TV laptop screen display weirdness

[Dataanti]

so im just on IBM with my laptop connected to my TV:

 

 

the video and audio goes from my laptop to the TV with HDMI cable, and then audio goes to the surround sound through fiber optics for full 5.1 surround sound:

 

 

but the TV isnt displaying my screen properly, if you look you can see that all sides are cut off, anyone else know how to fix, ive tried turning down the res and it has no effect, also tried changing the TV screen settings, no success:

 

 

this is a print screen of it while plugged in:

 

 

the icons and the background is messed up to, when I unplug it it looks good like this:

 

 

PLEASE help

[Quinn]

You need to adjust Horizontal and Vertical size & position. Not sure if you can do that on a tv, but it would be on the on screen menu if the options were there.

[matty0]

go on ur tv remote and find the settings, there will be an option like "fit to screen" and it will resize to fit . its the tv that needs sorting, the laptop is doing its job

[Dataanti]

tried that, it doesnt explain how the icons go off the back ground while its plugged in thoe,

 

i think its because my laptop screen has more pixels then the TV, but then turning down the res should fix it but it doesnt :/, the TV does have PC monitor settings because it was made to be both, they are correct it works with my old old old desktop, its just stretched cause its not wide screen

[Quinn]

Windows 7:

Right click in your desktop, and hit screen resolution. Then click "Detect". That should fix it.

 

Not sure about XP or Vista, but look for something similar there.