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Evil computer monitor
OK, so I accidentally left my computer running for about a day.
So when I shut the computer down, let it rest for a few hours, and turn it back on, my monitor settings are completely screwed.
It looks spherical--the text, that is. The icons are distorted, text is distorted, and my wallpaper is distorted. Everything is smaller, and my desktop takes up about half of the space on my monitor.
I've tried resetting it, letting the computer rest some more, unplugging and replugging the computer, etc., but nothing is working.
The operating system I'm using is Windows 98. Yes, I'm aware it's ancient, just please someone help me out!
- irate Windows user.
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Sounds to me like your monitor is all messed up. Try pluging your comp into another monitor, a friends perhaps or another one in the house and see if its still messed up. If your monitor has buttons or a wheel/knob on it, press 'em and see what they do, perhaps the settings got reset. From what you describe the settings on all the monitors that I have seen can 100% match your problem, and can be fixed in a few minutes.
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Just in case it's not the screen resolution, another thing you can do is to revert back to to your old computers settings by restoring the registry.
Go to start > then run > then type command and press enter. You will now be at the windows dos prompt. At the ms dos prompt type cdwindowscommand press enter and then after that scanreg /restore. And then reboot your computer.
That will reset your PC's setting to how it was beforehand everything got messed up. It sounds complicated, but it's really not. But from the sounds of it, it's probably your screen resolution that needs adjusting (Not sure why this happened though) so try that before you restore the registry.
Let me know if neither of these work, and I'll help you some more.
Good luck!
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I think I know how to fix this problem.
Go to "CONTROL PANEL" Then click, "DISPLAY". Ok, after you do this go to, "SETTINGS". Then click, "Screen Resolution" and set it to about,
"1024 by 768 pixels".
I used to have a 98 in but it crashed in September. So, if this doesn't work. Go to your desktop and 'right' click, then go to "Properties" Then go to "Settings", "Screen Resolution" and set it to "1024 by 768 pixels" and if you don't like it that small make it "800 by 600 pixels" and do as above!
-GD
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