QuoteDoes your mouse have a roller between the two buttons? If so, holding CTRL and rolling it towards you will decrease the size of everything on screen.Originally Posted by Magicme
Hi once more my laptop is driving me insane. Now it has decided that I am half blind and increased the size of everything on the monitor. I have tried resetting the settings and dpi etc but it still doesnt help.
God I am at my wits end with this machine.
Does your mouse have a roller between the two buttons? If so, holding CTRL and rolling it towards you will decrease the size of everything on screen.
Is it everything or just a particular application or section of the user interface?
It was everything Adam. I ended up ringing the manufacturers and they advised me to restore factory settings. I followed their instructions to the t to copy over my stuff from my c drive to my d drive but still lost everything. Now I have what is essentially a brand new laptop but have none of my work from the past year and half. Am in the process of trying to find a restore files programme that will actually do what it says!
I have some of my work saved to the office computer but hadnt backed up the more recent stuff and loads of photos etc are gone. I have also lost the first chapter of my novel and some poetry and prayers I had written for my Granny's funeral so am desperate to get it back.
Have always been a lazy backupper so have learned the hard way now and will be investing in a portable hard drive and transferring everything to it!
No have a mouse pad so wasnt that!
Last edited by dahamsta; 29/07/2009 at 11:33 AM.
Typical tech support, restore first, ask questions later.
If the restore process was just a copy, everything should still be there. Look through the My Documents and Desktop folders for the various users in C:\Documents and Settings until you find something familiar.
From your original post, it simply sounds like your screen resolution is messed up. I can't believe you were advised to do a restore to fix it.
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