New Computer Has Me Screwed Up!

[Golfgar4]

Thanks Jim. I appreciate your efforts.

I did find the thread that I was remembering. Someone was getting a half screen shot also, but his resolved by changing his preferences in his My Home to one of the options with smaller fonts, such as Kubota of JD. I already am using the JD smaller font option, so I guess that solution doesn't apply here.

I probably should realize that, though, since I have the same problem with The Golf Channel site. It HAS to be in some of the settings somewhere. Just need to figure out where. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[JimR]

Click on My Computer. System Tasks, Other Places and Details should appear. In the top box will be 3 items. Click on the 3rd line down "System settings". If you do not see this line. Click the little arrow in the upper right hand side of the small box. This will expand the box to open the 3 lines. If this doesn't work. Call tech support at HP. I give up. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[Golfgar4]

Still nothing. I've changed resolution settings, which does increase font size. But there is still half the screen blank. It seems to me that part of the problem is also involving formatting. As I mentioned earlier, there are no horizontal or vertical lines on the page.

And we still haven't figured out how to get a picture of the screen posted so you guys can see it! AAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

I'm going to have to give up for tonight. I can't even e-mail HP tech. support because I've discovered that our e-mails aren't working properly. I hate to say this, but I believe my wife has this mucked up pretty good. She is the one who connected the computer up today and "supposedly" got everything working! Guess I know what I'll be doing tomorrow after work! I'll check in from the office during the day to see if anyone has any other suggestions.

Jim and LArry (but especially Jim /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif), thanks for all your effiorts. I'm hoping that I'm missing something really simple, but I have a feeling I'm not.

Oh well, like they say......."This too will pass!" /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[JimR]

I would probably be able to fix it if I had it in front of me. But from afar it is hard when I can't see what I am working on. Call HP and they can walk you though it.

 

[Junkman]

my wife did the same thing a while back. The solution was to depress "alt" & "space bar"...... when the box comes up, select "move" and then using the "up/down/right/left arrows", move the screen to the right. Then hit "enter" and it should be correct. I am assuming that you have the same problem that I had. No one was able to fix the problem until I called a friend that is a Microsoft XP developer/engineer. It even took him a few minutes to figure it out. There are many things in XP that the average person never knows about or has any reason to fool with. To this day, we have never figured out how my wife messed this setting up. Of course, she denies any responsibility... the computer did it on its own.. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Junkman]

Jim...... with XP, there is a program built into it that allows you to remotely take control of his computer and it comes up on your screen as well as his. I only know of this utility, but don't know how it works or how you can access it. Possibly someone here can help with this. From what little I know about it, Golfgar has to give you access by giving you a password and log in information. I have been told that it is similar to PC Anywhere...

Found the information that might help....... From Microsoft Website..... web page
Note The Remote Desktop Connection software is pre-installed with Windows XP. To run it, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, click Communications, and then click Remote Desktop Connection. This software package can also be found on the Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home Edition product CDs and can be installed on any supported Windows platform. To install from the CD, insert the disc into the target machine's CD-ROM drive, select Perform Additional Tasks, and then click Install Remote Desktop Connection.

 

[Alan L.]

Do you mean the website only takes up the left half of the screen and the right side is white space? If so, thats the way mine is, and I have never been able to fix it.

 

[BLUEBONNET2]

good morning,
have you check your monitor settings? they should be somewhere on the screen and the buttons should be on the bottom of the monitor...... /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
just a thought......

good luck,
bluebonnet2

 

[Gatorboy]

If I sense your concern correctly, I don't believe you have any problems -- you probably have finally entered the world of a decent resolution on your monitor.

Do you browse the internet with the window MAXIMIZED? When you have a decent resolution (1280x1024, or 1024x768) you can stop maximizing.

TBN has a FIXED width for it's tables (somewhere around 760 pixels), so if you have a resolution of 1280, you will have 520 pixels that are not used -- so stop maximizing and start normalizing! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

EDIT: After reading more of the posts in here, I would suggest you check your TBN display settings (My Home > Display Preferences). I use Greys/Small Fonts as my style sheet -- you might want to play with those.

 

[Golfgar4]

Junkman

Thanks for the tip. I'll try that when I get home. I would hope that I wouldn't need to try to hook remotely to someone else. That's quite an imposition, and besides, at the very least, HP should be able to figure this out!

<font color="blue"> ( Do you mean the website only takes up the left half of the screen and the right side is white space? )
</font>
Alan

That is exactly what is happening. If any of these solutions work, I'll let you know. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

<font color="blue"> ( have you check your monitor settings? they should be somewhere on the screen and the buttons should be on the bottom of the monitor...... ) </font>

BlueBonnet2

Actually, I hadn't thought of that yet. I've been looking at system settings. I'll take a look at that too. Thanks! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

<font color="blue"> ( TBN has a FIXED width for it's tables (somewhere around 760 pixels), so if you have a resolution of 1280, you will have 520 pixels that are not used -- so stop maximizing and start normalizing! ) </font>

Dave,

I guess I'm not sure what you mean when you say to start normalizing. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif Yes, I guess I do keep the screen maximized so that the entire screen is filled with whatever program I'm in. Are you saying that I should be keeping everything in the smaller "Restore Down" size?

