My niece of 15 has hit a certain wall with XP Pro. She got virused to
DEATH, reformatted and now has firewalls, Norton AntiVirus and etc. in
place. Good BAD lesson, heh.

The problem is that her desktop is HUGE and she can't get it down to
a usable size. All panels that pop up reach outside the bounds of her
13" screen, forcing her to move them around to get to usable spaces.
The fonts also refuse to drop below about a 14 and seems tied to the
stubbornly large screens that keep popping up, from Internet Explorer
to Usenet. Its a preferences oddity of some sort and we're stuck.

As a Mac user, I can't seem to help her here, as the main Mac toolbar
has a different set of tools in the key places she needs to address. I
can fix this in a snap on mine, but XP is a cypher to me.

Would one of you please point us to the no doubt SIMPLE fix for
customizing this sucker properly? Thanks!

David

--

"Never moon a werewolf."
- Mike Binder**

Start/Contol Panel/Display/Settings/

HellPopeHuey wrote:
>
> My niece of 15 has hit a certain wall with XP Pro. She got virused to
> DEATH, reformatted and now has firewalls, Norton AntiVirus and etc. in
> place. Good BAD lesson, heh.
>
> The problem is that her desktop is HUGE and she can't get it down to
> a usable size. All panels that pop up reach outside the bounds of her
> 13" screen, forcing her to move them around to get to usable spaces.
> The fonts also refuse to drop below about a 14 and seems tied to the
> stubbornly large screens that keep popping up, from Internet Explorer
> to Usenet. Its a preferences oddity of some sort and we're stuck.
>
> As a Mac user, I can't seem to help her here, as the main Mac toolbar
> has a different set of tools in the key places she needs to address. I
> can fix this in a snap on mine, but XP is a cypher to me.
>
> Would one of you please point us to the no doubt SIMPLE fix for
> customizing this sucker properly? Thanks!
>
> David
>
> --

>
> "Never moon a werewolf."
> - Mike Binder

Start/Contol Panel/Display/Settings/

HellPopeHuey wrote:
>
> My niece of 15 has hit a certain wall with XP Pro. She got virused to
> DEATH, reformatted and now has firewalls, Norton AntiVirus and etc. in
> place. Good BAD lesson, heh.
>
> The problem is that her desktop is HUGE and she can't get it down to
> a usable size. All panels that pop up reach outside the bounds of her
> 13" screen, forcing her to move them around to get to usable spaces.
> The fonts also refuse to drop below about a 14 and seems tied to the
> stubbornly large screens that keep popping up, from Internet Explorer
> to Usenet. Its a preferences oddity of some sort and we're stuck.
>
> As a Mac user, I can't seem to help her here, as the main Mac toolbar
> has a different set of tools in the key places she needs to address. I
> can fix this in a snap on mine, but XP is a cypher to me.
>
> Would one of you please point us to the no doubt SIMPLE fix for
> customizing this sucker properly? Thanks!
>
> David
>
> --

>
> "Never moon a werewolf."
> - Mike Binder

Wizard <stop.spam@nic.br> wrote in message news:<416D2820.A18BE622@nic.br>...

> Start/Contol Panel/Display/Settings/

That was the first thing we tried, but its NOT a preferences-type
problem within Internet Explorer or etc.; when she boots up, the
fundamental screen size stays HUGE. Even her wallpaper pic spills over
the edges. We considered a gun misalignment, but discarded the idea
because it runs well otherwise.

The control panel cannot be resized and the screen is too big to let
her get to the button at the bottom to apply the changes. That's
forcing her to move everything ELSE around constantly to reach ANY
controls. The various buttons are OUTSIDE the edges of the screen. Its
as if its set for a 24" monitor and spilling outside the confines of
the 13" one.

I wish I could explain it better... its ALWAYS some new hitch with
Windows, heh.... its just greatly hampering her use of it. I've NEVER
seen a computer DO this! I thought it could simply be a screen-sizing
issue and easy to fix, but the START box's control panel buttons are
out of reach, preventing possible fixes. No access to controls =
gnashing of teeth and such, heh.

Is that any more clear? We're really scratching our heads. TIA,
regardless.

David

Wizard <stop.spam@nic.br> wrote in message news:<416D2820.A18BE622@nic.br>...

> Start/Contol Panel/Display/Settings/

That was the first thing we tried, but its NOT a preferences-type
problem within Internet Explorer or etc.; when she boots up, the
fundamental screen size stays HUGE. Even her wallpaper pic spills over
the edges. We considered a gun misalignment, but discarded the idea
because it runs well otherwise.

The control panel cannot be resized and the screen is too big to let
her get to the button at the bottom to apply the changes. That's
forcing her to move everything ELSE around constantly to reach ANY
controls. The various buttons are OUTSIDE the edges of the screen. Its
as if its set for a 24" monitor and spilling outside the confines of
the 13" one.

I wish I could explain it better... its ALWAYS some new hitch with
Windows, heh.... its just greatly hampering her use of it. I've NEVER
seen a computer DO this! I thought it could simply be a screen-sizing
issue and easy to fix, but the START box's control panel buttons are
out of reach, preventing possible fixes. No access to controls =
gnashing of teeth and such, heh.

Is that any more clear? We're really scratching our heads. TIA,
regardless.

David

You need to start in safe mode and see what is going on. If you can't do
that then you have a video card problem.

HellPopeHuey wrote:
>
> Wizard <stop.spam@nic.br> wrote in message news:<416D2820.A18BE622@nic.br>...
>
> > Start/Contol Panel/Display/Settings/
>
> That was the first thing we tried, but its NOT a preferences-type
> problem within Internet Explorer or etc.; when she boots up, the
> fundamental screen size stays HUGE. Even her wallpaper pic spills over
> the edges. We considered a gun misalignment, but discarded the idea
> because it runs well otherwise.

You need to start in safe mode and see what is going on. If you can't do
that then you have a video card problem.

HellPopeHuey wrote:
>
> Wizard <stop.spam@nic.br> wrote in message news:<416D2820.A18BE622@nic.br>...
>
> > Start/Contol Panel/Display/Settings/
>
> That was the first thing we tried, but its NOT a preferences-type
> problem within Internet Explorer or etc.; when she boots up, the
> fundamental screen size stays HUGE. Even her wallpaper pic spills over
> the edges. We considered a gun misalignment, but discarded the idea
> because it runs well otherwise.

Wizard <stop.spam@nic.br> wrote in message news:<41711ED7.45F8F61F@nic.br>...

> You need to start in safe mode and see what is going on. If you can't do
> that then you have a video card problem.

Okay, that makes all too much sense! Its a Dell and has performed
pretty solidly, but of course, its past the one-year warranty point,
so I sure hope its a minimal issue. Thanks for the help.

Wizard <stop.spam@nic.br> wrote in message news:<41711ED7.45F8F61F@nic.br>...

> You need to start in safe mode and see what is going on. If you can't do
> that then you have a video card problem.

Okay, that makes all too much sense! Its a Dell and has performed
pretty solidly, but of course, its past the one-year warranty point,
so I sure hope its a minimal issue. Thanks for the help.