Page sizes

[Lisa]

When I resume using the computer after having been away for some reason the
page sizes have all shrunk by about a quarter. Never did this to start with
and for the life of me I have no clue how or why it's happening. It's
really irritating though and I would love to stop it. Anyone got any ideas?

Many thanks

Lisa

 

[Adam Albright]

When I resume using the computer after having been away for some reason the
page sizes have all shrunk by about a quarter. Never did this to start with
and for the life of me I have no clue how or why it's happening. It's
really irritating though and I would love to stop it. Anyone got any ideas?

Many thanks

Lisa

Page size? Please define how you're using the term.

 

[Lisa]

Page size? Please define how you're using the term.

Sorry, wasn't really sure how to describe it. The page is how I describe
the window on my screen, either in Internet Expolorer or Outlook Express.
i.e. my inbox screen will fill the screen, when I leave the computer and go
back 10 minutes or so later it only 3/4 fills the screen and the bottom
quarter of my desktop is now visible.

Lisa

 

[Adam Albright]

Sorry, wasn't really sure how to describe it. The page is how I describe
the window on my screen, either in Internet Expolorer or Outlook Express.
i.e. my inbox screen will fill the screen, when I leave the computer and go
back 10 minutes or so later it only 3/4 fills the screen and the bottom
quarter of my desktop is now visible.

Lisa

It's just called a window or to be more precise the active window or
whatever window currently has the focus which just means where last
the cursor or some pointing device or selected item was located in.

Are you saying the window changes size all by itself? Shouldn't. The
three controls at the top extreme right control the window. The white
X on the red background closes the window, the middle control reduces
the window to some smaller size, the left control shrinks it down to
just appear on the Task Bar. If you drag a corner of the window after
selecting the middle control you should be able to resize it and it
should get recalled at the size. Pressing the middle control in it's
reduced size should cause it to jump to full screen again. I'm sure
you knew all that.

To charge it so it always opens as you like it, right click on any
application's shortcut. It should have a shortcut tab. Under run
select how you like the window to appear then apply, then ok. Windows
should remember, but it doesn't always. A long running bug Microsoft
never seems to get around to fixing. Why it is shrinking by itself is
odd.

 

[Lisa]

It's just called a window or to be more precise the active window or
whatever window currently has the focus which just means where last
the cursor or some pointing device or selected item was located in.

Ah, okay, that makes sense.

Are you saying the window changes size all by itself?

Yeah, not while I'm using it, but when I switch user and then come back all
active windows have shrunk.

Shouldn't.

Didn't think it should, but thought I might have inadvertantly tinkered with
something, although i really don't remember messing with any settings.

The

three controls at the top extreme right control the window. The white
X on the red background closes the window, the middle control reduces
the window to some smaller size, the left control shrinks it down to
just appear on the Task Bar. If you drag a corner of the window after
selecting the middle control you should be able to resize it and it
should get recalled at the size. Pressing the middle control in it's
reduced size should cause it to jump to full screen again. I'm sure
you knew all that.

Yep, when I press the middle button it reduces the whole window and then
when I press it again it resizes to what it should be. When the window has
shrunk you can't drag the corner or the bottom to pull it out to full size.
22

To charge it so it always opens as you like it, right click on any
application's shortcut. It should have a shortcut tab. Under run
select how you like the window to appear then apply, then ok. Windows
should remember, but it doesn't always. A long running bug Microsoft
never seems to get around to fixing. Why it is shrinking by itself is
odd.

Very, I'll have to keep searching around for an answer, thanks for your
input

Lisa

 

[Rolly]

Yeah, not while I'm using it, but when I switch user and then come back
all active windows have shrunk.

The effect you describe can happen as follows:

There are two accounts which we shall call A and B.
The display resolution setting for B is lower than
the setting for A. You open a window in account A,
switch to account B, and then back to A again.

I don't know if this describes what you are doing.
It's no more than a guess, really.

To change or check your display resolution:

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/0386b009-5f30-45c7-80c8-ff0395cc24091033.mspx

Cheers,

R.