Need Help....Computer inept...

Tommygurl · 04-11-2006

I need help..........
A few hours ago I found my 2 yr old banging away on my computer keys...Somehow he has managed to switch around the layout & color of my desktop. I have no idea how to fix it....
My icons on my desk top are really big..Anyone know how to get them back to normal size? Also the pages I visit on the Internet have larger font & the screen is so big I have to scroll across to read the whole page.
Anyone have any idea what I can do to fix it? I've been trying but I think I am digging myself into a deeper hole.
Soon I will be throwing this piece of S*** onto the street...
Thanks,
Melissa

**sctx** · 04-11-2006

wow, you're screwed......better just buy another one

Rissask · 04-11-2006

Don't ask me!

Apparently I am really computer inept.

Did you try rebooting? That might get rid of the larger font in cyberspace issue, I get that here at work a lot...and go to your Start menu, go to 'settings' and then to 'control panel' and then to Display to change your background colours and fonts and icon sizes.

Tommygurl · 04-11-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by sctx

wow, you're screwed......better just buy another one

You are such a sweetheart. Thanks so much for your help......

Tommygurl · 04-11-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rissask

Don't ask me!

Apparently I am really computer inept.

Did you try rebooting? That might get rid of the larger font in cyberspace issue, I get that here at work a lot...and go to your Start menu, go to 'settings' and then to 'control panel' and then to Display to change your background colours and fonts and icon sizes.

I have been trying for hours......I need a drink....

Jacko · 04-11-2006

Try doing a right click on your screen...go to properties-settings-advanced and try a smaller dpi setting.....that "might" be it

StewartG · 04-11-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tommygurl

I need help..........
A few hours ago I found my 2 yr old banging away on my computer keys...Somehow he has managed to switch around the layout & color of my desktop. I have no idea how to fix it....
My icons on my desk top are really big..Anyone know how to get them back to normal size? Also the pages I visit on the Internet have larger font & the screen is so big I have to scroll across to read the whole page.
Anyone have any idea what I can do to fix it? I've been trying but I think I am digging myself into a deeper hole.
Soon I will be throwing this piece of S*** onto the street...
Thanks,
Melissa

I feel your pain!

When my son was five, I came out of our bedroom and found that he had pulled off EVERY SINGLE KEY from the keyboard of my Toshiba laptop we keep in the living room. It took me 45 minutes to find all the keys and 2 hours to put them back in. I didn't even find them all. (It was a B*TCH coming up with words that didn't have the letters "p" or "c" in them until the replacement keyboard came in!!!)

Short answer - if I were there, I could probably have your computer fixed for you in a heartbeat. If you want to set up a "gotomypc.com" trial account, I would be happy to log in to your computer and fix it for you! (But it would have to be tonight or tomorrow as I am leaving Thursday for Playa.)

lexiconmike · 04-11-2006

Right click on your desktop goto properties, settings and change your resolution to 1024 by 768. or higher than it is.

lex

Tommygurl · 04-11-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by StewartG

I feel your pain!

When my son was five, I came out of our bedroom and found that he had pulled off EVERY SINGLE KEY from the keyboard of my Toshiba laptop we keep in the living room. It took me 45 minutes to find all the keys and 2 hours to put them back in. I didn't even find them all. (It was a B*TCH coming up with words that didn't have the letters "p" or "c" in them until the replacement keyboard came in!!!)

Short answer - if I were there, I could probably have your computer fixed for you in a heartbeat. If you want to set up a "gotomypc.com" trial account, I would be happy to log in to your computer and fix it for you! (But it would have to be tonight or tomorrow as I am leaving Thursday for Playa.)

Thanks Stewart,
Amazing what the little buggers can do isn't it.......My friends husband is going to come over after work & fix it..Thanks for your offer though......

Thanks to everyone for their suggestions.....
Melissa

Seakony · 04-11-2006

You can also click on My computer...control panel, desktop themes and display to fix things.

JerseygirlTR · 04-11-2006

I found out from being engaged to AND working with an IT guy that the "expert advice" is ...

"reboot". In other words - turn it off - wait a couple mins, turn it back on - and hope it fixes itself.

I usually call him and say "DOn;t tell me to freaking reboot - come up here and DO something"

but hey - it's worth a try to reboot...

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Tommygurl crab killer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: I am Canadian!! Posts: 14,197	Need Help....Computer inept... I need help.......... A few hours ago I found my 2 yr old banging away on my computer keys...Somehow he has managed to switch around the layout & color of my desktop. I have no idea how to fix it.... My icons on my desk top are really big..Anyone know how to get them back to normal size? Also the pages I visit on the Internet have larger font & the screen is so big I have to scroll across to read the whole page. Anyone have any idea what I can do to fix it? I've been trying but I think I am digging myself into a deeper hole. Soon I will be throwing this piece of S*** onto the street... Thanks, Melissa

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04-11-2006	#2 (permalink)
sctx political anarchist Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Body in San Marcos Tx....Tankah in my mind Posts: 27,194	wow, you're screwed......better just buy another one

04-11-2006	#3 (permalink)
Rissask Brit basher Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 18,429	Don't ask me! Apparently I am really computer inept. Did you try rebooting? That might get rid of the larger font in cyberspace issue, I get that here at work a lot...and go to your Start menu, go to 'settings' and then to 'control panel' and then to Display to change your background colours and fonts and icon sizes.

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Jacko añejo Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 18,001	Try doing a right click on your screen...go to properties-settings-advanced and try a smaller dpi setting.....that "might" be it

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lexiconmike way into it Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Vancouver Canada Posts: 174	Right click on your desktop goto properties, settings and change your resolution to 1024 by 768. or higher than it is. lex

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Seakony añejo Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: no longer in Mesquite with nothing to do Posts: 10,147	You can also click on My computer...control panel, desktop themes and display to fix things.

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JerseygirlTR beachaholic Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 397	I found out from being engaged to AND working with an IT guy that the "expert advice" is ... "reboot". In other words - turn it off - wait a couple mins, turn it back on - and hope it fixes itself. I usually call him and say "DOn;t tell me to freaking reboot - come up here and DO something" but hey - it's worth a try to reboot...

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