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  • Thursday, July 30, 2009 3:11 AMOkaythen Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    For whatever reason, whenever I turn on my computer, everything (including the enter-password screen) is really bulbous, zoomed-in, and of slightly lower visual quality. My desktop wallpaper is there, but zoomed in quite a bit. I tried a system restoration, which didn't work. I tried a restoration of farther back, and that didn't fix it. I tried refreshing as a last hope, but negative. I tried replacing the background, I tried restarting, and no luck. I know virtually nothing of computers: is something wrong with the computer, or is a little hidden setting somewhere accidentally turned on? Your assistance would be greatly appreciated. UPDATE: I just thought to try playing something, and sure enough, Empire: Total war has zero graphics distortion! THIS IS SO WEIRD! Please help, I've officially been stunned into incredulity.
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  • Thursday, July 30, 2009 9:43 AMTHE C. Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
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    Hello Okaythen,



    1.Open Display Settings by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, clicking Personalization, and then clicking Display Settings.

     

    2. Under Resolution, move the slider to the resolution you want, and then click Apply

    		  

    Here is a link: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/0386b009-5f30-45c7-80c8-ff0395cc24091033.mspx which will give you some                   

    advice to get your display back to normal. Also once you get the settings set, try to auto configuration button your monitor to fine tune the screen to     


    your preferences (disregard if it's a laptop). Hope this helps you. Let us know either way. Make it a great day!




    "In the End The Love You Take, Is Equal To The Love You Make" (The Beatles last song from thier last album, Abbey Road.)
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  • Thursday, July 30, 2009 9:43 AMTHE C. Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
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    Hello Okaythen,



    1.Open Display Settings by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, clicking Personalization, and then clicking Display Settings.

     

    2. Under Resolution, move the slider to the resolution you want, and then click Apply

    		  

    Here is a link: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/0386b009-5f30-45c7-80c8-ff0395cc24091033.mspx which will give you some                   

    advice to get your display back to normal. Also once you get the settings set, try to auto configuration button your monitor to fine tune the screen to     


    your preferences (disregard if it's a laptop). Hope this helps you. Let us know either way. Make it a great day!




    "In the End The Love You Take, Is Equal To The Love You Make" (The Beatles last song from thier last album, Abbey Road.)
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  • Thursday, July 30, 2009 2:27 PMOkaythen Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    THANK YOU SO MUCH! I have no idea how that got changed but your solution completely fixed the problem! Thanks for helping me help my computer!
     
  • Friday, July 31, 2009 7:01 AMTHE C. Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Hello Okaythen,



    Your Welcome! Glad to hear your issue was resolved. Make it a great day!



    "In the End The Love You Take, Is Equal To The Love You Make" (The Beatles last song from thier last album, Abbey Road.)
     
  • Friday, July 31, 2009 12:10 PMJ Ferris Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    I have exactly the same problem. Some update happened between my normal use in the morning and my logging back on after lunch. A screen with something about "display" appeared, but I clicked something else too quickly and lost it. Now I can't stand how anything looks, and as  you say it's not clear, and it's too big.

    Anybody have any advice?
     
  • Friday, July 31, 2009 2:18 PMTHE C. Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Hello J Ferris,


    You should have started a new question/thread you would get a better response and seen by more helpers. Not a problem though, I would recommend a system restore.


    To restore the operating system to an earlier point in time, follow these steps:
    1. Click Start, type system restore in the Start Search box, and then click System Restore in the Programs list.
      If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type your password or click Continue.
    2. In the System Restore dialog box, click Choose a different restore point, and then click Next.
    3. In the list of restore points, click a restore point that was created before you began to experience the issue, and then click Next.
    4. Click Finish.

      The computer restarts, and the system files and settings are returned to the state that they were in at the time that the restore point was created.


    Hope this helps you. Let us know either way. Make it a great day!

    "In the End The Love You Take, Is Equal To The Love You Make" (The Beatles last song from thier last album, Abbey Road.)
     
  • Friday, July 31, 2009 2:22 PMJ Ferris Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    I've restored twice. What seems to have happened at least to me is that the second of four settings has been disabled by yesterday's update. I can get big and fuzzy, or thin and also hard to read (I haven't tried the fourth setting, with even greater "resolution"--ha!), but the second setting, which much be what I used to have, is not longer viable--whenever I try to select it (and click yes, no, apply, okay, and any combination of those I can think of), I get bounced back to the lowest resolution (big and fuzzy)--AND MY SCREEN GOES BLACK as if the monitor has so low a resolution, nothing shows up at all. Then I have to kill everything, get back on in a non-usual way, restore, and start over again.
     
  • Sunday, August 09, 2009 9:37 AMhavenotgoodeyes Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    my eyes arent that good but if the graphics work its ok, can use pc no prob, at the moment it seems to be doing circles and getting nowhere - lot of disk activity mind - have i done something wrong? i have taken a few heavy usage items off - World of Warcraft in particular, latest patch not great i suspect, start a new acc there once i know my pc is ok, thats where the graphics first went haywire tho it all worked ok before then. i only know a little about computers - mines for study reasons, contact tutor and that, so i cant understand really technical language - just need a little help pls and make the language v simple please, it may have been me. but i have no idea what i did if it was m- might have changed a setting by mistake, sorry long message but going quietly mad
     
  • Thursday, October 01, 2009 4:12 AMBeyond Confused 09 Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    So I think I have the same problem. I recently connected my computer to my TV. My power shut off and when I restored my computer the screen was huge and I can barely see anything. I used to have a tech savvy boyfriend who would just push a couple of buttons to restore the screen. I was going to follow these directions, but I got lost on the first step:

    Click Start , type system restore in the Start Search box, and then click System Restore in the Programs list.

    So I clicked Start and I don't see a Start Search box. The options under search are for files and folders or search people. Am I looking at the wrong place?

    Thank you in advance for your help. I greatly appreciate it.