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Old 11-01-2009, 01:23 AM
Robert
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Default Why is everything bigger on the monitor now?

Hello, everybody

My monitor is now showing everything way too big. This happened right
after I pressed some wrong buttons on the monitor to turn it on while I was
re-connecting it to the computer.

The type, the graphics, everything is much larger. And much less of it
shows without scrolling the picture.

How can I fix this? What settings are involved? Is it in the monitor or
the computer? I have looked at the monitor's owner's manual and can't
figure it out.

I am using Windows XP Professional. The monitor is a Hanns G 19 inch wide
screen model.

Robert
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Old 11-01-2009, 01:07 AM
Bruce Hagen
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"Robert" <projecttodayREEMOVVE@yahoo.comerizon.net> wrote in message
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> Hello, everybody
>
> My monitor is now showing everything way too big. This happened right
> after I pressed some wrong buttons on the monitor to turn it on while I
> was
> re-connecting it to the computer.
>
> The type, the graphics, everything is much larger. And much less of it
> shows without scrolling the picture.
>
> How can I fix this? What settings are involved? Is it in the monitor or
> the computer? I have looked at the monitor's owner's manual and can't
> figure it out.
>
> I am using Windows XP Professional. The monitor is a Hanns G 19 inch wide
> screen model.
>
> Robert



Sounds like you changed the resolution. Check the manual for that setting.
If you can't change it via the monitor buttons: Control Panel | Display |
Settings Tab. Play with it there.
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Imperial Beach, CA

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Old 11-01-2009, 01:34 AM
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"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@mymail.invalid> wrote in
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>
> "Robert" <projecttodayREEMOVVE@yahoo.comerizon.net> wrote in message
> news:Xns9CB5CF6BF6596cpq1bcle@209.197.15.222...

Thanks. I was able to get it back (I think) with the computer. But
that's strange since I didn't change anything on the computer.

>> Hello, everybody
>>
>> My monitor is now showing everything way too big. This happened
>> right after I pressed some wrong buttons on the monitor to turn it on
>> while I was
>> re-connecting it to the computer.
>>
>> The type, the graphics, everything is much larger. And much less of
>> it shows without scrolling the picture.
>>
>> How can I fix this? What settings are involved? Is it in the
>> monitor or the computer? I have looked at the monitor's owner's
>> manual and can't figure it out.
>>
>> I am using Windows XP Professional. The monitor is a Hanns G 19 inch
>> wide screen model.
>>
>> Robert

>
>
> Sounds like you changed the resolution. Check the manual for that
> setting. If you can't change it via the monitor buttons: Control Panel
> | Display | Settings Tab. Play with it there.


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Old 11-01-2009, 01:41 AM
Bruce Hagen
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Default Re: Why is everything bigger on the monitor now?

You're welcome. /Some/ monitors allow resolution changes with their buttons,
or from the computer. Some, like mine, can only be changed via the computer.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Robert" <projecttodayREEMOVVE@yahoo.comerizon.net> wrote in message
news:Xns9CB5DB825A340cpq1bcle@209.197.15.222...
> "Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@mymail.invalid> wrote in
> news:e1zwt#oWKHA.3720@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:
>
>>
>> "Robert" <projecttodayREEMOVVE@yahoo.comerizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:Xns9CB5CF6BF6596cpq1bcle@209.197.15.222...

> Thanks. I was able to get it back (I think) with the computer. But
> that's strange since I didn't change anything on the computer.
>
>>> Hello, everybody
>>>
>>> My monitor is now showing everything way too big. This happened
>>> right after I pressed some wrong buttons on the monitor to turn it on
>>> while I was
>>> re-connecting it to the computer.
>>>
>>> The type, the graphics, everything is much larger. And much less of
>>> it shows without scrolling the picture.
>>>
>>> How can I fix this? What settings are involved? Is it in the
>>> monitor or the computer? I have looked at the monitor's owner's
>>> manual and can't figure it out.
>>>
>>> I am using Windows XP Professional. The monitor is a Hanns G 19 inch
>>> wide screen model.
>>>
>>> Robert

>>
>>
>> Sounds like you changed the resolution. Check the manual for that
>> setting. If you can't change it via the monitor buttons: Control Panel
>> | Display | Settings Tab. Play with it there.

>


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