Re: Control Panel Display Defaults

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From: Sharon F (sharonfDEL_at_ETEmvps.org)
Date: 08/27/04


Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 23:49:32 -0500

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 19:01:26 -0700, Ken wrote:

> Windows XP Prof ... System lost power ... Consequently, I
> believe system performed an illegal shut-down ... From
> here my college kids attempted to power up ... When
> desktop did not look correct they altered "Control Panel
> Display Settings" in effort to restore PC to original
> state. We are not there ... I attempted 3-4 System
> Restore Points, but continued to receive message that
> system could not be restored to the Restore Point I was
> selecting.
>
> Bottom line ... Menus & text within are much smaller then
> before this event happened ... That said ... how do I
> restore my "Display settings (Control Panel Display) back
> to their default settings???
>
> Thanks ... Kha

If all elements of the display are smaller, change to a smaller desktop.
For example: Display properties > Settings: If using 1280x1024 move the
slider down to 1024x768.

-- 
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User


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