| Windows 7: Extra large icons & gadgets on start up. |
02 Mar 2012
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#1 | | Ms Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. SP1. Sydney, Blue Mountains. |
Extra large icons & gadgets on start up. Hi there, my problem is when I start up in the morning my icons and gadgets are extra large and I mean large, I solve this by right clicking on desktop, click screen resolution (which is also extra large) then click detect. This opens a normal size window and I am good to go. The display is set at (default) 100% and never changes so that isn't the problem. Also this only happens on a cold start up and not if I reboot
or restart while while I have been using the computer. I hope someone out there can help me with this small problem because it is very annoying, many thanks, Shibumi1. | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Built. OS Ms Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. SP1. CPU Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz Motherboard MSI Eclipse SLI (MS-7520) (CPU1) Memory 12.00 GB Triple-Channel DDR3 @ 1300MHz (9-9-9-24) Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series Sound Card Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Monitor(s) Displays Generic 66cms Widescreen Led Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 @ 59Hz Keyboard HID Compliant, Logitech Mouse HID Compliant, Logitech PSU Zalman 770 watt Modular Case Silverstone TJ 07 Black Cooling Noctua NH-U12PSE Hard Drives 625GB Western Digital WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 (RAID)
625GB Western Digital WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 (SATA)
625GB Western Digital WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 (SATA)
625GB Western Digital WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 (SATA) Internet Speed Adsl 2. 3032/802 kbps. at last speed test. Other Info Optical Drives.
LG. HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NS30.
Sony. Optiarc DVD RW AD-7240S. |
02 Mar 2012
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#2 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 New Jersey |
What is the native resolution of your monitor and are you using it ?
Just read your specs, nice rig. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built by Me ! OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 CPU Intel Core i5 3570k @ 4.0 GHz Motherboard MSI Z77A-G45 Memory 16GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600 MHz 10-10-10-27 Graphics Card MSI GTX660 Twin Frozr3 OC Sound Card Realtek HD Monitor(s) Displays Dell 19" HP 23" Sony Bravia 40" Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Keyboard Fellowes KWD 855 Mouse Microsoft Wireless PSU Corsair HX750 80+Gold Case Corsair Vengeance Series C70 Gun Metal Black Cooling Cooler Master Hyper N520, Arctic Alumina Thermal Compound Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 4 119GB SSD
WD Black 500, Blue 500, Caviar SE 320 x2 Internet Speed Download 25.81 Mbps Upload 5.07 Mbps Antivirus MSE MBAM Browser Chromium Other Info Boston BA745 2.1 Speaker System, Lightscribe Dual Layer DVD Burner |
02 Mar 2012
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#3 | | Ms Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. SP1. Sydney, Blue Mountains. |
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Built. OS Ms Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. SP1. CPU Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz Motherboard MSI Eclipse SLI (MS-7520) (CPU1) Memory 12.00 GB Triple-Channel DDR3 @ 1300MHz (9-9-9-24) Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series Sound Card Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Monitor(s) Displays Generic 66cms Widescreen Led Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 @ 59Hz Keyboard HID Compliant, Logitech Mouse HID Compliant, Logitech PSU Zalman 770 watt Modular Case Silverstone TJ 07 Black Cooling Noctua NH-U12PSE Hard Drives 625GB Western Digital WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 (RAID)
625GB Western Digital WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 (SATA)
625GB Western Digital WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 (SATA)
625GB Western Digital WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 (SATA) Internet Speed Adsl 2. 3032/802 kbps. at last speed test. Other Info Optical Drives.
LG. HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NS30.
Sony. Optiarc DVD RW AD-7240S. |
02 Mar 2012
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#4 | | 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise Texas |
Hello Shibumi,
I get this as well sometimes. I think it may be due to some conflict with the monitor numbers between AMD CCC and Windows 7 "Screen Resolution" settings. I'm thinking it may be a issue with the latest AMD video drivers.
With 3 monitors, it also switches the order of my main center #2 monitor and the far right #3 monitor.
