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Old August 8th 04, 05:19 PM
shirley
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All of a sudden, after a power outage, the display area on
my screen has enlarged a lot. The text size is okay, but
now when i go to any regular sites, eg. games, the area
that is displayed takes up too much of the screen area,
thus making it impossible to navigate on the rest of the
screen. It's hard to describe, but, if you know what i
mean, please help. When playing euchre, you are in a
room, and have the chat bar at the bottom,...well, now i
barely see the whole room and the chat bar is out of
sight, making it impossible to communicate with other
players. I've tried the tool option, and right clicking
on desktop for properties options as well....nothing
worked.
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Old August 8th 04, 05:36 PM
Gary S. Terhune
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Default screen display area

Changing the screen resolution to something else, in Display Properties, then
changing it back does not fix the problem? Be sure to restart after changing the
resolution, each time.

If nothing fixes it, you probably need to reinstall video drivers.

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MS MVP for Win9x

"shirley" wrote in message
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All of a sudden, after a power outage, the display area on
my screen has enlarged a lot. The text size is okay, but
now when i go to any regular sites, eg. games, the area
that is displayed takes up too much of the screen area,
thus making it impossible to navigate on the rest of the
screen. It's hard to describe, but, if you know what i
mean, please help. When playing euchre, you are in a
room, and have the chat bar at the bottom,...well, now i
barely see the whole room and the chat bar is out of
sight, making it impossible to communicate with other
players. I've tried the tool option, and right clicking
on desktop for properties options as well....nothing
worked.


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Old August 8th 04, 05:45 PM
PCR
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Default screen display area

http://support.microsoft.com/default...39&Product=w98
Troubleshooting Video Problems in Windows

"START, Run, MSConfig, Advanced button". If checked, then uncheck "VGA
640x480x16", & reboot.

"Control Panel, Display, Settings tab". Select as you wish from the
Colors dropdown menu & the Size slider. Really, you should need nothing
higher than "High Color (16 bit)", for speed/resource considerations.

If you move the Screen Area slider to 1024x768 there, be sure to click
the Advanced button, & select Large fonts.

Try to get your colors/size at least twice that way. If it continues to
fail, you may need to reinstall your Monitor or Display Adapter...

For the Monitor...
(1) Boot to Safe Mode
(Hold F5 as you boot or CTRL for the Startup Menu)
(2) "START, Settings, Control Panel, System, Device Manager tab"
(3) Open the Monitors branch, & Remove all entries.

Perhaps, FIRST, even in Normal Mode, note what is installed
similar to below for the Adapter. That is...
(a) D-Clk the monitor there for Properties, Driver tab.
(b) Click the Update Driver button, then "Next".
(c) Bolt "Display a list...", & click "Next".
(d) Bolt "Show all hardware".
Examine the two panes to see what is currently installed.
That is likely what you wish to end up with, after step (4).

(4) Boot to Normal Mode.

Hopefully, it will be rediscovered & installed. Then, if still
necessary, here is the rigmarole of the Display Adapter...

.......Quote..........
The first thing to do is to remove the video adapter you have
installed. Right-click on the desktop; choose "Properties" from the
drop-down menu; select "Settings;" click on the "Advanced" button; and
click on "Adapter". An adapter is a program that tells Windows how to
deal with a specific video card. Make note of the adapter that is
currently installed. Then, change the adapter to "Standard Display
Adapter (VGA)" and restart the system.

[That is: Click "Change, Next, bolt 'Display a List...', Next, bolt
'Show all hardware', scroll left pane to top, select '(Standard display
types)', select 'Standard Display Adapter (VGA)' in right pane, click
'Next'"... PCR]

This will remove the current adapter and replace it with a generic VGA
adapter that works with all video cards. You will not like VGA because
it supports only 16 colors, but the purpose of installing it is to get
rid of whatever was there before.

Next, return to the adapter screen and install an adapter that matches
your video card. This may or may not be the adapter that you are
using now. Examine the materials you received with your computer to
see if they include a CD-ROM or floppy disk that contains the correct
video adapter. Or go to the Gateway website and see if they have an
adapter for you to download. Or check the website of the company that
made your video card.

Bill Starbuck (MVP)
.......End....of quote....


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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"shirley" wrote in message
...
| All of a sudden, after a power outage, the display area on
| my screen has enlarged a lot. The text size is okay, but
| now when i go to any regular sites, eg. games, the area
| that is displayed takes up too much of the screen area,
| thus making it impossible to navigate on the rest of the
| screen. It's hard to describe, but, if you know what i
| mean, please help. When playing euchre, you are in a
| room, and have the chat bar at the bottom,...well, now i
| barely see the whole room and the chat bar is out of
| sight, making it impossible to communicate with other
| players. I've tried the tool option, and right clicking
| on desktop for properties options as well....nothing
| worked.


 




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