HELP display is HUGE !!!

vickyj

Hi all
I made the mistake of allowing my 7yo ds to play on my work pc and i have come back and fount it unusable. Somehow he has made the display HUGE and i mean everything the windows bar, icons, menus, text the lot it cant even fit all my icons on screen anymore. I have been through all the normal stuff (disability options, CP appearance) and all that is normal please help me get this back to normal as i have work to finish by 9:00 and i cant do nowt.

Thanks all

Vicky

leboof

Try this....



To increase or decrease the size of objects and text on your screen

1. Open Display in Control Panel.
2. On the Settings tab, click Advanced.
3. On the General tab, in the DPI setting list, click the dots per inch (dpi) setting you want to use.
4. If you choose Other in the DPI setting list, you can set custom options in the Custom DPI Setting dialog box either by selecting one of the percentage options in the drop-down list or by clicking on the ruler and dragging the pointer to specify a setting.
5. Restart your computer when prompted.

vickyj

Just tried it and no luck :-(
the wierd thing is that it is everything. It is like he has just zoomed in on the screen. Is there any kind of F short key that just amkes it unzoom ? i have been through them all but got nowhere yet

thanks for tryng though

horsenailbucket

Sounds like something to do with the accessibility settings eg for a user with poor vision. Don't know which version of windows you have but the answer will be on the control panel accessibility.

Cheers

leboof

Sorry, stuck now....

What have you got under Appearance, Advanced....

Some of the options in there may be set to a large size.

BTW, the screen magnifier sould only show a small magnified window so it shouldn't be that.

torbrex

It could be that he has activated the magnifier or altered the desktop settings, might be worth checking for this.

leboof

What about...

1. Open Display in Control Panel.
2. On the Settings tab, click Appearance.

Font Size

Ebany

Have you checked your resolution? That makes everything bigger if its been turned right down.

derrick

Click "view" on the tool bar, then text size.
Or if you have a wheel on your mouse,press Ctrl, and roll the wheel at the same time, depending which way you roll it will decrease or increase font size.

amcluesent

> I made the mistake of allowing my 7yo ds<

Not technical advice, but I hope Mr and Mrs Spank will be making a trip to Bottom Land

mustbemad

Have you tried doing a system restore back to your last saved point?

hth's

MBM x