system tray icons have become tiny

[Guest]

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I hope I'm in the right place here. There is almost nothing in the KB on the
system tray at all and nothing in the discussion groups on my problem. About
2 days ago while I was booting the computer in the normal way, I noticed that
all the icons in the system tray were about half the size or less than
normal. I assumed it would go away by the next reboot, but it is still there
several reboots later. Any ideas?

 

[galen]

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In news:FCD7BAE1-C40B-41F2-BA74-905236ED6581@microsoft.com,
KevinW <KevinW@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I hope I'm in the right place here. There is almost nothing in the KB
> on the system tray at all and nothing in the discussion groups on my
> problem. About 2 days ago while I was booting the computer in the
> normal way, I noticed that all the icons in the system tray were
> about half the size or less than normal. I assumed it would go away
> by the next reboot, but it is still there several reboots later. Any
> ideas?

Are you using any themes or software that enables various themes? If so
reload the theme. Try switching to classic view and then back to the XP
themes (start > run > control desktop > enter to get to the display settings
quickly) and see if that helps. If not then a restore to a time before this
problem happened might cure it. I'd go ahead and try switching the themes
off and then turning them back on first though.

Galen
--

"And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability
with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the
very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."

Sherlock Holmes

 

[Guest]

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Thanks for your reply, Galen, but I'm not using any themes and have only ever
used the classic view. I may have to restore to an earlier point, but don't
want to if another solution can be found.

"Galen" wrote:

> Are you using any themes or software that enables various themes? If so
> reload the theme. Try switching to classic view and then back to the XP
> themes (start > run > control desktop > enter to get to the display settings
> quickly) and see if that helps. If not then a restore to a time before this
> problem happened might cure it. I'd go ahead and try switching the themes
> off and then turning them back on first though.
>
> Galen
> --
>
> "And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability
> with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the
> very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
> made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."
>
> Sherlock Holmes
>
>
>

 

[galen]

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In news:4DD0CE97-8107-4D3F-9B64-A8E9B1DE50C7@microsoft.com,
KevinW <KevinW@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Thanks for your reply, Galen, but I'm not using any themes and have
> only ever used the classic view. I may have to restore to an earlier
> point, but don't want to if another solution can be found.

Did you try to switch to classic and then back? Also, is your screen
resolution changed?

Galen
--

"And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability
with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the
very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."

Sherlock Holmes

 

[Guest]

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I didn't try to switch to classic as that is the only view I have ever used.
And I'm afraid the screen resolution has not changed. It is on maximum
(approx. 1400 x 1024) and has been like that for a couple of years.

Thanks again.

Kevin

"Galen" wrote:

> In news:4DD0CE97-8107-4D3F-9B64-A8E9B1DE50C7@microsoft.com,
> KevinW <KevinW@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
> > Thanks for your reply, Galen, but I'm not using any themes and have
> > only ever used the classic view. I may have to restore to an earlier
> > point, but don't want to if another solution can be found.
>
> Did you try to switch to classic and then back? Also, is your screen
> resolution changed?
>
> Galen
> --
>
> "And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability
> with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the
> very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
> made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."
>
> Sherlock Holmes
>
>
>

 

[galen]

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In news:9F25DED8-735D-48A1-ACF0-E0BCCE96AA00@microsoft.com,
KevinW <KevinW@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I didn't try to switch to classic as that is the only view I have
> ever used. And I'm afraid the screen resolution has not changed. It
> is on maximum (approx. 1400 x 1024) and has been like that for a
> couple of years.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Kevin

I'm just about out of ideas on this one. Have you tried right clicking on
the taskbar itself and selecting to lock it?

Galen
--

"And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability
with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the
very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."

Sherlock Holmes

 

[Guest]

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Appreciate your help. I'm afraid the taskbar is already locked and has been
for some time.

Kevin

"Galen" wrote:

> In news:9F25DED8-735D-48A1-ACF0-E0BCCE96AA00@microsoft.com,
> KevinW <KevinW@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
> > I didn't try to switch to classic as that is the only view I have
> > ever used. And I'm afraid the screen resolution has not changed. It
> > is on maximum (approx. 1400 x 1024) and has been like that for a
> > couple of years.
> >
> > Thanks again.
> >
> > Kevin
>
> I'm just about out of ideas on this one. Have you tried right clicking on
> the taskbar itself and selecting to lock it?
>
> Galen

 

[galen]

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In news:C517C60E-DE71-46E6-A776-60530388DE2A@microsoft.com,
KevinW <KevinW@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Appreciate your help. I'm afraid the taskbar is already locked and
> has been for some time.
>
> Kevin

Well then... I've Googled, Yahood, MSNed, and more... What happens if you
restore to a time before this happened?

Galen
--

"And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability
with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the
very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."

Sherlock Holmes

 

[Guest]

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Thanks for your efforts Galen. I find it really weird that there is nothing
on the net about this: I had already made a long attempt to find something,
but it's good to know that I didn't just miss it. I didn't really want to do
that, but it looks like the only alternative is to restore to a previous
point. I will let you know what happens.

Kevin

"Galen" wrote:

> In news:C517C60E-DE71-46E6-A776-60530388DE2A@microsoft.com,
> KevinW <KevinW@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
> > Appreciate your help. I'm afraid the taskbar is already locked and
> > has been for some time.
> >
> > Kevin
>
> Well then... I've Googled, Yahood, MSNed, and more... What happens if you
> restore to a time before this happened?
>
> Galen
> --
>
> "And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability
> with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the
> very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
> made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."
>
> Sherlock Holmes
>
>
>

 

[Guest]

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I have now gone back to the last restore point, and sure enough it did the
trick. It looks like the point was set before installing some kind of Mozilla
update, although I am not 100% sure of that. Either way, it has fixed it.
Still surprised that there is nothing out there on such things. I can't be
the first one it happened to! Regards, Kevin

 

[galen]

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In news:1D24BF61-F6E7-4CCF-B12C-AD1826C342F6@microsoft.com,
KevinW <KevinW@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I have now gone back to the last restore point, and sure enough it
> did the trick. It looks like the point was set before installing some
> kind of Mozilla update, although I am not 100% sure of that. Either
> way, it has fixed it. Still surprised that there is nothing out there
> on such things. I can't be the first one it happened to! Regards,
> Kevin

You're probably not the first one to have that happen, just the first one to
post to the web about it. Then again you might have a completely unique
setup and you might be the only one who's had that happen. The good thing is
that the restore was able to fix it for you because, well, I was out of
ideas.

Galen
--

"And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability
with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the
very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."

Sherlock Holmes