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  • Member since
    July 2008
  • From: Vancouver, the "wet coast"
I need computer help
Posted by castelnuovo on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 12:08 AM

Getlemen,

I need some computer help. Yesterday, when I turned on the computer, everithing on the screen appeared HUGE. Every webpage is about 50% bigger then the screen and I have to scroll left and right to read it, which is quite uncomfortable. I tried to go to "control panel" and change the font size but the webpage text size remains the same.

Any advise?

Thanks...

  • Member since
    November 2008
  • From: Crawfordsville, Indiana
Posted by Wabashwheels on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 12:27 AM

I'm the last person that could help you, but give this a try.  Hold the Ctrl button and then push the - button until the size of the screen comes down to the regular size.  The - / + buttons will increase and decrease the size of the whole screen.    Rick

 

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    March 2010
  • From: New Zealand
Posted by Scorpiomikey on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 12:32 AM

Need a bit more info my friend. Whats your operating system (what version of windows are you running) to start with. Anything Pre XP i would say its recovering from an error in safe mode.

Either way, a reset should fix it. 

Ive had it happen a couple times at work with windows 7. Reset fixed the issue.

Have you changed your monitor or anything recently?

One other way to fix it is to go to control panel and change the screen resolution. Then change it back. This works sometimes.

Try those, if that doesnt work, come back and well try some other stuff.

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  • Member since
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  • From: Vancouver, the "wet coast"
Posted by castelnuovo on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 1:04 AM

Wabashweels, thank you. It worked!!SmileYes

Thanks scorpionmonkey, will keep your tip in mind for future use.

It must have been my 2 1/2 years old daughter who sometimes like to play around the computer and pushed something.

Cheers...Toast

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Massachusetts
Posted by ajlafleche on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 8:35 AM

Quick fix with Internet Explorer: go to the Page button (on th upper right in IE 9) Click on in and a drop down menu shows up. There's a "ZOOM" button about 2/3 of the way down. Roll over it and reset it to 100%.

The setting can be inadvertantly changed on some pages if you open a link to checj out an image and then zoom the image larger.

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