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When I first switched from a Windows Me computer to a Windows XP one, I
kept the same monitor. I got to a point where I noticed that all the
windows were too big for the monitor screen. I noticed that my hand and
eye were being burdened because half of the close button and scrollbars
would be invisible on the right edge of the window, and the first one
or two words of text would be invisible on the left edge of the window.
I do'nt remember if the problem was triggered by monkeying around in
display-properties-appearance.
This problem was solved for me through the monitor controls, buttons on
the computer monitor. Apparently there are no controls inside the XP to
solve this problem.
The buttons on my MultiSync 75 computer monitor solved the problem by
themselves. These are select, negative reset, and positive reset. You
do not need to combine these with keyboard input to solve the windows
larger than screen problem.
The + and - buttons move you from control to control when the box used
to alter a control's settings is closed; they alter the controls's
setting when a box used to alter a control is open. the select button
opens the monitor controls window, and opens and closes the settings
boxes for individual controls.
My false memory was that these controls combine with keyboard input
such as tab space and up and down strokes.
Device Manager and Hardware Manager in XP revealed that the monitor's
driver was unnecessary and unloaded. I loaded this driver off the net
to no avail--the windows were still too big for the monitor screen.
I looked up the monitor and the screen size in HP help and on the net
but came up with zilch. HP Help featured a monitor test, this showed
nothing wrong.
This all may sound somewhat foolish but people, I for one, tend to
misplace user manuals for machines such as monitors bought long ago. I
could not find any Multisync 75 computer monitor manuals on the net. I
had not had to adjust the monitor for ages.
Sometimes there is a tendency to assume that all can be controlled with
the computer, that the computer keyboard is always important, that the
difficult solution will be the right one, and that something is wrong
in a complex way.
--
David Virgil Hobbs
http://www.angelfire.com/ma/vincemoon
When I first switched from a Windows Me computer to a Windows XP one, I
kept the same monitor. I got to a point where I noticed that all the
windows were too big for the monitor screen. I noticed that my hand and
eye were being burdened because half of the close button and scrollbars
would be invisible on the right edge of the window, and the first one
or two words of text would be invisible on the left edge of the window.
I do'nt remember if the problem was triggered by monkeying around in
display-properties-appearance.
This problem was solved for me through the monitor controls, buttons on
the computer monitor. Apparently there are no controls inside the XP to
solve this problem.
The buttons on my MultiSync 75 computer monitor solved the problem by
themselves. These are select, negative reset, and positive reset. You
do not need to combine these with keyboard input to solve the windows
larger than screen problem.
The + and - buttons move you from control to control when the box used
to alter a control's settings is closed; they alter the controls's
setting when a box used to alter a control is open. the select button
opens the monitor controls window, and opens and closes the settings
boxes for individual controls.
My false memory was that these controls combine with keyboard input
such as tab space and up and down strokes.
Device Manager and Hardware Manager in XP revealed that the monitor's
driver was unnecessary and unloaded. I loaded this driver off the net
to no avail--the windows were still too big for the monitor screen.
I looked up the monitor and the screen size in HP help and on the net
but came up with zilch. HP Help featured a monitor test, this showed
nothing wrong.
This all may sound somewhat foolish but people, I for one, tend to
misplace user manuals for machines such as monitors bought long ago. I
could not find any Multisync 75 computer monitor manuals on the net. I
had not had to adjust the monitor for ages.
Sometimes there is a tendency to assume that all can be controlled with
the computer, that the computer keyboard is always important, that the
difficult solution will be the right one, and that something is wrong
in a complex way.
--
David Virgil Hobbs
http://www.angelfire.com/ma/vincemoon
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