whole page has stretched

[marie]

Last night logged off as normal, turned pc on this morning and the appearance had changed. icons large and page has stretched,any help as to why this may have happened? oh i'm using windows7
Marie

 

[richc46]

Try changing the resolution

Right click on your desktop, then resolution.

I would also check for any virus or malware. If it is the resolution, this should not happen.

You may also want to download and try malwarebytes, to make sure there is no malware on your computer.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

 

[myzr7]

Welcome to Seven Forums, Did something change your screen resolution?
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/255-screen-resolution-display-settings.html
Your windows 7 should show a recommended resolution apply that if it has changed. Good luck to you with your problem.

 

[marie]

i have tried the screen resolution and apparantly it is on the recommended,even in here the tabs and icons are large. could it be malware then as Rich says?

 

[richc46]

No one can say for sure if you have malware or not, that may not the cause in this case, but never could be sure. Download the malwarbytes and be sure. Even if that was not the cause of the problem, you may have malware and its best to always check, to get rid of it.

 

[richc46]

You may also want to try these suggestions:


Download the most current drivers for the monitor.

The next issue is your display card, Make sure it is up to date and working properly

 

[marie]

Ok thank you i will give this all a go, and i will let you know if it works.. thank you again

 

[richc46]

You are very welcome. If you have any problems or questions, you are very welcome to return, everyone at the Forum will be very happy to share their knowledge with you.

 

[myzr7]

i have tried the screen resolution and apparently it is on the recommended,even in here the tabs and icons are large. could it be malware then as Rich says?

It is always a good practice to run scans if something seems to have changed your pc without you doing it. In my case I have young kids playing on the pc's and sometimes they do things that are hard to change back if you don't know what they did. This does not seem to be your problem. As you say you turned of the pc and then restarted in the morning. Sometimes I do system restores but that should be last resort. Did you look at windows update to see if a update may have caused this problem?

 

[marie]

Well i downloaded the malware programme and it found loads of nasties, and wey hey its all back to normal, thank you so much for your help

 

[richc46]

Glad to help. Remember the entire membership is here for you, when needed. You are also invited to use our extensive tutorial library, covering many areas which may affect Windows 7.

Thank you for the kind words and the rep.

 

[marie]

Oh dear i'm back again, i thought all was ok, as icons had gone back to normal so had screen, just realised i cant see my side bar to the left in forums etc, and the X at top of screen were you close page is only half showing so its too wide, i have tried resolution again to no avail? ohhh please help again

 

[mxosder16]

Is the page maximized?

 

[marie]

Yes it is..

 

[marie]

Doh me.. its ok i just realised i can minimize and pull it out. well maybe i should'nt be doing it that way but it's sorted it.. thanks again for all your help you guys rock!