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Comment from Shari Neil on 2009-10-31

2009-11-01T01:36:39Z

Not only the window is too large but the letters are huge too. I also tried the alt + spacebar deal and the SIZE option wasn't available. So I'm still stuck with a screwed up screen!

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Comment from Joyce on 2009-10-22

2009-10-22T19:57:24Z

How do I get Netscape 7.2 to go back to it's
normal size? I don't like the full screen
mode I am in..and am use to having the icons
on my desktop showing on all 3 sides of my
computer screen. I downloaded an image
today that was too big and I have not
been able to get back to the normal size yet.

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Comment from Le Gentry on 2009-10-04

2009-10-05T00:11:32Z

This worked for me. I figured it out thanks to brenden go to the bottom right, still in the internet explorer and there is a zoom button, click 100%

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Comment from james creeden on 2009-09-25

2009-09-26T01:48:23Z

Ihave done the alt+spacbar thing does not work. What is this Zoom button people are talking about? I sure cannot find it.

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Comment from RJ on 2009-08-07

2009-08-07T22:37:54Z

ctrl + or - should change it.

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Comment from Alex on 2009-07-29

2009-07-29T17:38:12Z

I figured it out thanks to brenden go to the bottom right, still in the internet explorer and there is a zoom button, click 100%

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Comment from April Marchant on 2009-07-02

2009-07-02T23:37:07Z

I have the same problem and when I pressed alt plus the spacebar the window popped up, but the size option was not available to me. What else can I do?

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Comment from Debra on 2009-05-18

2009-05-18T15:20:53Z

I can not make my screen smaller and letters are oversize. I tried alt+spacebar and nothiong pops up. Llease help. t.u.

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Comment from MaryAlice Nelson on 2009-04-30

2009-04-30T16:10:28Z

What is plan B ? alt-space bar got the little box menu but wouldn't let me change anything.

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Comment from Paul on 2009-04-21

2009-04-22T06:18:31Z

Happened to me twice. One time I just changed resolution, and moved window. The other time, I just went into video control panel and changed the center of the screen. (french benefits of a $500.00 video card - even tho it's seven years old)

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Comment from J on 2009-04-21

2009-04-22T02:16:04Z

...buy a larger monitor? (lol)...seriously, that would fix the problem, wouldn't it?

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Comment from lauren on 2009-04-18

2009-04-18T15:34:36Z

This didnt work for me. what i did was went to PROPERTIES then i went to SETTINGS

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Comment from Joyce Small on 2009-04-17

2009-04-17T18:37:56Z

I am also having the screen picture too big
but only on Netscape..Safari..Internet Explorer
are fine..but I use Netscape a lot and
it really bothers me when I can't see
the images on my screen background. I
tried that alt/spacebar but nothing happened.

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Comment from Brendan on 2009-03-25

2009-03-25T19:53:37Z

I had the same problem when viewing a web page (that I had developed), on the Internet, even though it fitted my screen in Internet Explorer in development in my PC. After trying many of the solutions offered above - unsuccessfully, I noticed, by chance, that there is a zoom button in the bottom right of my screen. It had been set to 120%. Resetting to to 100% fixed the problem.

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Comment from gmari on 2009-03-15

2009-03-16T05:41:49Z

I have ubuntu will I be able to correct the resolution of my screen the same way as windows?

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Comment from Mike on 2009-03-01

2009-03-02T03:35:40Z

I fixed it by right clicking the desktop and navigating by hitting alt tab and using the scroll on my mouse then i played with the tab button using alt f4 to close what I didn't want to open. WHat a pain in the ass.

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Comment from Neri on 2009-02-27

2009-02-28T05:49:01Z

I play a game, and my laptop is tiny, usually when I play a game the loading page allows me to change the screen size, but this game doesnt, and the window is now too big for me to change it in the game! it wont let me make is smaller or scroll down! and i really want to play! what do i do!?

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Comment from Lacy on 2009-02-22

2009-02-23T00:03:46Z

I have tried everything that everyone has said to do. When I get into my setting tabs and go to click on the screen resolution button it won't let me do anything. I just got a new hard drive and this is my newest problem. If someone knows how to solve this problem please let me know.

If you can't change the screen resolution then you probably don't have the correct drivers installed for your video card. Head to your computer or video card's manufacturer's web site and get the latest drivers for it.

- Leo
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Comment from thriftgirl62 on 2009-01-26

2009-01-26T11:00:59Z

FINALLY My pages got way too big from screwing around with trying to re-size the pop-up windows that up-load images - only in Firefox.

Google Chrome is now doing it too! I was using the tab key and hitting enter randomly and that helped but this is much better --- there ARE other keys to try!

:) Yippee!

