For quite a while now, My monitor has been hidding on the LH side the Start/Shut Down button-- part of the Quick Launch Bar, the Windows active displays-- and hides most of the Systems tray including the Time/Date. I have no idea how to make it "shrink" to show all I need in the display.

After searching this forum, I decided perhaps it might be related to my Graphics Controller-- so did a diagnostic Video Card per directions in one of the posts. Several items fail in Full Screen bouncing.

I've saved that report and can copy/paste here, if this is part of the problem. I am using an old CRT Monitor 2237 C71 from an IBM 1999 computer -- with XP of course. My report information also says I have installed an Intel ($) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller -- with driver # ialmrnt5.dll dated 10-19-2005 listed as installed when I ran the diagnostic.

Also, when I open a full Window-- I have to immediately shrink it by grabbing sides and corners-- so that I can see the minimize, close & expand buttons. This has gone on for over half a year now-- but today in trying to work on a new application (WINK) it just would not show me approx. 1/4 of the screen on either left on right. The top/bottom I can control better.

So, these are my hardware issues. I also just finished an entire Malware removal thread with TomK in the HijackYour COmputer forum -- and could post the Scans if needed. I don't know the posting link ID-- but will try to find it soon!

Thanks,

khaef

http://forums.whatthetech.com/Legitimate_e...om_t103642.html

This post has been edited by Tomk: Jun 11 2009, 07:11 PM

Thanks for your reply. I've been on my computer for eight hours today! Stayed home to work on a presentation : But couldn't open it (WINK -- a free tutorial creation software) I could not see the "beginning or end-- two horizontal "sides" of wink to grab the file menu, etc. It was a nightmare today.

Then I lost my regular Email access (I use COmpuserve through a Cable Modem-- not the cable co. email). That's taken the last two-three hours. Seems to be working now.'

In between I searched in my home for my old IBM Color Monitor Users guide. And followed the minimal directions. I've gotten the pages to sometimes show-- but it really doesn't help a lot. Still everything is too wide. In the task bar-- I've managed to make the Start menu & regular task bar go to the TOP of my monitor-- but I still have a gray bar-- residing on the bottom of my screen. It is showing my quick launch items-- then next to it is a double wide strip) These are in Grey-- no longer blue) and I've LOST my SYstems tray completely. I did try to reset these features through Windows-- and guess I messed them up. I'd love to go back to a regular display?

I did make the horizonal- vertical adjustments on my monitor much smaller, but they are still too wide. So all this is really confusing right? Perhaps I should send you a screen shot?

And here it is: Opps That won't work- as the direct Email won't accept the screen shot, nor will the attachments-- and I can't really make the picture less than 500K (at least I don't know how to compress it). So you''ll have to imagine this!

I think something is amiss with my WIndows set ups for Display -- and with the monitor possibly. But I have the directions, and executed reduced sizing and it didn't seem to help@!

This has been like this for quite a while.

Thanks for more suggestions.

Khaef