I don't know how the settings on my laptop got changed, but everything on the
screen is much smaller than it used to be. I already changed the screen
resolution and dpi settings, but didn't seem to help. The small size is most
noticable on the internet, where most pages only take up about half the width
of my screen. How can I change this to the way it orginally was?
Thanks.

Hi

You've set the DPI size to 96?

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"Christian" <Christian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I don't know how the settings on my laptop got changed, but everything on
>the
> screen is much smaller than it used to be. I already changed the screen
> resolution and dpi settings, but didn't seem to help. The small size is
> most
> noticable on the internet, where most pages only take up about half the
> width
> of my screen. How can I change this to the way it orginally was?
> Thanks.

Christian wrote:
> I don't know how the settings on my laptop got changed, but
> everything on the screen is much smaller than it used to be. I
> already changed the screen resolution and dpi settings, but didn't
> seem to help. The small size is most noticable on the internet,
> where most pages only take up about half the width of my screen. How
> can I change this to the way it orginally was? Thanks.

I assume you're talking about while using Internet Explorer... if so
then take a look at your setting in the View - Text Size menu and see if
that doesn't fix it.

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Thanks for the info, but it didn't help. The text size was set at "Largest".
It is not so much the text that is so small, but everything else. For
example, when I'm on a webpage, the left and right 25% of my screen isn't
being used. It is not blacked out, but the page simply won't load anywhere
but the middle 50%. Thanks

"Roy Smith" wrote:

> Christian wrote:
> > I don't know how the settings on my laptop got changed, but
> > everything on the screen is much smaller than it used to be. I
> > already changed the screen resolution and dpi settings, but didn't
> > seem to help. The small size is most noticable on the internet,
> > where most pages only take up about half the width of my screen. How
> > can I change this to the way it orginally was? Thanks.
>
> I assume you're talking about while using Internet Explorer... if so
> then take a look at your setting in the View - Text Size menu and see if
> that doesn't fix it.
>
> --
>
> Roy Smith
> <http://webpages.charter.net/jeffgordonfan327>
>
> I use Firefox as my Web browser because I want a browser that
> complies with Web standards. See <http://www.mozilla.org/>.
>

Christian wrote:
> I don't know how the settings on my laptop got changed, but
> everything on the screen is much smaller than it used to be. I
> already changed the screen resolution and dpi settings, but didn't
> seem to help. The small size is most noticable on the internet,
> where most pages only take up about half the width of my screen. How
> can I change this to the way it orginally was?

What resolution is your screen set to?

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Try holding down the Cntrl key and scrolling with your mouse scroll. That
changes the text size in IE. YOu have to be in the IE window pane for this
to work.
Troy
"Christian" <Christian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2650B766-5AFD-40FE-84FE-18690A473539@microsoft.com...
>I don't know how the settings on my laptop got changed, but everything on
>the
> screen is much smaller than it used to be. I already changed the screen
> resolution and dpi settings, but didn't seem to help. The small size is
> most
> noticable on the internet, where most pages only take up about half the
> width
> of my screen. How can I change this to the way it orginally was?
> Thanks.