He opened Windows 11 Settings (clicking the Start button that was still half-hidden was tricky, but he managed by pressing the Windows key on his keyboard).

Leo right-clicked on his desktop and chose (it might be NVIDIA Control Panel or AMD Adrenalin on your PC). Inside, under the Display section for his TV, he found a magical slider: "Scale" or "Custom Aspect Ratio."

Instantly, the Windows taskbar snapped back into view. The "X" button reappeared. Leo breathed a sigh of relief. Problem solved? Not quite.

Leo leaned back on his couch, grabbed his wireless keyboard, and launched a movie. The picture was crisp. The subtitles were fully visible. The taskbar sat perfectly at the bottom, just as it should.

He noticed that on his other input—an old gaming console—the "Just Scan" setting made the picture too small. He didn't want to change TV settings every time. So, he switched the TV back to normal and decided to try the second method.