Windows 10. How to Get the Screen To Fit!

bydavehayes

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5 years ago

This post will be of Interest to you, if like me, you have just upgraded to Windows 10, have turned on your PC, full of excitement

clicked on the Ie icon, to download chrome and you suddenly discover that when your browser window opens up

The screen doesn't fit!! ...

Noooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The man in the shop said it would be alright... Where has some of my screen gone

In desperation, you think

Hang on a moment, this is the browser, I'll install chrome and it will all be alright

So you promptly download and install Chrome, getting that nice warm, cosy feeling in your tummy, as you reassure yourself, that in about a minute, all will be right with the world

Chrome download, you install it and then click on it, to check your emails

Nooooooo!!!!!!!

Its still the same

You can do most things with the screen you want, except, poweron, poweroff and Oh yes... You cant even see the email folders you have spent months, creating for organisation

What To Do?...

So if you are in this situation, as I was this morning having just picked up my newly cleaned and de~mucked up computer, that did have windows 7, but due to the fact that Windows 7 Support is stopping in a few months, was upgraded to Windows 10, then don't pull your hair out, kick the cat, swear, or do anything else hotheadly just yet

Because, Drum Roll

please...

There is a very simple answer, which I discovered, having created Windows versions 11, through 65 in 45 minutes of Arrrgghhhhhing!!!

The answer my friend, was blowing in the wind ( oh sorry I digressed into dream world!)

What you have to do is this

Click anywhere on the screen in front of you and then right click

Select Display Options

From here you get taken to a screen, which asks you about resolution settings

There will be a number x a number EG 1900 x 1700 or something like that

That number is the current width of your screen, so obviously its too big!

But, under that number, you are able to select a load more numbers, which go doen as low as 800 x 600 or something similar to that

What you need to do, is, as I did, pick each number going down the list. When you do, you get a box appear which says, keep changes or revert

Tick, keep changes

then look at your screen and I was checking my gmail account

With each change, the screen rapidly, morphed into what I knew and loved previously, until I was happy with it.

With each change, all the other parts and tool bar options restored themselves until I was happy with it

Finally I checked my blogs because when checking those earlier, all of them were showing me the screen not fitting properly

Hoorrrrrayyyyy and Yayyyyyyy, they were as I liked the look of

Success!!!!.... Whoo Hoooo

Normal service has been resumed, thanks very much.

Its just as well, because when I picked up my PC this morning, I was asked by the chap whose shop it is, if I can clean his and his wifes website up, as it is not his strong point and

He had let a customer of his, who runs a B&B, have a go at doing it and it looked shabby!!

She did it, because she didn't like the look of hsi website, but is no tech wizard

So I can now get on with doing his website for him

The great thing is, that using the website builder I use ( DIvi) I can do it no problem at all and then I will write a review of his shop on it, and send it to him, through my website link, so he can see what I do and what his website will look like

Finally...

Windows 10 ...

This morning and for a couple of hours I absolutely detested it... Ye Ukkk, not thanks

However, it is only the operating system and IE will not be my default browser, but I can see some benefits to what it does and will no doubt grow to love it

But if you are in the same boat as I was this morning, don't fear, it can be sorted

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