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From: Andrew Wilson on 1 Jul 2010 16:37 Today I have lost the ability to resize windows manually, every IE8, email and program windows. If I moved the mouse pointer to the corner of a window I could resize it manually. Now any window just appears maximised and if I click minimised it just reduces to the task bar until I click maximise again. If I move down the screen I can resize the taskbar but nothing else. I have googled which wasn't much help and was generally about resizing partitions. As far as I am aware I haven't changed any settings. Does anyone have any solutions please? Many thanks Andrew Wilson
From: 123Jim on 2 Jul 2010 04:56 "Andrew Wilson" <andrew(a)thefatcontroller.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message news:807Xn.31$lS1.19(a)newsfe12.iad... > Today I have lost the ability to resize windows manually, every IE8, email > and program windows. If I moved the mouse pointer to the corner of a > window I could resize it manually. Now any window just appears maximised > and if I click minimised it just reduces to the task bar until I click > maximise again. If I move down the screen I can resize the taskbar but > nothing else. I have googled which wasn't much help and was generally > about resizing partitions. As far as I am aware I haven't changed any > settings. > Does anyone have any solutions please? > Many thanks clicking minimise does what it does .. are you missing the button right next to it? restore down/maximise http://www.calvin.edu/~rbobeldy/tutorials/os/parts_of_windows1_1.htm
From: Andrew Wilson on 2 Jul 2010 07:34 "123Jim" <jnkjnjnini(a)uhnuhnunuhnuy.invalid> wrote in message news:i0k9k4$2v1$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > "Andrew Wilson" <andrew(a)thefatcontroller.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message > news:807Xn.31$lS1.19(a)newsfe12.iad... >> Today I have lost the ability to resize windows manually, every IE8, >> email and program windows. If I moved the mouse pointer to the corner of >> a window I could resize it manually. Now any window just appears >> maximised and if I click minimised it just reduces to the task bar until >> I click maximise again. If I move down the screen I can resize the >> taskbar but nothing else. I have googled which wasn't much help and was >> generally about resizing partitions. As far as I am aware I haven't >> changed any settings. >> Does anyone have any solutions please? >> Many thanks > > clicking minimise does what it does .. are you missing the button right > next to it? restore down/maximise > http://www.calvin.edu/~rbobeldy/tutorials/os/parts_of_windows1_1.htm When I click the double box in the top right corner to reduce window size it just disappears to the task bar. It seems to be only happening on IE8 now for some reason. Many thanks Andrew
From: 123Jim on 2 Jul 2010 08:27
"Andrew Wilson" <andrew(a)thefatcontroller.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message news:e9kXn.4327$KT3.2215(a)newsfe13.iad... > > "123Jim" <jnkjnjnini(a)uhnuhnunuhnuy.invalid> wrote in message > news:i0k9k4$2v1$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> >> "Andrew Wilson" <andrew(a)thefatcontroller.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:807Xn.31$lS1.19(a)newsfe12.iad... >>> Today I have lost the ability to resize windows manually, every IE8, >>> email and program windows. If I moved the mouse pointer to the corner of >>> a window I could resize it manually. Now any window just appears >>> maximised and if I click minimised it just reduces to the task bar until >>> I click maximise again. If I move down the screen I can resize the >>> taskbar but nothing else. I have googled which wasn't much help and was >>> generally about resizing partitions. As far as I am aware I haven't >>> changed any settings. >>> Does anyone have any solutions please? >>> Many thanks >> >> clicking minimise does what it does .. are you missing the button right >> next to it? restore down/maximise >> http://www.calvin.edu/~rbobeldy/tutorials/os/parts_of_windows1_1.htm > When I click the double box in the top right corner to reduce window size > it just disappears to the task bar. It seems to be only happening on IE8 > now for some reason. > Many thanks > Andrew Maybe IE has picked up some malware .. I suggest resetting IE to default condition . First though, in the very unlikely event that this causes you a problem, create a restore point: Start > All programs > accessories > system tools > system restore > create a restore point > next etc Now reset IE: tools > Internet options > advanced > reset > apply > ok |