Help with display and cursor

[JACKG]

As a few of ya might know Im a bit of a PC spaz

My girlfriend has just got the net - much to my delight

Anyways, Iv got it up n runnin but the display aint quite right and I cant work out how to solve it

Example: Here when Im on OSA all the background is just white , and the screen is just showing a smaller bit of it so Im constantly scrollin to see whats on the page

Also the cursor is just an annoying big black block... I know thats kinda oldskool but its doin me tree in! (You cant tell exactly where you are)

Please help

[aka PABLO]

are you running xp, or which version

is this comp new

what modem, you on campus or private

more details and info if you please

[V.D.R]

go to your main desktop, (minimise all running programmes) then right click the mouse and select Properties then then the L.H.S tab (Settings), make sure resolution is at 800x600 or even better 1024x768

That should sort out the size of the pages on the screen.

Originally Posted by JACKG

As a few of ya might know Im a bit of a PC spaz

My girlfriend has just got the net - much to my delight

Anyways, Iv got it up n runnin but the display aint quite right and I cant work out how to solve it

Example: Here when Im on OSA all the background is just white , and the screen is just showing a smaller bit of it so Im constantly scrollin to see whats on the page

Also the cursor is just an annoying big black block... I know thats kinda oldskool but its doin me tree in! (You cant tell exactly where you are)

Please help

[JACKG]

The PC is only a 2 years old at mx...

Its runnin XP.

Iv just tried changing the resolution but its had no effect

[Elev8/Levit8]

hmm... weird sounding this...

is it only stuff in yer web browser where the display's humped?
if so, which browser you using?

it's not booting into "Safe Mode" is it?

bit of a longshot this, but if yer on a reasonable speed internet link, you might wanna try running windows update & installing any missing updates... I've known this to correct the odd problem from time to time... if it's not been run for a while this may take a long time to do though...

[JACKG]

Nice swan fella the updates sorted it