This view is called the Desktop
If coloured boxes have appeared behind the icon labels on the Desktop
you can remove them as follows:-
Start-->Control Panel. Double click the
System
icon. Click the
System properties
tab. Click the
Advanced
tab. Under the heading
Performance,
click the
Settings
button. In the
Performance options
window click the
Visual effects
tab. Ensure that the chosen scheme is
Let Windows choose what's best for my computer. In the lower pane
make sure all the boxes are ticked, especially the item labelled
Use drop shadows for icon labels. Click
Apply
(unless the apply button is greyed out).
OK
your way out to return to the
Desktop.
The desktop has rotated 90 or 180 degrees
on the screen. This can occur if you accidentally touch the following keys
simultaneously: Ctr, Alt and an Arrow key. To correct the fault, hold down
Ctrl and Alt and then tap arrow keys until the screen is the right way up.
Alternatively, RIGHT click on the desktop (in an empty space where there are
no icons). Click
Properties, Click
Settings, look through the tabs and properties for a rotation
setting and adjust the rotation to normal.
Icons have vanished from the Desktop,
also
the
Notification area
hides icons. To stop this silly behaviour,
right
click the
Taskbar.
In the
Properties
window, all the items should have their boxes ticked.
The following two should
not
have their boxes ticked.
□ Auto
hide the Taskbar
□ Hide inactive icons
To tick or un-tick a box just click it.
To finish, click
Apply
and then click
OK
Now
right
click an empty area on the Desktop. Click
Properties. Click the
Desktop
tab. Click the button labelled
Customize Desktop.
Un-tick the box labelled
Run Desktop Cleanup Wizard every 60 days. Click
OK. On the next window click
Apply
then
OK.
If your TFT (thin flat) monitor suddenly displays snow
instead of your desktop picture with icons, it is looking for a TV channel
and it can't tune in. Don't panic nothing has broken either in your computer
or in the monitor. You have a dual purpose monitor (TV and PC) and you
accidentally pressed the TV button on the front, side or underside of the
screen. To change back to PC mode, most dual purpose TFT monitors have a
button labelled
Source.
Press that and use the buttons marked with little up and down signs to put
it back to the PC setting.
Window too big for screen, so that you can’t access the title bar,
size button or OK button. Also you are unable to move the window around. The
cause is described in the next paragraph. RIGHT click the screen to access
the Settings window. With the Display Settings window on the screen, press
Alt + Spacebar
to open the Control menu at the upper left. Then press
M
for move. You'll be able to move the window around with the arrow keys.
Press
Enter
to leave the
Move
mode.
Icons and windows too big for screen:
The screen resolution has changed and needs to be changed back to your
normal resolution. On the Desktop RIGHT click an empty space. Then:-
In Windows XP:
on the next window click the
Settings
tab. Move the Resolution slider to the right one step. Click
Apply.
In Vista:
on the next window click
Personalize. Then click
Display settings. Move the Resolution slider to the
right one step. Click
Apply.
Windows 7:
on the next window click
Screen Resolution. Move the Resolution slider downwards one step.
Click
Apply.
In all cases
the screen may go black for a second or two. You will then be given 15
seconds to view the new resolution. Click OK if it is acceptable. If the
icons are still too big, repeat this procedure and move the slider one
further step until you are satisfied.
