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the screen print has gone really large!!!!!!!!!!!!

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fransmom · 21/08/2007 21:21

and it's doing my head in! how can i reduce it? it's nothing i pressed, when i switched on computer the print on screen looks as though i am reading through a magnifier and i hate it!!!!!!!!!

please help me!!!!

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MaureenMLove · 21/08/2007 21:24

BOO!!!!

(Did that scare you it was so big!)

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fransmom · 21/08/2007 21:26

you cow!

it's spoiling my mumsnet time!!!>>>>

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moljam · 21/08/2007 21:27

i did this yesterday.to correct it i pressed ctrl and scrolled up or down(cant remember)

MaureenMLove · 21/08/2007 21:27

Hold on, I'll ask the old man, he might have an idea....

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fransmom · 21/08/2007 21:29

moljam - i did what you said and it just moved screen up and down!

what did mr mo say?

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WanderingTrolley · 21/08/2007 21:31

If you have IE

View
Text size
hit 'medium'

MaureenMLove · 21/08/2007 21:31

Right, go to start and then find acsessories. From there its accessability and then magnify. Look there and youshould be able to solve it.
So thats, Start, accessories, accessability and magnify!

WanderingTrolley · 21/08/2007 21:33

Or

right click on desktop
properties
appearance
set font size to 'normal'

apply,ok

MaureenMLove · 21/08/2007 21:34

I just tried it! Its really big isnt it?!

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fransmom · 21/08/2007 21:35

have doen all that!

mo i want it to go back to normal not view it in even larger print!!!

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MaureenMLove · 21/08/2007 21:36

Oh shit! Hang on!

MaureenMLove · 21/08/2007 21:38

Doesn't it have a drop down menu which gives you a choice of sizes? Mine is set to 1, which is normal.

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fransmom · 21/08/2007 21:41

have gone to view and it's on smallest size there.

magnifier still same.

will log off and restart pc see if that changes anything.

i bet dp been messing with pc again!!!

ttfn x

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fransmom · 21/08/2007 21:51

nooooooooooooooooo

even switched it off completely. nada.

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WanderingTrolley · 21/08/2007 21:53

system restore

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fransmom · 21/08/2007 21:54

eh? how do i do that?

i remember seeing it somewhere but not where i feel like i'm reading a very large print book!

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WanderingTrolley · 21/08/2007 21:55

start (all programs)
accessories
system tools
system restore

follow instructions on screen

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fransmom · 21/08/2007 21:56

ta chuck. will try that now

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MaureenMLove · 21/08/2007 21:58

Won't that restore the whole pc though? I hope she doesn't loose anything else! DH has gone now, so he's no good!

WanderingTrolley · 21/08/2007 22:01

Nope - you don't lose saved documents etc.

Tis a marvellous tool when you fark up the pc by downloading some bastard thing from the internet - like Norton ffs [rant deleted] and don't want to be found out/end up headbutting the pc from frustration/wish you'd got McAfee etc.

AttilaTheMum · 21/08/2007 22:05

Before you do system restore, try looking at the display settings - sometimes they get changed to a different resolution by a program (lots of games do it ) & sometimes it doesn't change back as it should. Go to Start - Control Panel-Display (may be under Appearance & Themes)Click on the Settings tab & look at the slider labelled Screen resolution. If it's over to the left, try sliding it to the right & see if that changes it to the way you'd like.

MaureenMLove · 21/08/2007 22:06

In that case, I shall take note of what to do, in the event of emergency!

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fransmom · 21/08/2007 22:16

for wt

tho i now feel like i need mo's suggestion of a magnifier!!!

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fransmom · 21/08/2007 22:16

system restore worked btw wt

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MaureenMLove · 21/08/2007 22:18

Well done! I wonder how it happened then.