By chance, have you been changing how (ex: HDMI, DVI, DisplayPort, etc...) the monitor is connected before this happened? | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom OS 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise CPU Intel i7-3930K 3.2 Ghz (O/C 4 Ghz) Motherboard ASRock X79 Extreme11 Memory 32 GB (8GBx4) G.SKILL DDR3 Quad PC3-19200 2400MHz Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB Sound Card SB Recon 3Di Integrated Chip Monitor(s) Displays 3x 27" Asus VE278Q Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W Case Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition Cooling Corsair Hydro H100 Hard Drives 256GB OCZ Vector
160GB OCZ RevoDrive X2
2 x 1TB Samsung HDD HD154UI SATA Internet Speed 50 Mb/s Download and 2 Mb/s Upload Other Info Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
Lite-On iHBS212 12x BD Writer
Samsung CLX-3175FW Printer
Netgear WNDR3800 Router
Motorola SBG6580 Cable Modem
2x APC Back-UPS XS 1500 |
02 Mar 2012
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#5 | | Ms Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. SP1. Sydney, Blue Mountains. |
Hi Brink, No connections have been changed, it just happened on day recently, I am at a loss. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Built. OS Ms Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. SP1. CPU Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz Motherboard MSI Eclipse SLI (MS-7520) (CPU1) Memory 12.00 GB Triple-Channel DDR3 @ 1300MHz (9-9-9-24) Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series Sound Card Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Monitor(s) Displays Generic 66cms Widescreen Led Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 @ 59Hz Keyboard HID Compliant, Logitech Mouse HID Compliant, Logitech PSU Zalman 770 watt Modular Case Silverstone TJ 07 Black Cooling Noctua NH-U12PSE Hard Drives 625GB Western Digital WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 (RAID)
625GB Western Digital WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 (SATA)
625GB Western Digital WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 (SATA)
625GB Western Digital WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 (SATA) Internet Speed Adsl 2. 3032/802 kbps. at last speed test. Other Info Optical Drives.
LG. HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NS30.
Sony. Optiarc DVD RW AD-7240S. |
02 Mar 2012
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#6 | | 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise Texas |
You might see if completely uninstalling the AMD video driver, then doing a clean install of it again may help if it had gotten corrupted. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom OS 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise CPU Intel i7-3930K 3.2 Ghz (O/C 4 Ghz) Motherboard ASRock X79 Extreme11 Memory 32 GB (8GBx4) G.SKILL DDR3 Quad PC3-19200 2400MHz Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB Sound Card SB Recon 3Di Integrated Chip Monitor(s) Displays 3x 27" Asus VE278Q Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W Case Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition Cooling Corsair Hydro H100 Hard Drives 256GB OCZ Vector
160GB OCZ RevoDrive X2
2 x 1TB Samsung HDD HD154UI SATA Internet Speed 50 Mb/s Download and 2 Mb/s Upload Other Info Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
Lite-On iHBS212 12x BD Writer
Samsung CLX-3175FW Printer
Netgear WNDR3800 Router
Motorola SBG6580 Cable Modem
2x APC Back-UPS XS 1500 |
03 Mar 2012
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#7 | | Ms Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. SP1. Sydney, Blue Mountains. |
Many thanks, I'll give it a try later and will let you know. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Built. OS Ms Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. SP1. CPU Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz Motherboard MSI Eclipse SLI (MS-7520) (CPU1) Memory 12.00 GB Triple-Channel DDR3 @ 1300MHz (9-9-9-24) Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series Sound Card Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Monitor(s) Displays Generic 66cms Widescreen Led Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 @ 59Hz Keyboard HID Compliant, Logitech Mouse HID Compliant, Logitech PSU Zalman 770 watt Modular Case Silverstone TJ 07 Black Cooling Noctua NH-U12PSE Hard Drives 625GB Western Digital WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 (RAID)
625GB Western Digital WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 (SATA)
625GB Western Digital WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 (SATA)
625GB Western Digital WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 (SATA) Internet Speed Adsl 2. 3032/802 kbps. at last speed test. Other Info Optical Drives.
LG. HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NS30.
