altering screen resolution? (1 Viewer)

[Terry]

Hi all sounds daft but how do I alter the above.I have done it before many yrs ago but have forgotten how to alter it. No idea why its altered itself no doubt I have pressed something without knowing so it would be good if someone could tell me in simple/idiot terms how to put it back please.
terry

 

[callumwa]

If you are using Windows... and depending which version of Windows, most are similar....

Pressing Control (Ctrl) at the same time as pressing + or - will increase decrease the size of the image on the screen.

The actual resolution settings can be changed by going to "Start" - "Control Panel" - "Display" - "Adjust Resolutions".


Hope this helps.....

 

[Terry]

Hi Callum done it thanks :thumb: now I used to know the size that was kindest to your eyes any ideas what the size was ? While your at it do you know why my smiles have stopped working ? but if I press shift with a then delte the a the smiles work ?
terry

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[Gromett]

From memory I used to go to the desktop and right click.
You then either click "screen resolution" or "properties" and this brings up the display properties where you can set the resolution plus much more.

To change the font size in my browser I hold the CTRL key down and use the scroll wheel on my mouse...

 

[magicsurfbus]

It's also possible that your computer has a video driver/control panel built in which has its own interface for tweaking and twiddling your screen settings. It will appear as a menu option when you right-click in the middle of the screen. If so, finding and changing the 'refresh rate' to the highest available setting supported by the monitor will improve the clarity of your screen display.

You also should be aware that if your monitor is widescreen format, some resolution settings will distort your display horizontally or vertically.

 

[durhamahoy]

Hi
I do a quick CTRL + mouse wheel scroll up or down if a particular site is hard to view on my web browser. OOPS just realised that has been answered. Apologies

Cheers
Steve

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[Terry]

Right guys I am really stuffed now
Mebeing the clever dick decided to play rt clicked and sure enough the menu appeared so I clicked on a setting other than (I think reality) and now everthings black other than a few icons, not even got a blue windows line and x in the top cnr They must be there because I can click where it should be but cannot see it and it shuts the window.A keyboard fix may be the way to go because everything that was white/light is now black and not visible-even had to resort to tablet to post because thebox you type in is black
Terry

 

[Terry]

Right guys I am really stuffed now
Mebeing the clever dick decided to play rt clicked and sure enough the menu appeared so I clicked on a setting other than (I think reality) and now everthings black other than a few icons, not even got a blue windows line and x in the top cnr They must be there because I can click where it should be but cannot see it and it shuts the window.A keyboard fix may be the way to go because everything that was white/light is now black and not visible-even had to resort to tablet to post because thebox you type in is black
Terry

can anyone help on this?
terry

 

[Terry]

bump ?

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[Gromett]

Sounds like you may have changed the "theme" I am in linux at the moment and don't have windows emulation on this system so can't give any more exact advice than.. Try to select a different windows theme/skin.

 

[Terry]

how? Everything is black so cannot see anything written
Terry

 

[callumwa]

Which version of windows are you running?

Perhaps you can do a system restore in "safe Mode" on boot up....

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[Terry]

xp pro
terry

 

[Terry]

terry

 

[callumwa]

xp pro
terry

When you reboot can you see the initial start up,screen before it opens into windows?

if so try a system restore in safe mode.

1. Restart your computer, and then press and hold F8 during the initial startup to start your computer in safe mode with a Command prompt.
2. Use the arrow keys to select the Safe mode with a Command prompt option.
3. If you are prompted to select an operating system, use the arrow keys to select the appropriate operating system for your computer, and then press ENTER.
4. Log on as an administrator or with an account that has administrator credentials.
5. At the command prompt, type %systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe, and then press ENTER.
6. Follow the instructions that appear on the screen to restore your computer to a functional state.

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[Terry]

All is back to normal Paul came and tried reboots and all sortsof stuff then started to click in the black boxes finally got somewhere
Terry

 

[callumwa]

Glad it's back to normal......:thumb::thumb: