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    Laurawa Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Apr 12, 2008, 08:55 AM
    Shrinking icons on my desktop
    My icons on my desktop have gone really big as well as my background photo. How can I get these back to normal on a Windows Vista programme?
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    Apr 12, 2008, 02:33 PM
    Same thing happened to mine!

    It was an update to the 945 chipset family, can't remember the exact update though!

    I ended up doing a full system recovery, turned off my automatic updates, and kept any of the 945 chipset updates from downloading.

    So far, so good.

    Good luck to you!
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    Apr 26, 2008, 01:03 AM
    I'm not too sure on what you're describing, but I'm guessing that what's happening is that the resolution is changing. If you go into the display options for Windows by right-clicking the desktop, you can change the resolution to a setting you like by dragging the slider:

    1) Right-click the Desktop

    2) Click on "Personalize"

    3) Click on "Display Settings" from the list that opens up.

    4) Adjust the slider under "Resolution:"
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    Aug 2, 2008, 07:33 PM
    That could be due to a virus or malware. Whenever such things happen,
    I usually re-install windows.

    I have saved the wpa.dbl file on a CD. I copy the original one to windows after
    Re-installing.
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    Aug 2, 2008, 09:58 PM
    In order to change the size of the icons in Vista follow the steps below

    1. Open display propeties
    2. Click on the Appearance tab
    3. Click ADVANCED button at bottom of window
    4. Click on the drop down list in the ITEM field
    5. Highlight ICON from the list
    6. Change ICON size. In the box to the right.
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    Aug 2, 2008, 10:05 PM
    I had that problem today too! Lmfao
    I have a toshiba laptop and I pressed in
    FN + SPACE
    And it changed it back to small
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