distorted icons and text on Vista

[intexasatthe moment]

Having retrieved lap top from teenage son everything ( desktop icons ,text etc ) is slightly stretched horizontally .

Does anyone know how to reset ?

I've tried rebooting ,ans also a system restore ?

It's really bugging me .

[ruffers]

Sounds like the display settings have been changed. Right click the desktop in a 'blank' place, go to 'Personalization', then into 'Display Settings". Try different settings on the resolution slider till you find the right one.

[intexasatthe moment]

I can't get the slider to move ......

[ruffers]

Kind of at the limits of my guesswork. Are different monitors available in the drop menu above? Confident the answer's in there somewhere.

[intexasatthe moment]

Thanks for pointers Ruffers ,I've some improvement from accessing control panel ,personalisation,windows colour and appearance .

Don't want to tinker more .

No one will own up to random clicking ...

[Huguenot]

It's unlikely to have been deliberate, but there's quite a few applications (like 'flash' games as an example) that reset the screen resolution to make the game appear full-screen.

The other thing you might want to check is whether your graphics card has independent settings.

It may be that if you right-click on the blank area of screen that just above 'Personalise' there's a control panel for just your graphics card - mine for example says 'NVIDIA Control Panel'

There'll be settings options in there too.

[jaybee82]

You might need to reinstall your display driver if the slider wont move. Find out what type of card it is, go onto their website and download :)-D