Laura1, I have very bad eye sight even with glasses and contacts, so I know how to make fonts larger! First off, if your screen isn't filling the entire screen, look at the upper right corner where you see a minus, double squares, and an X. Click the double squares and it will restore the screen to full size. Then look on the tool bar for "page" and then select "font" and then click "largest". My DH also put a "zoom" on our bottom tool bar so I can just click on it to make the words even bigger. These things all make reading Garden Web so much easier! Linda Leaf

No mike, I just pressed on it and the system failed. I have tried all in the manual owbist sent me a link for. All without success. I'm taking it back to where I bought it so they can sort it out. The screen was getting darker and darker and both brightness and contrast were on the max 100 so maybe I have a dud for it not quite 6 months old. Thank to you and owbist for your assistance. Cheers to you both.

Thanks for your suggestion, Joe, but when I go to step 3 to right-click on Windows Internet Explorer, it's not there on the list. I've searched the web about this and others have had the same problem. I have searched my computer and can't find it anywhere. It's like they (Microsoft) have found a secret hidey-hole to store it in. Even my son looked around and couldn't find it. (He's a lot more computer savvy than I am.) Believe me I have spent mega time on this. I went to the Microsoft website and tried the fix-it link and nothing happened, either.

I finally got a chance to hook up to a different monitor as suggested and the lines do NOT show on the other monitor. I was also asked if I often open and close the laptop and the answer is no, since it is a desktop replacement it sits in the same position nearly all the time. Also - without closing the lid - I left the laptop to defrag overnight and this a.m. when I came to the computer - now I have 3 lines....one red, one blue and one yellow - all vertical from top to bottom of the monitor. Any other suggestions? - Elaine