O/T Everything has gone HUGE

Do you use Internet Explorer?

Clay Craig

>If you use IE, and the web is where all the huge text is, go to View/Text Size, and pick a smaller text size (I use 'smaller')

Clay

Re: Do you use Internet Explorer?

Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

>Thanks Clay,

I had stumbled into that just a few minutes ago. It helped a little, but the font is still too big. The grapics got just a little smaller also, but not much and are still quite distorted. Or is it that the grapicsa got smaller and the writing is the same size, hard to tell really.

Do I use IE? Well, I dunno. I access the internet thru my NetZero desktop shortcut icon. Once Netzero is running I can use IE as well tho.

If it helps you guys to help me I am running Windows 98. I have a Windows 98 book that I am trying to use, and I'd like to meet the fool that wrote it in a dark alley sometime. Seems I can never find the problem that I have in a book, and untimatly stumble into the solution. Problem is I mess up 4 other things in the process of solving 1. :~(

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh well, so it goes eh.

Todd O.

Re: Do you use Internet Explorer?

Bruce, a MN galoot

>Try this: Close all programs that are running. Put your mouse in the middle of the screen and click once with the right mouse button. A screen will pop up. Click the very bottom choice from the menu that says "properties". Another screen will pop up. Click on the top right tab that says "settings". Make sure the "screen resolution" says something like 600 X 800, and click "Okay." It might prompt you that you need to restart the computer for the settings to take effect. That's okay. Let it restart and see whether it makes a difference in your display.

Bruce

Re: O/T Everything has gone HUGE

Greg Sloop

>I have an idea.

I do this with my parents when they have problems.

I think, with a few minutes where I can remote control your machine I can solve a lot of your problems.

Provided you trust me, I'd be glad to spend a few minutes working with you on Sunday. I'm in Portland Oregon, so we have a bit of time difference.

Here's what I'd ask you to do. After 9a Pacific time, call me. I'll walk you through installing an item or two. Then you simply go online and I can take remote control of your mouse and keyboard while I see what's on your screen. I'll bet in half an hour I can help a bunch.

No offense if you're not interested. I'd just like to help.

If you want to take me up on this offer, go to www.sloop.net. You'll see my office phone number there. Pick option 8 then 3 from the auto attendant. Follow instructions and you'll get to me - if you get voice mail, leave me a message. I'll get back to you ASAP.

Best wishes,

Greg

Re: O/T Everything has gone HUGE

Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida

>Nice of you to help him, Greg. It is SOOO hard to solve computer problems remotely. Whenever I attempt it, I end up wanting to pull my hair out.

Closing Programs

Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

>Bruce,

That seems to be the root of many problems--closing Running Programs. I think everything is closed but apparently there are programs running in the background so something that I want to do won't work because of these phantom running programs that I don't know how to close. Drives me blinking bananas.

I did manage to get Scan Disk and my C Drive Defraged. Defrag took 8 hours and 2 minutes!

Thanks for the suggestion tho, I'll try to give it a whirl.

Todd O. Still twiddling the knobs and pushing the buttons, but am thinking pretty strongly of introducing my PC to my "little friend" named .357

Re: O/T Everything has gone HUGE

Ted Owen, Pittsburgh

>If I understand correctly, ToddO, your text and graphics are DISPLAYED huge. Is that correct?

If your mouse has a wheel on it, which likely would be between the two mouse buttons, hold down your keyboard Ctrl key and move the mouse wheel. Should make stuff get bigger or smaller.

Best, Ted

Re: O/T Everything has gone HUGE

Richard Gillespie

>Thanks Ted for that suggestion. I wondered how I was changing my text size without getting into the settings. Someday, I might actually know something about computers.

Re: O/T Everythinnow I've done itg has gone HUGE

Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

>I can't even see the letters that I'm typing now, nor cn I get into my hotmail.

I'm done with this thing. Grag, if you so desire give me a ring at 904-771-9154 when you can. I didn't get your number before I screed this up. dunno if the words will even post and I have no way of checking.

Todd O.

Re: Closing Programs

Bruce, a MN galoot

>Todd, (wrt the .357 comment) while I was in school changing occupations (at middle age -- not a fun prospect) I worked as a computer tech for a company that took customer service calls for Gateway computers. One very frustrated dad complained that his early teenage son was setting the conditions for computer use and that if dad ever put a password on the computer again, he'd fix it so only he, the son, could use it. The dad wanted to know what to do. I told him he had to be the dad in the family, that the computer was his, and that he could throw it out the window if he wanted to.

The dad was delighted, but my supervisors weren't.

Bruce

Neat trick

Jack Guzman from Maine

>Thanks. There's always new things to learn about computers.---Jack

Re: O/T Everythinnow I've done itg has gone HUGE

Greg Sloop

>Perhaps you will get this. I'll try to ring you sometime in the AM. Probably between 12-2p EST. IIRC, you're in Florida...

Later,

Greg

Re: O/T Everything has gone HUGE

Boyd

>Maybe you computer went into safe mode. To fix that you need to restart it and hold down f8 or ctrl while its restarting and select the start in normal mode when you get the option. I have read that computers can become unstable from faulty hardware, faulty software and a lack of space.

If you suspect its hardware, you can disable them one by one in your device manager (control panel - performance & maintenance - system - hardware - device manager). If its a program, close all programs then go to add/remove programs in your control panel and remove any programs that you suspect may be causing trouble. I struck trouble one time by installing a very early model program once but the trouble happened when I uninstalled it.

lack of space. Open your My computer folder and right click on the C drive and click properties. If you're getting low on space (less than 100mb) it may be time to uninstall programs you don't need and archive files that don't need on to a recordable cd (if have a cd writer) or disks or some storage device.

Microsoft have a good knowledge base to enter your query or keywords at www.support.microsoft.com or push F1 on your own computer.

Hold ctrl key & turn mouse wheel to re-size text

Garrett in Victoria BC CA

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