taskbar icons get smaller and smaller

Posted: 12-03-2003, 07:46 PM

Cisi

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Hi
I work with a hp omnibook xt6200 and windows xp
professional. A strange problem occurred: The icons in the
system tray, taskbar and start menu become smaller and
smaller. In the end, they're just 1x1 pixel. (The desktop
icons work fine and stay the size they were originally).
The change happens gradually. More or less each time I
reboot, the icons are smaller than before. ??? Is it
possibly because of the screen resolution 1400x1050?
The problem also affects the icons of an open window
(minimize, maximize, close. upper right corner of an
active window)

I would appreciate any help that you could give me.
Thanks.

taskbar icons get smaller and smaller

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Re: taskbar icons get smaller and smaller

Posted: 12-03-2003, 08:42 PM

"Cisi" <cisi26@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
> I work with a hp omnibook xt6200 and windows xp
> professional. A strange problem occurred: The icons in the
> system tray, taskbar and start menu become smaller and
> smaller. In the end, they're just 1x1 pixel. (The desktop
> icons work fine and stay the size they were originally).
> The change happens gradually. More or less each time I
> reboot, the icons are smaller than before. ??? Is it
> possibly because of the screen resolution 1400x1050?
> The problem also affects the icons of an open window
> (minimize, maximize, close. upper right corner of an
> active window)
>
> I would appreciate any help that you could give me.
> Thanks.

i'm not too sure about your problem - sounds very perculiar - i would say
that if the icons _are acctually_ getting smaller and smaller there is some
kind of conflict between your display/graphics drivers and the desktop
settings in XP.

i do however know that that res is massive and would certainly result in
smaller icons than "normal". I'm a graphic artist, therfore I need lots of
space to work with page layouts for digital and print jobs as well as space
for palettes etc but my resolution is only set to 1152 x 864.

i personally wouldn't really need any bigger than that. and if i did i would
probably invest in another monitor because obviously the higher the
resolution the less detail you can see.

maybe just reduce the res and see if it sorts its self out.

...b..

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Re: taskbar icons get smaller and smaller

Posted: 12-04-2003, 11:17 PM

Thanks for the answer. It really is a peculiar problem..
Maybe I'll set down the resolution, after all. I found out
how to "reset" the icon size, but after some time, they
begin shrinking again. Very annoying. Problem with an
other resolution is, the screen is a flat screen and
therefore the picture is not as sharp with another
resolution.

>-----Original Message-----
>"Cisi" <cisi26@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:027401c3b9de$871eb240$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hi
>> I work with a hp omnibook xt6200 and windows xp
>> professional. A strange problem occurred: The icons in

the

>> system tray, taskbar and start menu become smaller and
>> smaller. In the end, they're just 1x1 pixel. (The

desktop

>> icons work fine and stay the size they were originally).
>> The change happens gradually. More or less each time I
>> reboot, the icons are smaller than before. ??? Is it
>> possibly because of the screen resolution 1400x1050?
>> The problem also affects the icons of an open window
>> (minimize, maximize, close. upper right corner of an
>> active window)
>>
>> I would appreciate any help that you could give me.
>> Thanks.
>
>i'm not too sure about your problem - sounds very

perculiar - i would say

>that if the icons _are acctually_ getting smaller and

smaller there is some

>kind of conflict between your display/graphics drivers

and the desktop

>settings in XP.
>
>i do however know that that res is massive and would

certainly result in

>smaller icons than "normal". I'm a graphic artist,

therfore I need lots of

>space to work with page layouts for digital and print

jobs as well as space

>for palettes etc but my resolution is only set to 1152 x

864.

>
>i personally wouldn't really need any bigger than that.

and if i did i would

>probably invest in another monitor because obviously the

higher the

>resolution the less detail you can see.
>
>maybe just reduce the res and see if it sorts its self

out.

>
>
>...b..
>
>
>.
>

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