The electric went out today due to a storm. Now that its back on everything on my computer, icons, pages etc. is now enormous in size. I have done a system restore twice & I have shut the computer down 6 or 7 times & nothing has worked. Please help. Thanks !
2007-09-27 12:59:38 · 6 answers · asked by דְבוֹרָה Devorah 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
I did the resolution thing & it fixed the size of everything & now there is a very noticeable annoying flashing in te background that hurts your eyes.
2007-09-27 14:18:06 · update #1
Right click your desktop ,go to Properties. Go to Setting and change your display size. 1280 by 1024 looks good to me. Mess around with it til you find the one you want.
2007-09-27 13:03:04 · answer #1 · answered by Craydaddy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you in the Safe mode? If you are it should be possible to just restore your settings and go back to normal use.
But you can also try this. Minimize or close all your applications and place your cursor on the desktop and right click. Then click on "properties" and you should get the display menu. (You can also get this through the control panel.)
Then make sure you have the correct resolution settings and have enabled your active desktop.
Good luck.
2007-09-27 13:06:46 · answer #2 · answered by Warren D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Click F11[enlarges a working window]
Click Ctrl F4 [closes a working window]
It could be a virus. Have you used anti-virus software?
Alternate method: Need to have your Windows cd, and reinstall by going into Safe Mode [usually it's F8, but i could be anything between F2 & F12 depending on your BIOS: the black and white screen that pops up after you turn on the computer. You might see some instructions on how to get into Setup or Startup Menu]. After going into Safe Mode, click Start, click Run, then type cmd into the box. After a black command line box with a blinking cursor appears, put in your cd, type in
D:/ [your cd-rom drive letter, colon, forward slash]
press Enter / Return
type dir [to get into the directory of your cd-rom drive]
type setup.exe [ or just type the word: setup, as a shortcut]
You also would need your Microsoft Windows cd-rom's Product Key to reinstall the software.
During installation, Windows will make the cd-rom stop and search from the beginning of the cd by doing many restarts. It is annoying, but let it go.
After reinstalling the software, everything should return to normal, with nothing but the virus gone. While installing Windows will ask you to put in an administrator's password: type it in, if you want. If you don't want one, just leave it blank and click OK.
2007-09-27 13:17:48 · answer #3 · answered by bryan_q 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
click start
click control panel
click display
click settings
on the screen resolution move the slider up a bit
sorted hope this was ok.
2007-09-27 13:07:05 · answer #4 · answered by dr falkin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
right click anywhere on your desktop,properties,and choose the icon size u want or set ur res to 800x600 or whichever u want
2007-09-27 13:04:47 · answer #5 · answered by free_stylin19 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to my computer and go to display and reset the resolution
2007-09-27 13:05:06 · answer #6 · answered by fishshogun 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