Guest cam35pilot Posted September 14, 2008 Posted September 14, 2008 Hi, I had a bunch of spyware on my PC, so I cleaned it off and I may be wrong, but it seemed that websites such as cnn.com and foxnews.com, along with Ebay used to "auto-fit" in my browser (set at 800x600). aol.com especially. If I opened up AOL.com in IE, it would have the "sign in" area off to the right (scrolling), but once I logged in or refreshed, it would then fit to the 800x600 setting. Is this a setting in IE, or is it website specific? Thanks. Rich
Guest Galen Posted September 14, 2008 Posted September 14, 2008 Re: Internet Explorer 6 "auto-fit" settings? My reply is at the bottom of your sent message. In news:ca47d782-9ad7-4437-ba12-45d0067fac1a@i76g2000hsf.googlegroups.com, cam35pilot <cam35pilot@aol.com> typed: > Hi, > I had a bunch of spyware on my PC, so I cleaned it off and I may > be wrong, but it seemed that websites such as cnn.com and foxnews.com, > along with Ebay used to "auto-fit" in my browser (set at 800x600). > aol.com especially. If I opened up AOL.com in IE, it would have the > "sign in" area off to the right (scrolling), but once I logged in or > refreshed, it would then fit to the 800x600 setting. > Is this a setting in IE, or is it website specific? Thanks. > > Rich Just a stab in the dark but is IE now set to use a custom style sheet? (Tools > General tab > Accessibility) -- Galen (Not Current MS-MVP) My Geek Site: http://kgiii.info Web Hosting: http://whathostingshould.be "In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason backwards. That is a very useful accomplishment, and a very easy one, but people do not practise it much. In the every-day affairs of life it is more useful to reason forwards, and so the other comes to be neglected. There are fifty who can reason synthetically for one who can reason analytically." - Sherlock Holmes
Guest cam35pilot Posted September 14, 2008 Posted September 14, 2008 Re: Internet Explorer 6 "auto-fit" settings? On Sep 13, 10:08 pm, "Galen" <galenn...@gmail.com> wrote: > My reply is at the bottom of your sent message. > > Innews:ca47d782-9ad7-4437-ba12-45d0067fac1a@i76g2000hsf.googlegroups.com, > cam35pilot <cam35pi...@aol.com> typed: > > > Hi, > > I had a bunch of spyware on my PC, so I cleaned it off and I may > > be wrong, but it seemed that websites such as cnn.com and foxnews.com, > > along with Ebay used to "auto-fit" in my browser (set at 800x600). > > aol.com especially. If I opened up AOL.com in IE, it would have the > > "sign in" area off to the right (scrolling), but once I logged in or > > refreshed, it would then fit to the 800x600 setting. > > Is this a setting in IE, or is it website specific? Thanks. > > > Rich > > Just a stab in the dark but is IE now set to use a custom style sheet? > (Tools > General tab > Accessibility) > > -- > Galen (Not Current MS-MVP) > > My Geek Site:http://kgiii.info > Web Hosting:http://whathostingshould.be > > "In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason > backwards. That is a very useful accomplishment, and a > very easy one, but people do not practise it much. In the every-day affairs > of life it is more useful to reason forwards, and so > the other comes to be neglected. There are fifty who can reason > synthetically for one who can reason analytically." - Sherlock > Holmes Nothing is checked on that tab, should it be? Thanks.
Guest Galen Posted September 14, 2008 Posted September 14, 2008 Re: Internet Explorer 6 "auto-fit" settings? My reply is at the bottom of your sent message. In news:93780ab9-1cc0-4cd7-aa8a-976f71d4ce4d@k37g2000hsf.googlegroups.com, cam35pilot <cam35pilot@aol.com> typed: > Nothing is checked on that tab, should it be? Thanks. Nope, that's why I wasn't sure - it was the first place I'd look. I'd also look to see if the sites acted the same in an alternative browser AND/OR an alternative profile on your PC. Malware can do some crazy stuff and if you're still seeing odd results from your PC that may mean you're still infected. -- Galen (Not Current MS-MVP) My Geek Site: http://kgiii.info Web Hosting: http://whathostingshould.be "In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason backwards. That is a very useful accomplishment, and a very easy one, but people do not practise it much. In the every-day affairs of life it is more useful to reason forwards, and so the other comes to be neglected. There are fifty who can reason synthetically for one who can reason analytically." - Sherlock Holmes
Guest Elmo Posted September 14, 2008 Posted September 14, 2008 Re: Internet Explorer 6 "auto-fit" settings? cam35pilot wrote: > Hi, > I had a bunch of spyware on my PC, so I cleaned it off and I may > be wrong, but it seemed that websites such as cnn.com and foxnews.com, > along with Ebay used to "auto-fit" in my browser (set at 800x600). > aol.com especially. If I opened up AOL.com in IE, it would have the > "sign in" area off to the right (scrolling), but once I logged in or > refreshed, it would then fit to the 800x600 setting. > Is this a setting in IE, or is it website specific? Thanks. > > Rich The sites may have jscript commands embedded that resize your window. If so, and you turned off jscript, or it's damaged, that could prevent the auto-resizing of the pages. Repair Scripting Engine install: Click, Start, Run, type Regsvr32 vbscript.dll Click OK Click Start, Run, type Regsvr32 jscript.dll Click OK _________________________ And here's a collection of ideas how to create maximized windows within IE: With IE shortcuts, you can right-click, click Properties, set the "Run:" pane to "Maximized". For IE instances opened from links within email and web sites, open one IE window, drag the edges till it's the preferred size, nearly maximized, then close the window. Also try closing the window while pressing the Ctrl key. Usually this will help Windows remember the preferred size. It'll be changed occasionally, when a popup window is opened with specific size, and you'll have to do this again. Another suggestion: - Open a webpage. Stretch it out to full size. Don't use maximize. - Choose any link on that webpage and right-click, open in a new window. - Stretch that second window out to the desired size; don't use maximize. You can enter this line though: javascript:moveTo(0,0);resizeTo(1024,768) (or whatever your screen resolution) - Close the first IE window. Then close that second resized window. See: http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/30.html http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm#IEMax To get maximized windows from Desktop and QL shortcuts, create a few shortcuts to your browser on your Desktop, or Quick Launch bar, then edit the shortcuts: 1. Change the "Target:" to: "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" http://lpga.com (as an example site.) 2. After adding the internet address, change the "Run:" pane to "Maximized". (That will make those shortcuts open IE maximized.) There's also software available that will switch opened windows to the maximized condition. Here's one: http://www.southbaypc.com/AutoSizer/ Hope this helps, -- Joe =o)
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