Letters are strectched out sideways. control + and control - not helping. How to fix, please

[Tuesday Afternoon]

and thanks.

Happy Fourth Everyone

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

1. Try this

Right-click on the desktop, left-click 'personalize' and in that window click 'detect'.

You can also try different resolutions from there but first...
MAKE SURE YOUR MONITOR CABLE IS IN ALL THE WAY AT BOTH ENDS.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. Thanks, I tried that. It did not help. For one thing

I have no Left click personalize option.

Sorry so long to reply.

This is a laptop issue and I have been on my phone shortly after I posted this.

Now I am home back on the laptop and the letters are stretched out horizontally.

I have never seen this before.

I hit something by mistake. Don't know how I did this.

Thanks for trying though.

[ChromeFoundry]

3. Can you tell us which version of Windows you are using?

You can find your display setting in Control Panel. Should be under Appearance & Personalization -> Adjust Screen Resolution, for Windows 7.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. This happened in Mozilla. However, I have Winodws 8 (ARGH) and in the process of

trying to fix this I managed to lose my desktop tile ... I deleted it by mistake and don't know how to get it back.

I hate EIGHT and I hate TOSHIBA.

I will never buy another Toshiba product. Never.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

5. A few things

This is the link at microsoft to download Win8.1 which is more like XP & 7:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42327

Are your characters only stretched in the one browser (firefox) or everywhere?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. I think everywhere because the icons on my start up (?) screen are stretched out. =

should I download 8.1 and quit using Mozilla .... ?

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

7. Sorry for the delay

I can't afford my service this year and had to cut some grass.

Is everything stretched is horizontally only or both horizontally and vertically?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. just horizontally. it is weird. and about delay ... I will have to take your reply and deal

with this issue later this evening. I simply must leave now and run my errands ... yanno ... Saturday stuff that I have already put off too long due to my DU addiction

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

9. No worries

Very puzzling

[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. I don't know what or how it happened. *sigh*

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. I think it just fixed itself. The margins are back and the smilies are full circles now

they were busting out around the edges.

Not sure what happened somehow my hand waved over my fingerpad at the same time my finger hit a key and fixed it which is how it happened to start with.

I hate this machine.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

12. I am wrong. It is not completely fixed. font is now weird and youtube is stretched out.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

13. Try this

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/change-your-screen-resolution

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. I did that on my computer already ... that changed it some what. Also in the middle of all this

Mozilla did some kind of download/update ...



Things are better but, still -different-

Probably, will take the machine in and, let the guys in the shop take a look-see later this afternoon.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

15. Windows 8 is vile

Before or after service I would seriously do 8.1 upgrade if I were you.
Best of luck.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

16. Maybe I should go ahead and use that link you gave me upthread =

I agree with you. I despise Eight. Tiles are supposed to be on the floor not in my computer

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

17. Tiles without a touch screen...

...is like window crank on a motorcycle.

I would try it.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

18. yes, that is what I have and it is so weird. It is just frustrating.

Plus, I think Toshiba is a crap product, cheaply made.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

19. I think I fixed it. Changing the resolution helped and then I had to hit control minus 5 times!

Thanks for all the help

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

20. You're welcome

YAY

For mozilla I think control 0 (that's the zero key) returns the browser to default font size.