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Asked on 23/12/2002, 21:14

> Problem: When I open email (READ & WRITE & ADDRESS BOOK) and 95% of my web
sites come in small. Don't let me confuse you, I know that there are 3 size
windows but I'm having a problem with the middle size and the large size
windows. I'm running AOL 8.0 and AOL 7.0. I just installed the 8.0 to see if
it did the same thing the 7.0 did. They both are the same. I have 256RAM and
30GIG hard drive with about 14GIGs free.
> OK let see if I can explain this right. When I open a web page it comes in
the middle size. That's not to bad but on the right side and the bottom are
scroll bars. The page that opens slides under the right scroll bar and hides
the X Square & the expand square. I have to move the page to the left to get
at these squares. If I resize the page and click remember window size and
position or remember window size only it will remember but only once. If I
expand the window as big as it will go the scroll bars go bye bye. I'll
click the remember size and position or remember size only but if I close
the page and then go back its small again. I AOL, GATEWAY & MICROSOFT
couldn't help. What they were trying to tell me was its the nature of the
beast and we don't know how to fix it.
> If someone out there tries to help keep in mind I tried a lot of things so
far so don't be surprised if I keep saying "BEEN THERE DONE THAT,"
> Thanks for any help you might have.
>

Most of the web pages come in small. I can expand them myself window by window but that's a drag. I know there are 3 size windows its the middle size and the large size. How cane I get all my web pages as well as my email pages (READ, WRITE & ADDRESS BOOK) to open large all the time and let me be the one to resize them if I want to.

Reply Posted on 26/12/2002

Dear Ed,

I hate to agree with AOL, Gateway and Microsoft but it appears that the information they gave you is correct, it is the nature of Windows to work this way.

When a window is in maximised mode (e.g. it's largest size) you can not manually change the size of the window, that is the fixed large size. Scroll bars will appear if needed for the page (email, letter, etc) to allow you to see the rest of the document.

In medium size (normal mode) a window is free to be moved and re-sized. Scroll bars will appear if you make the window too small and the entire document can no longer be seen.
If the entire document can be seen, scroll bars will dissapear until needed again.

These are the only two ways you can have a window.

If you are saying you want to have every window automaticly maximise (largest) when you open it, all you have to do is click 'maximise' on one of the windows and it should remember this setting for every window that follows.

If you are having troubles with the size of your screen and the amount of viewing space you have, I would suggest changing your screen reseloution which will allow you to fix more text on one screen.

You can do this by right clicking on the desktop, selecting Properties, going to the settings tab and then adjusting the screen resleloution slider to a setting appropriate for you.

Reply Posted on 5/1/2003

yeah i think you need to up your resolution, goto display propeties in control panel, choose settings, then move the slider right 1 notch only.

Chris

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