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mml4

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Width of computer image keeps changing
Original Message Feb 23, 2005 7:51 pm

Why does my screen keep changing widths so I can't read all the text? Anybody else have this problem?

Marc

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robmints

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Re: Width of computer image keeps changing
Reply #3 Feb 23, 2005 8:03 pm

Windows?
just a question.

Is it with one particular thread that has a large picture?

if not, go to the desktop, right click, properties, settings, What is your screen area?

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MissSnowshoveler

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Re: Width of computer image keeps changing
Reply #4 Feb 23, 2005 8:12 pm

I've found it with any post that has a particularly large picture in it most of the time. Other times it's just scroll back and forth until the posts are read - or just give up.

Sherri

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mml4

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Re: Width of computer image keeps changing
Reply #5 Feb 23, 2005 8:40 pm

It was the post with the Briggs pictures.It happens from time to time and now that I know what to look for I will.

Thanks,

Marc

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Termy

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Re: Width of computer image keeps changing
Reply #6 Feb 24, 2005 3:24 am

None of you is touching base with the main thing here. What is your desktop resolution set? Right click on your desktop, then click on properties. Click on the Settings tab and look for Screen Area. What does it say there? Possible resolutions are bellow.

800*600
1024*768
1088*612
1152*864

Your desktop resolution needs to be set at least to 1024*768 to view any website properly! 800*600 is a thing of the past just like 640*480 is.

MissSnowshoveler

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Re: Width of computer image keeps changing
Reply #7 Feb 24, 2005 5:35 am

Terminator20 wrote:

Your desktop resolution needs to be set at least to 1024*768 to view any website properly! 800*600 is a thing of the past just like 640*480 is.

My whole computer is a thing of the past! I've tried different settings and whatever one I've got it on seems to freeze it the least.

Sherri

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Marshall

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Re: Width of computer image keeps changing
Reply #8 Feb 24, 2005 9:20 am

Terminator20 wrote:

That's horse poop, repectively.

I have mine set on 800X600 and it's perfect. 1024X768 makes everything way too small.

lland

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Re: Width of computer image keeps changing
Reply #9 Feb 24, 2005 9:24 am

That explains why everything is so small.

I'm running 1600x1200!

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terrapin24h

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Re: Width of computer image keeps changing
Reply #10 Feb 24, 2005 3:21 pm

Marshall wrote:

That's horse poop, repectively.

I have mine set on 800X600 and it's perfect. 1024X768 makes everything way too small.

i typically run my 17" at home at 1152x864x85Hz, but when i want to take my glasses off, i drop down to 800x600x100Hz. It's also nice too because you can set the refresh waaaay up there so games are snappier too, and your eyes get the illusion that the image is sharper. My screen at work is a 21"(19 viewable) that I run at 1280x1024x75Hz. It's certainly technically feaseable to run 800x600, but some websites(not abbys) can be a bit cramped.

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whyme

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Re: Width of computer image keeps changing
Reply #11 Feb 24, 2005 3:42 pm

Marc,

If you have not changed the computer resolution & you're not talking about how the topics sometimes changes widths, then I assume your PC's monitor is changing widths continually. This happens to mine without intervention. My only explanation is that my monitor is near the end of it's life as in "about to crap-out".

Maybe everyone overlook this possibility, but it does happen.

GeorgeC

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Marshall

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Re: Width of computer image keeps changing
Reply #12 Feb 24, 2005 4:36 pm

Marc, on that same Briggs thread I shrunk the image down, any better now?

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