Everything on my desktop

[CanadianGuitarist 0]

Literally, my screen went black for five seconds, then everything was huge. It was like in World 4 in Mario 3. Windows Help only led me to making the icons bigger, which is salting the wound. Help?

[Guest Princess Leena]

My guess is that your screen resolution changed somehow. Did you close out of a game before this happened?

[CanadianGuitarist 0]

My guess is that your screen resolution changed somehow. Did you close out of a game before this happened?

 

Nope. Had an Internet Explorer window opened, as well as a second IE window with my email (through a third party, think Hotmail), into which I typing. Clear blue sky.

[CanadianGuitarist 0]

^ We're in the ballpark. Looks like it's a matter of fine-tuning.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Literally, my screen went black for five seconds, then everything was huge. It was like in World 4 in Mario 3.

! best description I've heard for low screen resolution.

[CanadianGuitarist 0]

Not quite. Can anyone tell me, as an example, what their res is? Would it even neccessarily make a difference?

 

When I opened my start menu earlier, I was told to "make icons smaller", as they were too big to show all the programs listed under said start menu...anyone know how to do that?

[Guest Princess Leena]

My res here is 1024x768. I think most use 800x600. You can change that by going Start -> Control Panel -> Display -> Settings.

 

I only know how to make larger icons... Display again -> Appearance, and choose large icons.

[Guest Vitamin X]

I think 800x600 is too low for most Windows XP desktops.

 

I use 1024x768 on my regular monitor and 1440x900 on my 19" LCD HDTV/PC monitor.

[Ravenbomb 0]

I use 1280x1024

[Spaceman Spiff 0]

My res here is 1024x768. I think most use 800x600. You can change that by going Start -> Control Panel -> Display -> Settings.

Or just right-click on the desktop -> Properties -> Settings

[Jaxxson Mayhem 0]

Windows Magnifier might be on. Turn that off and your problem might be solved.