Oh, and Dave, I do use the smaller fonts. It happens that my current selection is with the JD colors and fonts, but I've used Kubota and NH in the past. ( Like I've always said, I'm color blind until I get my tractor!) Anyway, I've never used the selections that have the large fonts available.

And after all of this, I still don't know how to get a shot of the screen and post it for you guys to look at. The only Save As... feature I found was under the File section, but it wouldn't allow me to save the screen shot as a graphic. Any other ideas about that? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Thanks for all the help guys. I know we'll get this resolved. I just hope it's before I retire! /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[Glenn9643]

I'm not familiar with your operating system, as I'm still plugging along with 98SE, but it sounds to me like you need to find out how to get to your "Display Settings". Surely somewhere in the "start" area there's a help file? "My Computer"? You'll need to get to this in order to set your screen resolution.
Reading your description of your perceived problem I went to my "display properties" and changed my resolution to 800X600, which resulted in larger fonts and the TBN "picture" covered my screen left to right as you described. Changing the resolution back to 1024X768 resulted in a "normal" screen for me with the blank space to the right... as Gatorboy said.

 

[Golfgar4]

I have been going to the Display Settings. But when I change the settings, all that happens is that everything gets equally larger (or smaller) in the same proportions. In other words, if I want to get the blank area off my screen, the fonts are so large that I would barely get the title of this thread on the screen! And the blank portion of the screen is still there, it's just off to the right out of sight until I scroll to the right. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[Gatorboy]

<font color="blue"> Are you saying that I should be keeping everything in the smaller "Restore Down" size?
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Yes. Back when monitors were small and 640x480 was the standard, you pretty much had to maximize your browser window. Now, with the larger monitors and higher resolutions, there is no need to do this -- you can size the windows for the website. Many websites (TBN included) keep the width of their pages under a certain size to allow most browsers to view them the same. So, if you a high resolution set on your monitor, you will often times have wasted space to the right if you only view your browser windows maximized.

I normally have 3 or 4 windows open at a time (some overlapping each other) to various websites and I can pop over to anyone by clicking on the window (which brings that one to focus).

Screen Shots:
Browser Windows
TBN Maxed (Notice blank space to right -- Is this the same problem you are describing?)

You can do screen shots by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Print Screen. This puts the image of your screen into your clipboard. Then go to your favorite photo editing software program and PASTE what's in your clipboard to a new image.

 

[Golfgar4]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( (Notice blank space to right -- Is this the same problem you are describing?) )</font>

Well, yes and no.

Yes, that looks about the same size of blank space on my screen.

No, because in your shot, we can clearly see the horizontal lines between forum sections and threads, and we can even see the less visible verticle lines. I don't see any of those lines at all on my screen.

I'll try your suggestion for getting the screen shot when I can get back to the home computer either at lunch today or after work.

Thanks! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[DaveNay]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( No, because in your shot, we can clearly see the horizontal lines between forum sections and threads, and we can even see the less visible verticle lines. I don't see any of those lines at all on my screen.)</font>

Is your new monitor an LCD flat screen? Some LCD monitors have poor contrast qualities, and the thin lines between sections may just blend together.

Dave

 

[Golfgar4]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I normally have 3 or 4 windows open at a time (some overlapping each other) to various websites and I can pop over to anyone by clicking on the window (which brings that one to focus).
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Sorry, I should have responded to this in my last reply. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

I understand how having multiple windows opened at the same time works. I occassionally do that myself. But for the most part, I just have the one window open that I happen to be using. I believe this goes back a ways when one of the computers we had didn't have the ability to operate properly due to low RAM, and we could only have one program open at a time. But even when I "normalize" the TBN window (or The Golf Channel window), I still get half of the screen showing as blank. So changing the actual size of the window doesn't resolve the issue. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[Golfgar4]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Is your new monitor an LCD flat screen? )</font>

Yes, it is.

Shouldn't the wider lines show up though? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[DaveNay]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Shouldn't the wider lines show up though?)</font>

If by wider lines you mean the darker grey bar behind the forum sections like "General" "Kubota" and "John Deere", then yes, those should be dark enough to show up with no problem.

Dave

 

[Inspector507]

Garry,
Does it look like this attached screenshot? See how much of the screen is not being used on the right side?

 

[Golfgar4]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Does it look like this attached screenshot? See how much of the screen is not being used on the right side? )</font>

Jerry,

Actually, no. My screen doesn't show any of the sig pictures (like my smiling face or your fast car!), or emoticons, or any shading or lines. And the area where the text is is probably half again the size that yours looks like, so I have more blank space to the right.