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Display Has Suddenly Shrunk
  1. #1


    Jay Guest

    Display Has Suddenly Shrunk

    Everything on my screen has suddenly been greatly reduced in size. I did
    nothing new. Tried rebooting to no avail. Thanks for any help.





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  2. #2


    mikeyhsd Guest

    Re: Display Has Suddenly Shrunk

    have you tried opening Display Properties and changing the resolution.



    mikeyhsd@xxxxxx



    "Jay" <Jay@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:120F0280-D2F4-42EC-AEC2-9978B09619DB@xxxxxx
    Everything on my screen has suddenly been greatly reduced in size. I did
    nothing new. Tried rebooting to no avail. Thanks for any help.



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  3. #3


    Chuck Guest

    Re: Display Has Suddenly Shrunk

    It might be a good idea to identify the type of display and video card you
    use.
    Does the windows screen fill the display?

    "Jay" <Jay@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:120F0280-D2F4-42EC-AEC2-9978B09619DB@xxxxxx

    > Everything on my screen has suddenly been greatly reduced in size. I did
    > nothing new. Tried rebooting to no avail. Thanks for any help.
    >
    >


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  4. #4


    Giant Rumblebuffin Guest

    Re: Display Has Suddenly Shrunk


    "Jay" <Jay@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:120F0280-D2F4-42EC-AEC2-9978B09619DB@xxxxxx

    > Everything on my screen has suddenly been greatly reduced in size. I did
    > nothing new. Tried rebooting to no avail. Thanks for any help.
    >
    >
    >
    How well do you know your machine? My laptop has a function button, easily
    confused with brightness control; if pressed it doubles resolution, it is
    for viewing high res photos but will have the effect of making everything
    else appear smaller


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  5. #5


    wendy Guest

    RE: Display Has Suddenly Shrunk



    "Jay" wrote:

    > Everything on my screen has suddenly been greatly reduced in size. I did
    > nothing new. Tried rebooting to no avail. Thanks for any help.
    >
    > Same thing happened to me; I tracked it back to an update that was installed automatically during the night - the Intel Corporation Vdeo G33/G31 Express Chipset Family update. I've upped the DPI so that the icons on the deskset are now visible, but internet pages are not fixable. Someone in intel or microsoft needs to fix this problem (and someone should have tested that software more rigorously before releasing it...)

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  6. #6


    mikeyhsd Guest

    Re: Display Has Suddenly Shrunk

    possibly by clicking on the window/full screen button or hitting F11 2 times will fix the IE screen.



    mikeyhsd@xxxxxx



    "wendy" <wendy@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:9BFEDE98-B8E9-4738-906B-D006CBE11223@xxxxxx


    "Jay" wrote:

    > Everything on my screen has suddenly been greatly reduced in size. I did
    > nothing new. Tried rebooting to no avail. Thanks for any help.
    >
    > Same thing happened to me; I tracked it back to an update that was installed automatically during the night - the Intel Corporation Vdeo G33/G31 Express Chipset Family update. I've upped the DPI so that the icons on the deskset are now visible, but internet pages are not fixable. Someone in intel or microsoft needs to fix this problem (and someone should have tested that software more rigorously before releasing it...)

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  7. #7


    donna Guest

    Re: Display Has Suddenly Shrunk

    I hit F11 twice, and while it hid the bar at the top, it really didn't do
    anything to the font size on some pages on the internet. The font is now
    extremely difficult to see, almost straining my eyes. I do hope there is a
    fix for this. FYI, there is another thread going on concerning this same
    problem...you may want to check out the messages on the thread "Intel G33/G31
    Express Chipset Family Upgrade."

    "mikeyhsd" wrote:

    > possibly by clicking on the window/full screen button or hitting F11 2 times will fix the IE screen.
    >
    >
    >
    > mikeyhsd@xxxxxx
    >
    >
    >
    > "wendy" <wendy@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:9BFEDE98-B8E9-4738-906B-D006CBE11223@xxxxxx
    >
    >
    > "Jay" wrote:
    >

    > > Everything on my screen has suddenly been greatly reduced in size. I did
    > > nothing new. Tried rebooting to no avail. Thanks for any help.
    > >
    > > Same thing happened to me; I tracked it back to an update that was installed automatically during the night - the Intel Corporation Vdeo G33/G31 Express Chipset Family update. I've upped the DPI so that the icons on the deskset are now visible, but internet pages are not fixable. Someone in intel or microsoft needs to fix this problem (and someone should have tested that software more rigorously before releasing it..

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  8. #8


    Curious Guest

    Re: Display Has Suddenly Shrunk

    When using IE you can change the text size using the View Menu/Text size.

