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Window too big for screen - ? tailor it?

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by robert.walsh

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On a few PC's, for whatever reason I have seen the Windows for Windows 95 skewed off the viewable screen size making it very tricky to use the mouse pointer to reach the corner buttons, or scroll buttons especially . Is there a way to reset the window size and test it to be sure this does not happen, some rule of thumb or some utility that can help?

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by tbradley

In these cases, it is the combination of the monitor and video adapter that is at fault.

Most monitors have a sizing function built in on the front, near the brightness and contrast controls.

Newer monitors have a "wheel" type control that gets you into the built in menu, others have a button that is mostly "not too clearly marked".

Either way, you'll get into a menu that will allow you to resize the screen horizontally, vertically, and shift in the two directions to get it centered.

Caution, unless your picture is really whacked, that is with curvy sides or slanted, stay away from controls that are not <- -> or
up and down

Windows should then stay centered, until you change monitors, and sometimes when you change screen resolutions.

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