Text on display, toolbars,status bars, web pages, icons all appear smaller than usual. Viewable screen is same size, but items within are smaller. What happened and how can I change things back to normal?

A friend of mine had her resolution set at 800x600. She installed a new tax program and was having trouble so she uninstalled the tax program. Now she can't get her display back to 800x600. When she tries she clicks apply then ok. Then she is told to restart her computer. She does this and the...

Everything I try to veiw on my monitor is not looking right. I changed the settings in diplay and it does change, but it still looks off. I don't know what to do.

I just re-formatted a PC for a friend. The Monitor is a 15" Philips 105S/CM2300 CRT. It displays lots of dots and grainy pictures, and also has poor colors. I cannot change the resolution or colors by going to the display properties/settings. It only has 2 color choices.......2 or 16. This...

I have a Windows 98 with a small local disk of total capacity 3.15 GB of which I used more than one third. (I am left with 850 free MB.) Sometimes I get nasty obstructions ( for instance of 1 or 2 MB) coming to my Outlook Express Inbox and I can suddenly get no more E-mail. I know how to go...

Dear Learned Member of the Group, Using "Help" I did go to Multilingual Support or did exactly what they said for me to obtain the possibility of typing in Cyrillic and Turkish. They said "Restart" and I restarted my PC. However, in the past, there appeared on my Taskbar a choice button/icon to...

From Dr. U. Kuran, Subject: Addenda to my points on paying for disasters Hi There, I have to explain a few things and hope I will not create any more offense. (Apologies if I did or do.) (i) I never open a Website reference given by anyone, including by people in my own...

Hello Wise (Wo)Man, Since 1998 I have been having a Windows 98 PC whose total Disc capacity is of 3.15 GB. Since then I am left with 850 MB .The big reason for the loss of free space is that at the very beginning I was suggested to have a " Microsoft Backup" of the files of my PC and I had it. Now...

The lines on certain screens overlap making it impossible to read. Using max or min does not change it. I have a 17" screen. What can i change to make them normal again. Thanks ugo

I have no idea where to go and post. So please don't be angry with me if i post in the wrong place. Can anyone tell me why suddenly my screen shakes and wiggles? It does that sometimes. I have a 98 Window Athlon with a 17" screen. What can i do to stop it. Thanks ugo

How to change the contents on the Start Menu e.g Delete the item Favorites, Documents....? TIA

I have WIn 98 and i cant change the display settings to 16 Bit High Definition..the option isnt even available..the most it has is 16 colors

I take it the formula to work out how much video memory you need is: Desktop resolution width x Height x Color Depth in bits / 8 (to convert bits to byte) i.e. 800x600x8/8 (for 800x600px, 256 colors ie 8bit) 1024x768x16/8 (for 1024x768px, 16.7m colors ie 16bit) Is this correct?

My computer does not show reds or greens properly. I recently installed a new version of direct x from microsoft. I can change to 16 bit,256, 24, and 32 colors just no red or green. in the box under the display settings (color palettebox) it only shows yellows and blues. If you need any more info...

i downloaded a bunch of screensaver files (as .zip) files... what is the command protocol to install/expand them properly?

In Windows 98 how do I get in to change the refresh rates for my Monitor which is flickering. I need step by step directions. Tony

After everything boots up, there are no icons on the desktop, what do i do to see icons again. thanks

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 It's getting a bit tiresome seeing one misguided American after another with their cutsie little yellow or red-white-blue ribbons on their outsized SUVs. Yeah, I guess it's the thing to do; maybe part of that whole soccer-mom culture. Unfortunately,...

Hi there, hope someone can help me with this matter. I bought a flash drive usb 2.0 at the university yesterday. Used it at their computer centre and everything was ok (they have WinXp). Then I go home, plug the pen drive in my prehistorical pc, and it tells me he needs a driver. Good God, I dunno...

Hi there, hope someone can help me with this matter. I bought a flash drive usb 2.0 at the university yesterday. Used it at their computer centre and everything was ok (they have WinXp). Then I go home, plug the pen drive in my prehistorical pc, and it tells me he needs a driver. Good God, I dunno...