HUGE Screen on Laptop

Check the DPI settings, go to display properties >
settings tab > advanced button.
See if the DPI is set to normal or large scale.



>-----Original Message-----
>Have had XP for awhile and have always had it on this
>laptop. This afternoon when I booted up, the apps were
>larger (taking up more screen space)by a factor of at
>least 3 or 4..akin to the way a display behaves at low
>resolution. I reset the resolution and the apps have
>shrunk (I think). But the desktop is like 4 to 8 times
>its normal size. I can have 3 apps open and all I can
>see unless I scroll around and hunt for them is the
>desktop wallpaper.
>
>Not all apps are normal sized either. IE runs about 4
>pages long. Fonts are set to normal.
>
>Any idea about cause/remedy?
>
>Thanks....
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