scale a windows

[Kenzo Kabuto]

My laptop has a maximum resolution of 1366x768
and I need to run a software forced to 1280x1024
could you suggest me a software to scale its window (zoom out)?

 

[schmuckley]

Nvidia control panel?

 

[Harvey]

A picture displayed at 1280 x 1024 has an aspect ratio (width x height) of 4:3. Regardless of resolution, most current monitors display an aspect ratio of 5:3 (wide screen).

Your laptop displays a maximum of 768 lines. A standard 5:3 aspect ratio would display 1280 x 768, which means your display is slightly wider than standard that standard.

This means:

1. The highest resolution your monitor could display with an aspect ration of 4:3 is 1024 x 768. It cannot display 1280x1024 under any circumstance.

2. To display your software at 1024 x 768, your laptop video system would have to allow setting it to that ratio, which would include black side panels, or you would need some after market software that could do the same thing. Preferably, that setting would be applied only when specified software was in use. Otherwise, you'd be resettting the aspect ratio every time you switched between applications requiring different ratios.

 

[Morbus]

A picture displayed at 1280 x 1024 has an aspect ratio (width x height) of 4:3. Regardless of resolution, most current monitors display an aspect ratio of 5:3 (wide screen).

Wide screen is actually 16:9, which is what 1366x768 is.

@OP, I really don't know of any software that can scale DOWN Windows' native resolution. I'm afraid you'll have to buy a capable screen and attach the laptop to it when you need to run said software.
Welcome to the beautiful and amazing world of multi-screen!

 

[Harvey]

Wide screen is actually 16:9, which is what 1366x768 is.

Thanks. I stand corrected.

... Now that I've had my morning coffee...

 

[Kenzo Kabuto]

now I user (on win8) a virtual machine running another win8 with resolution of the virtual machine forced at 1280x1024 and the option shrink monitor in the virtual machine software
but this is insanely slow and inefficient

PS
my graphic card is an HD4000

 

[ninaholic37]

now I user (on win8) a virtual machine running another win8 with resolution of the virtual machine forced at 1280x1024 and the option shrink monitor in the virtual machine software
but this is insanely slow and inefficient

Yup, Virtual Machine is one way to do it in a window. Does the software require Windows 7/8? If not, switching to a Windows XP or Windows 98 VM might be faster.

 

[Kenzo Kabuto]

Unfortunately it requires win 8 64 bit