Text size

[Guest Sid Elbow]

Gordon Biggar wrote:

>

> The icons on the Desktop appear of normal size, but the print below each is

> miniscule; same for Outlook Express. (In OE, under View, I set text size to

> Largest, but only with minimal impact.) I right-clicked on the Desktop, and

> my resolution is set at 1024 x 768. 800 x 600 makes things much too large.

> Perhaps the changes are made under the Appearances tab?

 

Yes, if you go to the Appearances tab and select Icons from the drop

down, you cant set the font size (and the font itself) there.

 

.... and registry cleaners are frowned upon around here :-)

[Guest Gordon Biggar]

Text size

 

I recently used Registry Mechanic to clean out my registry. On re-booting,

I am now confronted with miniature text. Years ago, I knew how to repair

such ills, but time has warped my memory.

 

The icons on the Desktop appear of normal size, but the print below each is

miniscule; same for Outlook Express. (In OE, under View, I set text size to

Largest, but only with minimal impact.) I right-clicked on the Desktop, and

my resolution is set at 1024 x 768. 800 x 600 makes things much too large.

Perhaps the changes are made under the Appearances tab?

 

Thanks for any thoughts.

 

Gordon Biggar

Houston, Texas

[Guest Sid Elbow]

Re: Text size

 

Sid Elbow wrote:

> Yes, if you go to the Appearances tab and select Icons from the drop

> down, you cant set the font size (and the font itself) there.

 

Should of course read "you can set the font size ...".

[Guest Sid Elbow]

Re: Text size

 

Gordon Biggar wrote:

> Uh-oh! I knew that I was getting dangerous. Tell me about the sins of

> registry cleaners.

 

Don't know from first hand experience - I've always heeded the

conventional wisdom here and avoided them. There do seem to be an awful

lot of messages here and elsewhere along the lines of "I used a registry

cleaner and now such-and-such doesn't work).

[Guest Sid Elbow]

Re: Text size

 

Gordon Biggar wrote:

> It's because of annoyances like this that I opted to try a registry cleaner.

> (It didn't clean the above!) I've also had two older, but effective,

> accounting programs simply fail to start. The initial opening window

> appears, but the programs stop right there. I've uninstalled and

> re-installed, but to no avail. These programs will run when the computer is

> booted up in the SAFE mode, however. Go figure.

 

QED? :-)

 

Backing up the partition before running anything that makes major system

changes is always a good idea. I even (well, especially actually) make a

quick backup to a USB-HD before running Windows Update.

 

It's possible you can restore an earlier version of the registry - from

before you used the cleaner - but someone else will have to tell you how

to do it. I've always been a bit unclear on doing it (I usually do a

complete restore from the usb backup instead).

[Guest Gordon Biggar]

Re: Text size

 

Uh-oh! I knew that I was getting dangerous. Tell me about the sins of

registry cleaners.

 

GB

 

 

 

 

"Sid Elbow" <here@there.com> wrote in message

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> Gordon Biggar wrote:

> >

> > The icons on the Desktop appear of normal size, but the print below each

is

> > miniscule; same for Outlook Express. (In OE, under View, I set text

size to

> > Largest, but only with minimal impact.) I right-clicked on the Desktop,

and

> > my resolution is set at 1024 x 768. 800 x 600 makes things much too

large.

> > Perhaps the changes are made under the Appearances tab?

>

> Yes, if you go to the Appearances tab and select Icons from the drop

> down, you cant set the font size (and the font itself) there.

>

> ... and registry cleaners are frowned upon around here :-)

[Guest Gordon Biggar]

Re: Text size

 

Making adjustments under the Appearances tab appears to be the solution, as

you said.

 

Of interest, or disinterest, when one clicks on Apply, or OK, after making

the changes, the program hangs and never goes to end-of-job. The changes

are made, however, but it requires a restart of the computer to get rid of

the window.

 

It's because of annoyances like this that I opted to try a registry cleaner.

(It didn't clean the above!) I've also had two older, but effective,

accounting programs simply fail to start. The initial opening window

appears, but the programs stop right there. I've uninstalled and

re-installed, but to no avail. These programs will run when the computer is

booted up in the SAFE mode, however. Go figure.

 

GGB

 

 

 

"Sid Elbow" <here@there.com> wrote in message

news:490b6be4$0$364$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...

> Gordon Biggar wrote:

> >

> > The icons on the Desktop appear of normal size, but the print below each

is

> > miniscule; same for Outlook Express. (In OE, under View, I set text

size to

> > Largest, but only with minimal impact.) I right-clicked on the Desktop,

and

> > my resolution is set at 1024 x 768. 800 x 600 makes things much too

large.

> > Perhaps the changes are made under the Appearances tab?

>

> Yes, if you go to the Appearances tab and select Icons from the drop

> down, you cant set the font size (and the font itself) there.

>

> ... and registry cleaners are frowned upon around here :-)