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  1. darkalley

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    #1 darkalley, Feb 16, 2008
    OK, so when I power on my father-in laws computer everything works fine. Then if you close the monitor and it goes to sleep..... when it powers back up everything is enlarged. Webpages, icons, etc. Even the icons in the system tray look distorted. I checked the display settings and all that does is shrink and stretch things. Any ideas?
     
  2. AntonyR

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    #2 AntonyR, Feb 16, 2008
    Is it in safe mode?

    I cant believe Vista is having problems.


    Antony
     
  3. Remy Zero

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    #3 Remy Zero, Feb 16, 2008
    or could be your screen resolution. or even the graphic card?
     
  4. tjacoby

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    #4 tjacoby, Feb 16, 2008
    sounds like the video driver is confused - and may of been flipped back to a default Microsoft Driver.

    1) reboot would probably clear it up
    2) if it happens again, update drivers for the Monitor and video card
     
  5. WJHMH

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    #5 WJHMH, Feb 16, 2008
    :D

    Thanks for the laugh.
     
  6. AntonyR

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    #6 AntonyR, Feb 16, 2008
    i switched from windows and have not looked back. I always had to reboot my windows and it was annoying. now I have heard that windows on Mac works great and you dont have as many issues. Thats the great thing is I can run both...

    Antony
     
  7. ferraridude615

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    #7 ferraridude615, Feb 16, 2008
    You also might want to take a look at the power settings when you close the monitor. Never hurts to scan for spyware either.
     
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    #8 4REphotographer, Feb 16, 2008
    It is great, I have XP on my iMac for those times I need windows, never had a single problem with it, unlike the 2 HPs I have had.
     
  9. AntonyR

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    #9 AntonyR, Feb 16, 2008
    something I posted in the subscribe section....

    Antony
     
  10. ferraridude615

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    #10 ferraridude615, Feb 16, 2008
    I agree AVG Free is one of the best Anti Virus programs that I've ever had. Norton IMO is one of the worst, I've seen it slow down PCs to the point where they couldn't function.
     
  11. Remy Zero

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    #11 Remy Zero, Feb 17, 2008
    my windows XP always give me problems. i just had it re-formatted 2 days ago. had it re-formatted last yr in November. i really can't take it anymore, i'll be taking a loan, and buying a Mac desktop end of the month.
     
  12. Whisky

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    #12 Whisky, Feb 17, 2008
    It must be the porn sites you guys are going to, because I have Windows 2000 and XP on ALL of my machines, and I simply have never had the problems everyone else seems to have. And I build all my own machines, so I have installed all sorts of hardware, software and drivers. No problems.
     
  13. Remy Zero

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    #13 Remy Zero, Feb 17, 2008
    i doubt. this pc has been giviving me all sorts of problems since 2004. it's a Dell, the hardwares don't seem to last long. over the years, i changed the motherboard, ram, upgraded to 2 hard disks, etc.

    i think it's because of my d/loads.
     
  14. Remy Zero

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    #14 Remy Zero, Feb 17, 2008
    thats because Norton and McAfee have plenty or too many thing in their anti virus, and some things that we don't even use.
     

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