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screen appears different after safe mode

11 years ago

I had been getting a blue screen saying windows unexpectedly shut down.I started up in safe mode & done a system restore.Now it is working but the appearance of most pages is off.It seems quite large & just looks different. I have a windows Vista desktop .I have Kaspersky.

The FaceBook looks strange.Everything seems large.Icons on desktop are large

Any help will be much appreciated!

rose

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mikie_gw
11 years ago
appearance of most pages is off. ... if you mean appearance on web pages,, you might want to look in your browser for its zoom feature and set it to 100% = normal .. or maybe simply hold down the Ctrl key while you gently and slowly rotate your mouse wheel - which zooms and unzooms webpages too.

But you also said desktop which sounds like the resolution maybe has changed.. right click blank spot on desktop.. choose properties and look around there.
daylilydayzed
11 years ago
Have you rebooted after using safe mode?
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715rose
Original Author
11 years ago
Yes,I've rebooted.I went to where I get SafeMode & entered "Start normal"
PC seems to be functioning OK.No more "shut downs",blue screens.
Desktop looks better.Now need to get icons a tad larger.But side bar is in correct proportions.It was way off.
This forum looks pretty normal.Gmail is wonky.Home page is strange.Facebook looks pixelated.
I will do what Mikey suggested after morning walk.When this thing isn't right it drives me nuts!
On desktop there is a white border at bottom that wasn't there before.
Thanks for help.Will be back later.
rose
grandms
11 years ago
Your description sounds as if you are still operating in Safe Mode. Did you shut down completely and reboot? That's what I think you need to do.
DA_Mccoy
11 years ago
If the above doesn't help:

Right click on the Desktop. Select Personalize on the appearing drop down menu. On the next appearing page select Display Settings. What is the resolution setting? On my Vista desktop it is 1280 x 960.

On your browser ctrl+ and ctrl- will toggle the size of your screen.

DA
715rose
Original Author
11 years ago
The resolution will not stay set.It keeps going back to the lowest setting.
Gmail is bad.No place to delete messages. An earlier poster put a picture on here of her gmail.This is what mine looks like.Just a row of empty boxes to the left.I can't check anything.
I want my redX back at top right!
Hardly looks like my computer. I'm old & hate change.
rose
DA_Mccoy
11 years ago
Rose,

I have to ask as we all have done it more than we would admit. When you reset the resolution do you click on Apply before OK?

DA
mikie_gw
11 years ago
If I see an apply button, I click it before OK to make sure whatever is saved.
715rose
Original Author
11 years ago
The page where I reset was so large I that the OK & apply wasn't showing at the bottom.So of course I didn't check.I managed to get it small enough to see those boxes & check.I had it set all the way to right & now everything is so tiny I can hardly see but I am on the right track & everyone here certainly helped.
Also thanks to poster Jane & answers I think I can fix Gmail
Rose
DA_Mccoy
11 years ago
Use the slide bar until it says 1280 x 960 above the bar. On my Vista that is one "notch" from the right. Then Apply and OK. That was the original Vista setting.

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715rose
Original Author
11 years ago
dammcoy,I have it set at 1280x960 & it stays there.Haha I got my red X bacK.igoogle is the page I open to as it was before this fiasco.Gmail is tolerable but it still wants to be off kilter in width as do some other things.It is like the pages are stretched in width.Facebook is like it was.This group saved me a lot of time & frustration & likely a service call.
My poor brain really got it's exercise the past couple days!
Thanks very much,everyone.
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