Windows Vista display problem

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Problem is with an Acer 5103 laptop running Vista Home Premium. After several
months of fairly satisfactory operation apart from the normal unexpected
shutdowns there is now a more serious problem.
When online the fonts in drop down boxes are so small as to be almost
unreadable. On the Google start page the "Google Search/I feel lucky" text is
very small as is the text when I type in the search box. I thought this was a
browser problem until I came to use Excel today and found the column widths
had closed right down and the column letters and row numbers were very small.
I have checked in "Advanced Appearance" and all the settings seem correct.
The computer is not one I normally use but it seems to me that the whole
appearance of the display is rather unusual, but this may be because I am
used to XP.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
RE: display problem

Have you tried Right-clicking on empty Desktop>Personalise>change the
resolution?

Also, in IE7>Tools>View>Text Size>Select from Smallest to Largest.
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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"tuckswood8" wrote:

> Problem is with an Acer 5103 laptop running Vista Home Premium. After several
> months of fairly satisfactory operation apart from the normal unexpected
> shutdowns there is now a more serious problem.
> When online the fonts in drop down boxes are so small as to be almost
> unreadable. On the Google start page the "Google Search/I feel lucky" text is
> very small as is the text when I type in the search box. I thought this was a
> browser problem until I came to use Excel today and found the column widths
> had closed right down and the column letters and row numbers were very small.
> I have checked in "Advanced Appearance" and all the settings seem correct.
> The computer is not one I normally use but it seems to me that the whole
> appearance of the display is rather unusual, but this may be because I am
> used to XP.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
 
RE: display problem

The problem only affects certain items, not the whole view, which is why I
looked in "Advanced Appearance" but all settings are normal.
 
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