DisplayFusion RSS: Windows Logon Background Image being cropped https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=afdf05c7-be4e-4ae1-83cf-516d8532f9c7 DisplayFusion RSS: Windows Logon Background Image being cropped Sat, 23 May 2026 04:00:36 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=afdf05c7-be4e-4ae1-83cf-516d8532f9c7 RE: Windows Logon Background Image being cropped https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/windows-logon-background-image-being-cropped/?ID=afdf05c7-be4e-4ae1-83cf-516d8532f9c7#6 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:56:04 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/windows-logon-background-image-being-cropped/?ID=afdf05c7-be4e-4ae1-83cf-516d8532f9c7#6 DisplayFusion Ok, yeah, that would be my guess too. I'll mark this as complete then, thanks! ]]> RE: Windows Logon Background Image being cropped https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/windows-logon-background-image-being-cropped/?ID=afdf05c7-be4e-4ae1-83cf-516d8532f9c7#5 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:21:33 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/windows-logon-background-image-being-cropped/?ID=afdf05c7-be4e-4ae1-83cf-516d8532f9c7#5 DisplayFusion
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Interesting! It looks like the entire login screen, not just the background picture is squashed. Is that monitor connected via VGA? If so, could you try adjusting the vertical height using the physical controls on the monitor to see if that helps?

It is connected via VGA. Once past the login screen, though. it looks normal. (It's a Dell U2410, if that matters.)

I played around with the settings and couldn't get it to look right -- and doing so affected the monitor in non-login-screen mode.

At this point, I strongly suspect that it's a Windows problem (the squashing) and there's nothing you can do about it -- DF is likely showing it properly and Windows is screwing it up. (Which is the one thing Windows is really, really good at.) ]]> RE: Windows Logon Background Image being cropped https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/windows-logon-background-image-being-cropped/?ID=afdf05c7-be4e-4ae1-83cf-516d8532f9c7#4 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:40:11 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/windows-logon-background-image-being-cropped/?ID=afdf05c7-be4e-4ae1-83cf-516d8532f9c7#4 DisplayFusion Interesting! It looks like the entire login screen, not just the background picture is squashed. Is that monitor connected via VGA? If so, could you try adjusting the vertical height using the physical controls on the monitor to see if that helps?

Thanks! ]]> RE: Windows Logon Background Image being cropped https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/windows-logon-background-image-being-cropped/?ID=afdf05c7-be4e-4ae1-83cf-516d8532f9c7#3 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:24:32 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/windows-logon-background-image-being-cropped/?ID=afdf05c7-be4e-4ae1-83cf-516d8532f9c7#3 DisplayFusion
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Is the sizing set to Fit Best and maintain Aspect Ratio (Clip Edges), or Fit Best and maintain Aspect Ratio (No Clipping)?

I've tried both -- as well as all the other settings. I've attached a cellphone photo of the monitor -- you can see the black stripes at the top and bottom. (My kids aren't quite that squashed.) I figure that Windows probably can't handle a full-screen (1920px high) image at that point, but then I'd expect it to crop or resize without squashing? (Not sure if I'm making sense; hopefully you can get the idea.)

Thanks! ]]> RE: Windows Logon Background Image being cropped https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/windows-logon-background-image-being-cropped/?ID=afdf05c7-be4e-4ae1-83cf-516d8532f9c7#2 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:39:25 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/windows-logon-background-image-being-cropped/?ID=afdf05c7-be4e-4ae1-83cf-516d8532f9c7#2 DisplayFusion Is the sizing set to Fit Best and maintain Aspect Ratio (Clip Edges), or Fit Best and maintain Aspect Ratio (No Clipping)?

Thanks! ]]> Windows Logon Background Image being cropped https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/windows-logon-background-image-being-cropped/?ID=afdf05c7-be4e-4ae1-83cf-516d8532f9c7 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:20:09 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/windows-logon-background-image-being-cropped/?ID=afdf05c7-be4e-4ae1-83cf-516d8532f9c7 DisplayFusion My primary monitor (where the windows logon stuff shows up) is a 24" monitor turned to portrait mode so it has a resolution of 1200 (width) by 1920 (height). I have an image I'd like to use as the background that is the same size.

When I set it in displayfusion, it looks fine in the preview. In real life, however, there is a black bar at the top and bottom of the screen and the image is either squished or cropped. I've tried all the options for sizing.

I'm guessing this is a windows limitation, but if I select maintain aspect ratio, shouldn't df do that? Is there any way to get around this and fill the screen with the image?

Thanks! ]]>