a couple of times i have loged on to find that my display properties have chaned to a lower setting .why does this happin abd what is the best remidies i have a firewall and spyware and a antivirus that has all been run and upto date ,thats the only change so far.so i dont suspect hacking or jackers or crakers.just the display properties change some times.how do i fix ?
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This may have to do with Windows adjusting the display settings to either better work with your monitor refresh settings or display adapter card.\nUpdate the driver on your display adapter card.  Check out what its settings are at:\nright click the desktop and go to properties>settings> advanced> adapter\nCheck the monitor settings as well.
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Check your power management and screen saver. Sounds like you may have either a screensaver that may be corrupt and not coming back correctly. You may have a power management problem comming back from low power mode. In any case Try disabling both of these one at a time and see if it goes away if it does whatever the last thing you disabled was is your problem.  \n\nMost likely not a virus but may be a result of some poorly written spyware or some other malicious software. Use adaware and Spybot search and destroy to get rid of those
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This sounds like a hardware acceleration problem. Go to your display settings.. click on advance.. troubleshoot.. and slide the acceleration to none.  If it doesn't work try updating your video drivers.
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It could actually be your computer screen. I know that my old laptop had a malfunctioning screen. Try contacting the manufacturer to see if infact it is a monitor problem and not a software problem.
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Your screen resolution may be too big.  Here's how to reduce it.\n\nRight-click anywhere on your desktop, then choose Properties.  Click the Settings tab.  Look at the setting for Screen Resolution.  It's probably at 640 X 480, or 800 X 600.  Move the slider to the right to choose a higher resolution (it makes everything smaller).  Click OK, and any confirmation screen OK.  If you like it, just click the confirmation OK in time and you're set.  If you don't, click Cancel and start over.
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Sounds like you may have possibly changed graphics mode.....boot up in safe mode and reconfigure your screen settings. Try a lower screen resolution. If you have an ATI card with video output you may have turned the monitor output off. If you cant change it in safe mode then go to device manager and uninstall the video driver. Reboot and it will detect your card.
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You said that the fonts don't appear as crystal clear as they did.  Now this may depend on the type of monitor you have but can make a difference either way.  If you have a LCD display it is very likely that you turned off clear type.  It can also make a difference on CRT monitors but not as noticeably so.  To turn it back on go to Control Panel > Display > Appearance and click on the Advanced tab then go to Effects and under "smooth edges of screen fonts" select "Clear Type".  For further fine tuning the way clear typing works you can download the Clear Type Power Toy for Windows XP below.\n\nIf that doesn't work, post back and let me know.\n\nNo need to be sorry.  You may have checked but could it be that your display resolution is set too low.  If it's a LCD panel, you need to run it at it it's native resolution which should be maximum for it.\n\nMaybe someone else can think of a few ideas that I may not be hitting on.
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If your browser IE has big letters then go to View on the top menu and then theres an option for Text size. You can change it to something smaller.\n\nOr if its your screen itself, then go to Control Panel and then click on Display...or you can just right click on your desktop and click on Properties. Change your resolution to 800X600 or higher to get the icons and everything else smaller.\n\nIts not your monitor, its just your display settings. I think someone went on your computer and just changed the settings by mistake or something.\n\nIf you need more help, just contact me.
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OK have you right clicked on the desktop and played with the Advanced settings in the display usually that should open up the ATI software and from there you can tell it under displays usually that you are going to be using your TV....not sure how far you have gotten, but i did have this problem with my ATI in the laptop. just dont do that extend windows monitor crap.    i think you need to elaborate just a little more
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Also try to right click on your screen, go down to properties, from there select settings and change the resolution at the bottom left.\n\nIf EVERYTHING is big on your screen and not just the font, this is the reason more than likely.
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Seems obvious but have you tried to change the resolution? Sounds like you are running very high res, like 1600x1024. Check your setting for this if you haven't already. Right-click desktop and choose Properties from the menu, then go to the Settings tab, from there you can change the resolution. I would try 1152x864 see it your monitor will display this cleanly.\n\nAlso you can change the DPI setting to 120% of normal to increase font size. \n\nWhen you right-click the desktop and go to properties, under the setting tab you can choose the Advanced button and then go to General tab there you will see the DPI setting. Try changing it to 120% see if that is easier to see the fonts. If not you can go back into that setting and choose Custom and set it higher.
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well you may have deleted the graphics<video> card installation by mistake...try installing the card's software again from its CD...\nyou may have to change your display properties...\nOpen Display Properties in Control Panel. \nClick the Settings tab. \nIf you are using multiple display support, click the icon for the monitor whose settings you want to change. \nIf you are not in safe mode, try each of the following steps. (In safe mode, these settings are already set to minimum values.) \nIn Color quality, click a lower setting. \nReduce the size of your desktop by moving the Screen Resolution slider to the left. \nClick Advanced, and check the Adapter and Monitor tabs for a Refresh Frequency setting. If this setting is available, choose a lower refresh rate or use the default setting for the adapter. \nAfter you make your changes, or to accept the safe mode settings, click OK. Restart your computer if you are prompted to do so. Do not select Safe Mode. \n Note\n\nTo open Display Properties, click Start, click Control Panel, click Appearance and Themes, and then click Display.\nif it won't work ...you should send it to a computer maintenance store....good luck
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If you right click the desktop and go to Properties, then Settings, then either the Advanced or Effects buttons, there may be something there you can tweak.\n\nI doubt this will help you, but it may be worth experimenting with.\n\nI looked around too, and I thought I had run across a setting like that, but it's one of those little-used, obscure kinds of things you see, but then forget about.
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1) Click over your Desktop with the Right mouse button.\n2) Click on Properties\n3) Click on Configuration\n4) Click on Advanced Properties.\n\nThere must be an option for changing it back, some "funny" person must have done this to you.
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Make sure the power cable and video cable are securely connected.  If that doesn't solve the problem, hook your monitor up to a friend's computer.  Same problem?  Then you have a bad display.  Works ok on a different computer?  Probably a bad video card in your computer.\n\nI'd also suggest using different power and video cables if you have access to others.  You might find that you just have a bad cable.\n\nGood luck
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Hi,\n\nYeah I've seen this problem, it bothers a lot of people :)\n\nHere is how to fix it:\n\nOpen System Properties in your Control Panel, then choose the Advanced tab, and click Settings in the Performance section. Turn on the Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop option, and click Ok.\n\nEdit: It appears that in some cases you have to do some extra steps. Read this article for the details:\n\nhttp://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1828916,00.asp\n\nHope this helps!
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It must be a Display Driver problem. Uninstall the Display drivers and then restart the PC with 16bit colour setting. The reinstall the display drivers ans set it to 24 bit true colour.\n\nSometimes it happens due to high resolution. try setting ur resolution to lower than the one now.