honest I don't like it very much and it doesn't have many good options that Power DVD 6 or 7 had. Also I would prefer movies to play correctly regardless of the used program. Another problem that appears on my Widnows 7 is that when I take a screenshots of a video the horizontal stripes appear on the entire width of the image which significantly lowers its quality (I need to make a good screenshots for a bootleg info-pages for my website). None of these problems existed under Windows XP. Videos played fine on all programs (Windows Media Player, Power DVD 6 and 7, Nero Show Time, AllPlayer, VLC Player etc.), and the screenshots had exactly the same quality like the video. I asked this question on a polish forum before but no one was able to help me out Maybe anybody here could help me find a solution?

[forka2k]

Did you install video codecs and which one?
I personally do not install codecs in Windows 7, because he has built in and DVDs play fine in Windows Media Player.
The only program that I use for video playback is PotPlayer, because it has everything I need

[RafTen]

I have installed Windows 7 Codec Pack 6.2.1. and K-Lite Codec Pack 6.3.0. Well I have installed them mainly becaues the dvds were not playing correctly. I don't know, maybe it has something to do with some MPEG codecs I don't have :/

Edit: I will try this PotPlayer when I will be back home from work. Does it make good looking screenshots ?

[forka2k]

Try to remove all codecs packs/single codec and play a DVD with Windows Media Player and see if there is a problem.

I just try and it made a screenshot exactly as I see it in the player