search bar gone big in explorer & firefox


  1. TheBudda
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    search bar gone big in explorer & firefox


    Hi all, I need some help here I was using firefox everything was fine! i clicked on the personas button to see what personas was all about! I then closed all browsers made a coffee came back opened explorer 8 to find that my search bar on my home page (Google) as gone as nasty big size! I opend firefox and that was the same. I have reset my theme back to areo basic & still its all big and nasty!
    I want my old home page back in both browsers can some one help pls

    Compaq CQ61-402SA running windows 7 home prem
    the laptop is only 10 days old no problems with the laptop all working fine!
    This as only happened since I messed around with personas button & themes

    can some one pls help its driving me mad!
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  3. zigzag3143
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    Win 8 Release candidate 8400
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    TheBudda said:
    Hi all, I need some help here I was using firefox everything was fine! i clicked on the personas button to see what personas was all about! I then closed all browsers made a coffee came back opened explorer 8 to find that my search bar on my home page (Google) as gone as nasty big size! I opend firefox and that was the same. I have reset my theme back to areo basic & still its all big and nasty!
    I want my old home page back in both browsers can some one help pls

    Compaq CQ61-402SA running windows 7 home prem
    the laptop is only 10 days old no problems with the laptop all working fine!
    This as only happened since I messed around with personas button & themes

    can some one pls help its driving me mad!
    You have a backup to restore from?
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  4. WalkerA WinTeam
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    Try messing with Ctrl+scroll wheel (or Ctrl+[+] / Ctrl+[-], if you don't have a scroll wheel mouse). That will zoom in & out everything on the page.

    Cheers,

    Walker
    Windows Outreach Team
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