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10-28-2008
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| | Can't see everything in new window, Can't change things! I am running Vista Ultimate 64bit with all the current updates. This problem started when I loaded the new NVidia drivers for my 8800GTS graphics card. If I right click on the screen and select personalize, then select Window Color and Appearance, I get the window to change the windows colors. When I select "Open Classic Appearance Properties", I get a new popup type window. However, the information displayed is larger than the window, so I only get to see the very top. There are no scroll bars on this window and it won't let me drag a corner to enlarge it. So, I can't get to any of the settings buttons to change anything. I can provide screen shots if you need them. I just don't know how to get them into this format. This appears to happen in all applications that use this class/type of windows. Examples are MS Outlook when you are setting up a new account and trying to input the information, Symantec Ghost when you are trying to input the path for backups. My guess something got changed in the registry. Does anyone have an idea what this might be? There must be a set of defaults for this type of window somewhere. I am reluctant to reinstall Vista as it is very time consuming, but I am getting to the point where I am stuck with several programs. So I need my functionality back! Thanks in advance, Thomas |
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10-28-2008
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| | Re: Can't see everything in new window, Can't change things! Right click on desktop. Go to personalize - then display settings. If you can see the slider set the screen resolution to a higher value or one that matches the specs of your monitor. -- Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience "Thomas" <Thomas@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:1C07B950-1597-4E33-A097-52C6C08F0439@xxxxxx Quote: >I am running Vista Ultimate 64bit with all the current updates. > > This problem started when I loaded the new NVidia drivers for my 8800GTS > graphics card. > > If I right click on the screen and select personalize, then select Window > Color and Appearance, I get the window to change the windows colors. When > I > select "Open Classic Appearance Properties", I get a new popup type > window. > However, the information displayed is larger than the window, so I only > get > to see the very top. There are no scroll bars on this window and it won't > let > me drag a corner to enlarge it. > So, I can't get to any of the settings buttons to change anything. > > I can provide screen shots if you need them. I just don't know how to get > them into this format. > > This appears to happen in all applications that use this class/type of > windows. Examples are MS Outlook when you are setting up a new account and > trying to input the information, Symantec Ghost when you are trying to > input > the path for backups. > > My guess something got changed in the registry. Does anyone have an idea > what this might be? There must be a set of defaults for this type of > window > somewhere. > > I am reluctant to reinstall Vista as it is very time consuming, but I am > getting to the point where I am stuck with several programs. So I need my > functionality back! > > Thanks in advance, > > Thomas |
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10-29-2008
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| | Re: Can't see everything in new window, Can't change things! It's also possible that you are set to too high on the Font Size (DPI). The Tasks area of the Personalization window will let you choose a smaller number for Font Size(DPI). -- Please use the Communities guidelines when posting. http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...help_en-us.htm Use the "Ratings" feature. It helps the new users. Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Mark.Ferguson "Thomas" <Thomas@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:1C07B950-1597-4E33-A097-52C6C08F0439@xxxxxx Quote: > I am running Vista Ultimate 64bit with all the current updates. > > This problem started when I loaded the new NVidia drivers for my 8800GTS > graphics card. > > If I right click on the screen and select personalize, then select Window > Color and Appearance, I get the window to change the windows colors. When > I > select "Open Classic Appearance Properties", I get a new popup type > window. > However, the information displayed is larger than the window, so I only > get > to see the very top. There are no scroll bars on this window and it won't > let > me drag a corner to enlarge it. > So, I can't get to any of the settings buttons to change anything. > > I can provide screen shots if you need them. I just don't know how to get > them into this format. > > This appears to happen in all applications that use this class/type of > windows. Examples are MS Outlook when you are setting up a new account and > trying to input the information, Symantec Ghost when you are trying to > input > the path for backups. > > My guess something got changed in the registry. Does anyone have an idea > what this might be? There must be a set of defaults for this type of > window > somewhere. > > I am reluctant to reinstall Vista as it is very time consuming, but I am > getting to the point where I am stuck with several programs. So I need my > functionality back! > > Thanks in advance, > > Thomas |
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