Sony. Optiarc DVD RW AD-7240S. |
03 Mar 2012
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#8 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Oklahoma |
You've got the dreaded refresh rate of 59hz, if i remember right people were haveing this problem and there is a fix for it but i'm not sure what the fix was. But it needs to be 1920x1080 @ 60hz. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell XPS 730 OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit CPU Intel Core 2 quad Extreme Q9770 @ 3.2 GHz Memory 4x2 GB Muskin 1600 MHz ram Graphics Card NVidia GTX 250 Sound Card Soundblaster X-Fi Fatality Champion Monitor(s) Displays 2 Dell 2007WFP Ultrascans Screen Resolution 3360 x 1050 Keyboard MS Natrual Keyboard Pro Mouse Logitech Wireless Trackball PSU 1000 Watt Cooling air Hard Drives WD Black 1TB sata, 2-WD Black 500 sata, 2-Seagate 500 Go external Internet Speed DSL Elite |
03 Mar 2012
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#9 | | Ms Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. SP1. Sydney, Blue Mountains. |
Hi, love to know what that fix was. Nothing else seems to be working, it's not a big problem and I feel sure that there is a simple logical solution, just hope someone comes upon these posts with the answer. Many thanks for all the help. Shibumi1 | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Built. OS Ms Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. SP1. CPU Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz Motherboard MSI Eclipse SLI (MS-7520) (CPU1) Memory 12.00 GB Triple-Channel DDR3 @ 1300MHz (9-9-9-24) Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series Sound Card Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Monitor(s) Displays Generic 66cms Widescreen Led Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 @ 59Hz Keyboard HID Compliant, Logitech Mouse HID Compliant, Logitech PSU Zalman 770 watt Modular Case Silverstone TJ 07 Black Cooling Noctua NH-U12PSE Hard Drives 625GB Western Digital WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 (RAID)
625GB Western Digital WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 (SATA)
625GB Western Digital WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 (SATA)
625GB Western Digital WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 (SATA) Internet Speed Adsl 2. 3032/802 kbps. at last speed test. Other Info Optical Drives.
LG. HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NS30.
Sony. Optiarc DVD RW AD-7240S. |
03 Feb 2013
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#10 | | Ms Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. SP1. Sydney, Blue Mountains. |

Quote: Originally Posted by shibumi1 Hi there, my problem is when I start up in the morning my icons and gadgets are extra large and I mean large, I solve this by right clicking on desktop, click screen resolution (which is also extra large) then click detect. This opens a normal size window and I am good to go. The display is set at (default) 100% and never changes so that isn't the problem. Also this only happens on a cold start up and not if I reboot
or restart while while I have been using the computer. I hope someone out there can help me with this small problem because it is very annoying, many thanks, Shibumi1. Finally solved. It turns out that if the monitor is on standby graphics load normally, however if the monitor is turned off and Windows loads before it is turned on the graphics are extra large. So it has nothing to do with hot or cold restarts but whether the monitor in on or off before Windows loads. Many thanks to all who tried to help and I hope that this helps someone else. Shibumi1 | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Built. OS Ms Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. SP1. CPU Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz Motherboard MSI Eclipse SLI (MS-7520) (CPU1) Memory 12.00 GB Triple-Channel DDR3 @ 1300MHz (9-9-9-24) Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series Sound Card Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Monitor(s) Displays Generic 66cms Widescreen Led Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 @ 59Hz Keyboard HID Compliant, Logitech Mouse HID Compliant, Logitech PSU Zalman 770 watt Modular Case Silverstone TJ 07 Black Cooling Noctua NH-U12PSE Hard Drives 625GB Western Digital WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 (RAID)
625GB Western Digital WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 (SATA)
625GB Western Digital WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 (SATA)
625GB Western Digital WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 (SATA) Internet Speed Adsl 2. 3032/802 kbps. at last speed test. Other Info Optical Drives.
LG. HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NS30.
Sony. Optiarc DVD RW AD-7240S. Extra large icons & gadgets on start up. problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:50 PM. | |