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re: Display Properties page problem
Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 9:11 am
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Posted by JWR4 (2 messages posted)


Will doing a system restore delete anything or just put things back to the way they were? I can't change the settings, etc., because I can't see the "Apply" button to click it after choosing the changes I want. Thanks.




On Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 6:54 am, Keith Stanier wrote:
>Well you can actually alter the size of your desktop icons. Right-click on your desktop
>and select Properties. On the Appearance tab there is a combobox (Item) showing the
>the different controls find Icon and make the size smaller. There is also
>horizontal and vertical spacing.
>
>The fact that you can't see the OK, Cancel and Apply buttons means you screen size
>is far to small. See it you can change the Screen area on the Settings tab to a larger
>screen size. If that isn't adjustable then you need to update your graphics card
>drivers.
>
>If all else fails then you need to do a system restore. Start your computer up and
>keep the Ctrl key pressed until you see the DOS menu and select Command Prompt
>Only
then type in Scanreg /restore and select a date before this problem
>occured and do a restart.


Written in response to:
re: Display Properties page problem (Keith Stanier: Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 6:54 am)

Responses to this message:
*re: Display Properties page problem (bob wells: Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 9:50 am)
*re: Display Properties page problem (Keith Stanier: Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 1:18 pm)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-Display Properties page problem (JWR4: Wed, Aug 13, 2008, 10:52 pm)
-re: Display Properties page problem (Keith Stanier: Thu, Aug 14, 2008, 6:54 am)
-re: Display Properties page problem (JWR4: Thu, Aug 14, 2008, 9:11 am)
*re: Display Properties page problem (bob wells: Thu, Aug 14, 2008, 9:50 am)
*re: Display Properties page problem (Keith Stanier: Thu, Aug 14, 2008, 1:18 pm)
*re: Display Properties page problem (James: Thu, Aug 14, 2008, 10:38 am)
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