P.S. Hide developer tools from non-geeks and nerds. They can be dangerous in the wrong hands -- no, not me??!! (lol)

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Comment from Barb on 2009-01-22

2009-01-23T04:57:42Z

Here's how I just fixed mine. Right click anywhere on your desk top wall paper (anywhere there are no icons to open) - Click Properties - Choose the SETTINGS tab - Move your resolution tab UP a notch and click OK to save. Mine was set at 600 x 800, and I moved it up to the next highest numbers, or one notch. Everything immediately shrunk back to normal.

I was told that playing a computer game before shutting down is often the culprit.

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Comment from Tom on 2008-11-24

2008-11-24T16:20:26Z

The image on the screen is too large, I tried what you said, going to Alt+Spacebar, but when I click on size nothing happens, please help

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Comment from Anna on 2008-11-21

2008-11-21T08:56:22Z

I use Firefox browser and had the same problem.
On the VIEW menu, click PAGE STYLE, you'll see
"No style" and "Basic page style".
Click "no style". The text page now fits the screen just fine.

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Comment from James on 2008-10-03

2008-10-03T20:09:50Z

The option above didn't help me. The size option is greyed out on mine as well. So try this. First hit Alt+V. Then you can select text size. Select the size you want from the 5 options. It fixed my problem. Good luck.

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Comment from darlous johnson on 2008-08-13

2008-08-13T22:50:56Z

my screen is too large, i cannot get it to minimize, all of the info is at the top. i tried the alt and spacebar it only want to move it around. i need everything smaller

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Comment from Nyla Sterner on 2008-08-07

2008-08-07T21:05:19Z

window too large...followed your directions but stop after finding f4 point cursor..When I move it with right and left arrow keys nothing happens so therefore I can't hit enter and be done..can you advise?

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Comment from dee on 2008-07-21

2008-07-21T21:25:59Z

my window is too large, wider than my screen--I did the alt+spacebar--menu popped up--but the 'SIZE' is not in Bold, and does not respond--please help!

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Comment from Dinesh on 2008-05-29

2008-05-29T14:48:40Z

The resize or the Restore icon in the windows are greyed out. It happens with all the applications I open.. If there is a setting in the registry to reset the "Windows Frame" values to default, please let me know...... :(

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Comment from Timothy on 2008-04-21

2008-04-21T11:40:30Z

Solution:

I think that when I turned off my screen I pressed the auto resize button by mistake.

The autoresize button tries a variety of sizes and then choose the best one. But it seems to require that I keep my finger pressed on the auto-resize button for the duration of the process.

But I think that I pushed the button for too little time and the screen resized to an incorrect screen size, and did not have time to realise that the size was incorrect. So the screen got stuck at the wrong size.

All I needed to do to correct the issue was to keep my finger pressed on the auto resize.

I am using a LG Flatron L1953T screen.

I hope that this information is useful to someone else.
Silly me.

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Comment from Timothy on 2008-04-20

2008-04-20T22:27:58Z

I have the same problem as Mike (April 2007) even the desktop is too big, extending slightly off the top of the screen.

Maybe Nvidia automatically updated the drivers on my computer? I have not changed anything and I have not downloaded anything intentionally.

Since I keep my start bar at the top of the screen (I was used to Mac before Windows) at first I thought it had simply disappeard. I have moved it back to the bottom but now program windows and icons are cut off at the top.

There are a few people saying that their desktop is too big for their monitor on the Net but there do not seem to be any solutions other than changing desktop resolution which was not a solution.

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Comment from Jan Evans on 2008-03-17

2008-03-17T17:13:24Z

I have the oversize problem, but when I press Alt & Spacebar the box appears but the SIZE is grey so I cannot re-size. Is there any other way of re-sizing apart from minimizing? The sliding around does not work either.

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Comment from 137banana on 2008-03-04

2008-03-04T21:46:34Z

This is related to the issue, but reversed. my windows are supposed to be bigger (the info runs off the page) but i can't enlarge the windows! Please help!

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Comment from Barbara Fortin on 2008-02-06

2008-02-06T09:10:15Z

I tried your Alt+space 'x' with no help. My window is too big for my screen and I can't print what I need to print. I can't see the 'OK'. I defaulted my larger print with no help, as well as restored point[if that is what it is called] I tried the DPI back to 96 from 192, to no avail. I have tried everything I know on this Windows Vista which I realize is minimal. Please help me Leo!
Barbs

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Comment from sharon on 2008-01-28

2008-01-28T14:31:16Z

i have just brought a new monitor samsung syncmaster740nw everything on my screen is too large i have tried altering the resolution but it wont let me move the little slider can anyone help
please.

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Comment from ron taylor on 2007-06-07

2007-06-07T09:47:47Z

Hi I run windows 2000 and I have the oversize problem with just one site...AVG "you type" alt +spacebar but no words appear anywhere but when I press the keys ALT+spacebar the small popup appears but Size is greyed out! just what I don't need
Ron

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Comment from Mike on 2007-04-30

2007-05-01T00:39:08Z

this looks good. However! How do I get the screen to shrink overall? Even the desktop is too big for the screen. This computer is not hooked up to the internet at all and I know that no updates were installed on it (A different computer, obviously). What do I do?

