Desktop suddenly shrank

[Gina]

I was tooling along with my laptop display set at 800x600,
when suddenly (it may have been a stray key combination)
*bam* my desktop shrinks to about 6 inches across.

I checked my display settings, and it still said 800x600.
If I jack it up to 1400x1050 and drag the corner of the
"screen," the desktop fills the laptop monitor again but of
course fonts, icons, graphics and windows are too small.
I've of course restarted and cold booted and it's the same.

I'm making do by jacking up my font sizes and setting
everything on "large icons," but some Web graphics and OS
windows are not sizeable and are almost unreadable.

Any ideas on how I can get the display back to normal?
Display looks normal on bootup, then shrinks as soon as
Windows kicks in.

Thanks for any ideas.

 

[Squire]

Gina, start at the bottom (640x480)
If your screen resets to this setting, it may be just a stray glitch and is
OK.

If your screen does not perform like it should,
You may have to get a new video card.

Take your laptop to a repair shop for further testing.

Good Luck,
Jerry

 

[Gina]

The bottom on mine IS 600x800.

However, I think it's fixed. I found a post on the experts
board that solved a similar problem. Here's how I got back
to seminormal:

Control Panel
Display
Settings
Advanced
Displays
Panel
In Panel Attributes, check "scale
image to panel size"

It worked! Woo hoo! My desktop icons are too big now, but I
just have to find where I changed that when everything was
itty bitty. Thanks for answering! Hope this helps someone
else too.

Gina

 

[Squire]

Glad you found a fix for your laptop, and shared it with us,.

Have a merry Christmas,
Jerry