computer question

[wildhorses]

My mother stayed at my place while I was on vacation and used my computer. Now my picture is smaller. How do I put it back to size where it takes up the whole screen?

[billyskank]

1. Start -> Settings -> Control panel -> Display

Settings Tab. Screen resolution.

If not that, then adjust your monitor. ;)

[wildhorses]

3. that just makes everything within the screen larger

there is still blank screen all around the monitor...

[billyskank]

4. Then adjust the monitor settings

:)

[wildhorses]

6. how do I do that?

pretend like I am a six year old idiot...

[billyskank]

7. Well if your monitor is REALLY old you'll have some knobs on it

otherwise you'll have a few buttons on the front. I can't tell you how to operate them because each monitor is slightly different, but you want to find the horiz. and vert. size controls and increase both of them. You may need to fiddle with the horiz. and vert. positions as well.

[wildhorses]

8. I have a Dell monitor and it has some push buttons

one says menu and when I push it a picture comes up that says contrast and I can see pictures showing the adjusting of the screen but, how do I make it do that? My cursor will not point to the picture...

[billyskank]

9. No, the cursor will never point to it

One of the buttons on your monitor will point left, or up or down, and another will point in the opposite directions - you use these to make your selection. There will be another button to choose the option you have selected. Use these buttons to manipulate your monitor settings.

[wildhorses]

12. I have 4 buttons

the in the middle have an arrow on them one points to the left, the other points to the right under neath the left arrow button is a sunshine, underneath the right arrow button is a circle. The 2 outside buttons do not have anything on them. Underneath the far left button is the word exit. Underneath the far right button is the word menu....when I click on the menu button is when that little pic comes up that says contrast and I can adjust the contrast by hitting the left and right arrow buttons...I want to leave contrast at 100, right? Do I want the contrast color bar to be red or blue? please, no political puns:P

[liberalpress]

11. If there is more than one button...

it will wiork. There may a plus and a minus buton (to increase or decrease or move right or left)

The button you presded that brought up the menu may select the choices if presed again. It's not about the cursor. Its about the buttons

[wildhorses]

14. I pressed it again, all it does is change the color of the contrast

bar from red to blue...

[GirlinContempt]

16. Dell has a whole website full of monitor support

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/product_support/en/monitors

[wildhorses]

17. thanks

will go there now...thought this would be simple

[LaurenG]

2. right click on the screen (somewhere blank) click properties

choose settings and choose the pixel sixe 800 x 600 or what ever you want it to be.

[wildhorses]

5. same thing happens as I told billyskank...

[Greyhound]

10. Don't have a Dell (dude) so I can't give you the specifics, but when you

push the button for the menu (on the monitor, not in winblows) there should be an option for vertical size and position, ditto for horizontal. It's in the same place you found the picture brightness/contrast settings and works the same way.

[wildhorses]

13. I see the options they are all around the contrast color bar but,

how do I manipulate them?

[Greyhound]

15. How many buttons on the monitor? In most cases pushing the other buttons

once the menu is up will move the focus/function, there is usually some accompanying text too.

[wildhorses]

18. no accompanying text

I am going to the Dell monitor support website
Thanks for you help