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

A number of people have reported a change in their DPI settings after an
update.

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"tuckswood8" <tuckswood8@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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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

Checked DPI setting but this changes everything where my problem is only with
certain items.
Looked at windows update download history and an ATI driver update was
downloaded a couple of days ago. Rolled this back but still have problem.
 
Re: display problem

I would next look for a font setting. In control panel, personalize, color,
'change classic.." Advanced button, ICON, see Font size.

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"tuckswood8" <tuckswood8@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Checked DPI setting but this changes everything where my problem is only
> with
> certain items.
> Looked at windows update download history and an ATI driver update was
> downloaded a couple of days ago. Rolled this back but still have problem.
>
>
 
Re: display problem

This was where I started "Advanced Appearance", but all the settings are
normal. Changing them and then resetting disn't help. It is only certain
items that appear incorrectly.
 
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