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Comment from Lynnette on 2007-02-11

2007-02-11T15:31:37Z

Leo...Leo...this is Lynn's computer, help me before her husband ends up throwing me through the window!!! Upon downloading some microsoft updates and restarting, I loaded up looking something like safemode. But when an attempt was made to change my resolutions to 32 bit, they can't hit the apply button on the bottom of the window because they can't get to it! Tried your resizing tips, but it doesn't work in properties menu. How can we apply the new resolution and screen without actually clicking the button???? Please save me from certain destruction....

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Comment from Leo Notenboom on 2007-01-26

2007-01-26T17:44:35Z

Huh. ALT Spacebar works for me for command prompt as well. Anyway, try right-clicking on the command prompt item that shows up in the taskbar when it's running.

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Comment from Dan on 2007-01-26

2007-01-26T15:59:00Z

Hey Leo,

Thanks-- this is very helpful. How about this one: I recently moved to a smaller display, and I'm having the problem you describe. Your solution works for most apps, except for the Windows Command Prompt. Alt+Spacebar doesn't do anything in this case. Any ideas?

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Comment from Leo Notenboom on 2006-10-20

2006-10-20T12:20:43Z

No. Some applications are simply (IMHO poorly) designed to a higher resolution only. I can think of no way to resize only the offending window or dialog without shrinking eveverything else on your screen as well.

Best I can offer is to use the keyboard interface to slide the window arround on the screen to see those portions which do not fit.

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Comment from Erik on 2006-10-20

2006-10-20T08:03:27Z

Greetings.

I have Windows XP, at 600X800 resolution. Due to health and incompatibility problems, we cannot alter this resolution.

However I have some softwares whose windows are HUGE. Too big for the screen resolution. And these softwares do not offer the users any possibility of resizing the window. There's no maximize buttons, and when we press alt+space the options 'size', 'maximize' and 'restore' are grey (meaning: unavailable.)

How do I resize the window ANYWAY? Is there a command to be added in the shortcut that 'forces' the window to the size I need?

Is there any solution whatsoever?

Thanks for your time!

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Comment from Lou_Gascon on 2006-04-27

2006-04-27T16:10:56Z

I'm here today after searching "View other files with Win Picture and Fax Viewer" and finding the "Simple Answer" ~ Thanks Leo...

Re: some Windows and IE7 not displaying properly...

I recently had a problem when viewing my banking [3 different sites], the information and content was way too big for the window in "IE7" ~ I did not have the same problem in Firefox or in Maxthon browsers...! But, other sites were also affected in IE7.

However I also had a problem with Restore Point window [which should be a fixed size window], having content too big for the window that opened, and showing scroll bars both ways which I had to use to acquire the Next Step button...!

Finally, or at least, the only other problem that I ‘found’ was on the top left panel of the Start Menu where Internet Explorer, Windows Office and Windows Office Outlook etc are shown. All the items in this panel would double [this is still happening], whereby the list is repeated all in the same panel…? In fact, looking at it again now, the only icon not doubling is Firefox…!

Having researched the problem on MS, MSN and various other sites, I was led to a comment about “Exception occurs at CChildframe” on close. Which had happened twice to me that week…?

Further research then took me to the Maxthon Browser forum where this is mentioned in 2004 for an earlier version…! I took this lead because my problem began the day after installing Maxthon [but also installing & Un-Installing the New Google tool bar!]

I challenged Maxthon at the forum to no avail, but in my notes suggested that when I un-installed IE7 the problem would go away. They suggested that this be the cure…!

I took the advice and uninstalled IE7, and everything is back to normal ~ but not quite. I still have the problem with the start Menu Panel…!

I am writing these notes because IE7 may be an issue…? Or Maxthon may also be the issue, and of course Google v4…?

And, as Ms have just released a later version of IE7, I think I’ll give that a try and see the result… so I might have to come back for more advice…!

I can write a little more in depth on this if required…

Till then…

Peace upon your computers

Cheers
Lou_Gascon

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Comment from erika on 2006-04-26

2006-04-27T03:14:18Z

The instructions were very helpful and right on target. Thank you.

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Comment from Winston Jayasinghe on 2006-04-23

2006-04-24T05:24:18Z

My suggestion is that you can try to decrease the screen size
1) Open Display Properties in Control Panel.
2)Click the Settings tab.
3)If you are using multiple display support, click the icon for the monitor whose settings you want to change.
4)Reduce the size of your desktop by moving the Screen Resolution slider to the left.
5)Restart your computer if you are prompted to do so.

All the best.

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Comment from Mary E. Stillman on 2006-04-23

2006-04-23T12:46:30Z

I am running XP SP. I encounter gigantic windows regularly on Microsoft's website. I tried the recommended procedure. After I do Alt+Spacebar, s, I do not get a compasss. I pressed the arrow, but the page merely scrolls. I have used View/Text/ to reduce text size but it is still way to big.

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