    "donna" <donna@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:1206715E-F4BD-463C-89A6-DED4D6AB07DE@xxxxxx

    >I hit F11 twice, and while it hid the bar at the top, it really didn't do
    > anything to the font size on some pages on the internet. The font is now
    > extremely difficult to see, almost straining my eyes. I do hope there is
    > a
    > fix for this. FYI, there is another thread going on concerning this same
    > problem...you may want to check out the messages on the thread "Intel
    > G33/G31
    > Express Chipset Family Upgrade."
    >
    > "mikeyhsd" wrote:
    >

    >> possibly by clicking on the window/full screen button or hitting F11 2
    >> times will fix the IE screen.
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> mikeyhsd@xxxxxx
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> "wendy" <wendy@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    >> news:9BFEDE98-B8E9-4738-906B-D006CBE11223@xxxxxx
    >>
    >>
    >> "Jay" wrote:
    >>

    >> > Everything on my screen has suddenly been greatly reduced in size. I
    >> did

    >> > nothing new. Tried rebooting to no avail. Thanks for any help.
    >> >
    >> > Same thing happened to me; I tracked it back to an update that was
    >> installed automatically during the night - the Intel Corporation Vdeo
    >> G33/G31 Express Chipset Family update. I've upped the DPI so that the
    >> icons on the deskset are now visible, but internet pages are not
    >> fixable. Someone in intel or microsoft needs to fix this problem (and
    >> someone should have tested that software more rigorously before releasing
    >> it..

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  9. #9


    mikeyhsd Guest

    Re: Display Has Suddenly Shrunk

    you can add a font size button to the tool bar.
    also in IE options believe there is an option to override site text size.



    mikeyhsd@xxxxxx



    "donna" <donna@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:1206715E-F4BD-463C-89A6-DED4D6AB07DE@xxxxxx
    I hit F11 twice, and while it hid the bar at the top, it really didn't do
    anything to the font size on some pages on the internet. The font is now
    extremely difficult to see, almost straining my eyes. I do hope there is a
    fix for this. FYI, there is another thread going on concerning this same
    problem...you may want to check out the messages on the thread "Intel G33/G31
    Express Chipset Family Upgrade."

    "mikeyhsd" wrote:

    > possibly by clicking on the window/full screen button or hitting F11 2 times will fix the IE screen.
    >
    >
    >
    > mikeyhsd@xxxxxx
    >
    >
    >
    > "wendy" <wendy@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:9BFEDE98-B8E9-4738-906B-D006CBE11223@xxxxxx
    >
    >
    > "Jay" wrote:
    >

    > > Everything on my screen has suddenly been greatly reduced in size. I did
    > > nothing new. Tried rebooting to no avail. Thanks for any help.
    > >
    > > Same thing happened to me; I tracked it back to an update that was installed automatically during the night - the Intel Corporation Vdeo G33/G31 Express Chipset Family update. I've upped the DPI so that the icons on the deskset are now visible, but internet pages are not fixable. Someone in intel or microsoft needs to fix this problem (and someone should have tested that software more rigorously before releasing it..

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  10. #10


    donna Guest

    Re: Display Has Suddenly Shrunk

    in response to message from curious, I've been to the view menu / text size,
    changed the text size to largest...on some internet pages it works, on
    others, it does not. Actually, on many pages it does not work

    in response to message from mikeyhsd, I can't find that font size button you
    refer to


    "mikeyhsd" wrote:

    > you can add a font size button to the tool bar.
    > also in IE options believe there is an option to override site text size.
    >
    >
    >
    > mikeyhsd@xxxxxx
    >
    >
    >
    > "donna" <donna@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:1206715E-F4BD-463C-89A6-DED4D6AB07DE@xxxxxx
    > I hit F11 twice, and while it hid the bar at the top, it really didn't do
    > anything to the font size on some pages on the internet. The font is now
    > extremely difficult to see, almost straining my eyes. I do hope there is a
    > fix for this. FYI, there is another thread going on concerning this same
    > problem...you may want to check out the messages on the thread "Intel G33/G31
    > Express Chipset Family Upgrade."
    >
    > "mikeyhsd" wrote:
    >

    > > possibly by clicking on the window/full screen button or hitting F11 2 times will fix the IE screen.
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > mikeyhsd@xxxxxx
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > "wendy" <wendy@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:9BFEDE98-B8E9-4738-906B-D006CBE11223@xxxxxx
    > >
    > >
    > > "Jay" wrote:
    > >

    > > > Everything on my screen has suddenly been greatly reduced in size. I did
    > > > nothing new. Tried rebooting to no avail. Thanks for any help.
    > > >
    > > > Same thing happened to me; I tracked it back to an update that was installed automatically during the night - the Intel Corporation Vdeo G33/G31 Express Chipset Family update. I've upped the DPI so that the icons on the deskset are now visible, but internet pages are not fixable. Someone in intel or microsoft needs to fix this problem (and someone should have tested that software more rigorously before releasing it.

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