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(Solved)sudden display incorrect desktop
Boggin:
I don't think this is because of magnetic fields in the monitor but what is being output to it.
Are the icons that are displayed on the right of the screen what you would normally see on your desktop before opening Windows Explorer ?
I'm not sure if booting into Safe Mode, right clicking on the desktop and in XP, selecting Properties then Settings so that you could either reset the display or troubleshoot the monitor would resolve.
If the screen displays correctly in this mode then I would advise downloading graphics drivers.
I've only had laptops so no experience of monitor problems.
XP's equivalent of reliability history is Performance Monitor and may have recorded a change to your system and is accessed via Control Panel/Administration and looks like - http://ishamsaid.tumblr.com/post/49022996877/reliability-monitor-of-windows
While this is more for defaulting the magnification, does pressing CTRL+0 do anything ?
Just for interest, what was Action Center alerting you to ?
jraju:
Hi, Is it control zero or control O letter.
I see the icons alright on both sides of desktop.
But the screen appears to be stretched, as if some body pulls from both left and right.
the default screen resolution is ok,
I have downloaded the latest graphics driver for my computer.
Any other clue, like, a hardware parts inside the monitor would have gone...and must be replaced.
Boggin:
It's CTRL+Zero
Another one to try but is probably too late now and that is CTRL+z
That is an undo command, but hitting them a few times may take it back far enough to produce some sort of change although having booted up into Safe Mode may have undone any sequence of events.
Does Performance Monitor record any changes to your system ?
How did it display in Safe Mode ?
I don't think it will be an infection but a scan in Safe Mode wouldn't hurt - it depends what your son was doing on the machine when this occurred.
This is your XP machine isn't it ?
jraju:
It is win7 system that i have.
Boggin:
In that case, go Start - start to type reliability then press enter when View reliability history is highlighted and see if that has anything snagged.
You haven't said what it displays like in Safe Mode.
If it displays okay in that mode and an antimalware scan comes back clean, ask your son if he had downloaded anything and check msconfig's Startup items and non-MS services.
You may be able to see if anything new has been installed by checking Programs and Features.
Have you tried your restore points to before your son was using the computer - his being on it when this happened may just be coincidental, but ask if he had pressed any combination of keys when this occurred - sometimes you can lean on a group of keys or use the CTRL key instead of Shift.
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