My brother recently went on my laptop and now everything looks zoomed in and bigger than before. He claims he didn't do anything and i don't know how to fix it. Please help
2007-08-28 05:50:34 · 9 answers · asked by .... 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Monitors
What most likely happened was your screen's resolution got changed.
Right click desktop -> Properties -> Settings
From here you can adjust the screen's resolution. The higher the resolution the more you can fit on your screen, therefore the more zoomed out it appears.
2007-08-28 05:58:12 · answer #1 · answered by Matt W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be that he changed the screen resolution. Right click on your desktop, go to "Properties" then find the tab where you can change the resolution. If that's not it, then your laptop might have a built-in zoom feature. My girlfriend's Toshiba has one that you can use by hitting Fn+Spacebar. (You can see a small magnifying glass icon on the spacebar indicating this feature.) Check your laptop for something similar.
2007-08-28 12:58:39 · answer #2 · answered by Ben 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Things to check:
Screen resolution - plenty of people already told you how.
Handicap Accessibility - make sure it isn't on
Advanced Adapter Settings - Right-click an empty spot on the screen and choose Properties> Settings tab> Advanced button> General tab and be sure your DPI settings are set to Normal (96 dpi).
2007-08-28 13:10:28 · answer #3 · answered by Den B7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right-click on any empty space on your desktop. Choose Properties, then, Settings.
Use the slide to adjust your screen resolution to your preference.
I like small icons, so I use 1280 x 768 pixels.
2007-08-28 12:57:53 · answer #4 · answered by PastorBobby 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He had to have change something. Go to your Control Panel, then choose "Display". You need to change the monitor resolution to a higher number. I don't know what it should be for laptop monitor, but try a few until you get what you had before.
2007-08-28 13:04:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there can be 2 reasons for this.
first, try to change the screen resolution
secondly, if that doesn't help, then do this
right click on destop and then choose appearance tab, there is a option of font size, it must be set to normal
2007-08-28 12:57:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like he changed the screen resolution
right click on desktop choose properties, goto the settings tab and use the slider on the bottom right to adjust, move it to the right to increase left to decrease and clidk apply
depending on how it is setup you may have to restart it to see the change
2007-08-28 12:58:54 · answer #7 · answered by Gravy B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first off u can go into ur display properties u can do this by right clicking ur desktop and clicking on properties then u can go into setting and play around with ur resolution i keep mine on 1280 by 1024 it makes everything fine for me. and lastly if ur internet explorer is big to u can go into veiw text size and make it normal.
hope this helps
2007-08-28 12:56:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.computerhope.com/shortcut/ie.htm
2007-08-29 06:04:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