Web Page Display Shrank

I had to do a reset on Internet Explorer 7 (in order to solve a problem after
installing Norton Internet Security 2009). After the reset, I noticed that
some of the Web Pages stopped filling the window. For example, the bottom
frame of CNN.com used to fill the entire window, horizontally, right to left.
Now, the contents are much smaller, and leaves a couple inches on the right
and left.

This problem does not affect all websites, but some are now rendering with
considerably smaller content. I know that I can zoom the text on affected
sites, but am looking for a more permanent solution that will return the
display size of the affected websites to what they were before the reset.

I would appreciate any suggestions anyone might have.

Hi,
Windows XP or Vista? I don't think this is an IE issue- it's a Windows
setting.

What's your monitor resolution setting? cnn.com appears to be about 1024
pixels wide. If your screen is set to eg. 1280 x 960, things will be small
and there will be unused space on the sides of the webpage.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]


"Ray" <Ray@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F668915A-CD97-4E75-B490-1B376F9924BC@microsoft.com...
> I had to do a reset on Internet Explorer 7 (in order to solve a problem
after
> installing Norton Internet Security 2009). After the reset, I noticed
that
> some of the Web Pages stopped filling the window. For example, the bottom
> frame of CNN.com used to fill the entire window, horizontally, right to
left.
> Now, the contents are much smaller, and leaves a couple inches on the
right
> and left.
>
> This problem does not affect all websites, but some are now rendering with
> considerably smaller content. I know that I can zoom the text on affected
> sites, but am looking for a more permanent solution that will return the
> display size of the affected websites to what they were before the reset.
>
> I would appreciate any suggestions anyone might have.

Don,

Thanks for getting back to me. I'm running XP-Professional. Screen
Resolution is 1400 X 1050. I don't think that any changes were made to the
screen resolution.

The problem occurred when I reset IE. It doesn't affect the display of all
webpages - just some.


"Don Varnau" wrote:

> Hi,
> Windows XP or Vista? I don't think this is an IE issue- it's a Windows
> setting.
>
> What's your monitor resolution setting? cnn.com appears to be about 1024
> pixels wide. If your screen is set to eg. 1280 x 960, things will be small
> and there will be unused space on the sides of the webpage.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
>
> "Ray" <Ray@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F668915A-CD97-4E75-B490-1B376F9924BC@microsoft.com...
> > I had to do a reset on Internet Explorer 7 (in order to solve a problem
> after
> > installing Norton Internet Security 2009). After the reset, I noticed
> that
> > some of the Web Pages stopped filling the window. For example, the bottom
> > frame of CNN.com used to fill the entire window, horizontally, right to
> left.
> > Now, the contents are much smaller, and leaves a couple inches on the
> right
> > and left.
> >
> > This problem does not affect all websites, but some are now rendering with
> > considerably smaller content. I know that I can zoom the text on affected
> > sites, but am looking for a more permanent solution that will return the
> > display size of the affected websites to what they were before the reset.
> >
> > I would appreciate any suggestions anyone might have.
>
>

I'm not sure which IE7 setting could have changed this. IE> View> Text size
will make some webpages larger or smaller as you change text size -
yahoo.com is a good example of a webpage which changes size. This does not
happen with cnn.com unless you check "Ignore font sizes" from Internet
Options> Accessibility.

In Internet Options> Advanced> Accessibility, you might verify that all
options are unchecked.

But, cnn.com is coded to be 1024 pixels wide so I would expect it to not
fill an IE window that's wider than that.

Don
[MS MVP- IE]


"Ray" <Ray@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:05689799-9ED9-4390-8779-D88FFF5BAFDA@microsoft.com...
> Don,
>
> Thanks for getting back to me. I'm running XP-Professional. Screen
> Resolution is 1400 X 1050. I don't think that any changes were made to
the
> screen resolution.
>
> The problem occurred when I reset IE. It doesn't affect the display of
all
> webpages - just some.

> "Don Varnau" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > Windows XP or Vista? I don't think this is an IE issue- it's a Windows
> > setting.
> >
> > What's your monitor resolution setting? cnn.com appears to be about 1024
> > pixels wide. If your screen is set to eg. 1280 x 960, things will be
small
> > and there will be unused space on the sides of the webpage.

> > "Ray" <Ray@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:F668915A-CD97-4E75-B490-1B376F9924BC@microsoft.com...
> > > I had to do a reset on Internet Explorer 7 (in order to solve a
problem
> > after
> > > installing Norton Internet Security 2009). After the reset, I noticed
> > that
> > > some of the Web Pages stopped filling the window. For example, the
bottom
> > > frame of CNN.com used to fill the entire window, horizontally, right
to
> > left.
> > > Now, the contents are much smaller, and leaves a couple inches on the
> > right and left.
> > >
> > > This problem does not affect all websites, but some are now rendering
with
> > > considerably smaller content. I know that I can zoom the text on
affected
> > > sites, but am looking for a more permanent solution that will return
the
> > > display size of the affected websites to what they were before the
reset.
> > >
> > > I would appreciate any suggestions anyone might have.

Ray - Did you ever figure out the problem? I have the exact same issue - I
did IE7 reset, first and only time, and now many pages (slate.com, NYT, etc.)
are not filling the screen, but have large white margins. If I zoom, I have
to recenter the page, because I have also "zoomed" the margins. Would like to
understand what is causing this, and I'm pretty sure it IS an IE7 issue.
Cheers, Dave

"Don Varnau" wrote:

> I'm not sure which IE7 setting could have changed this. IE> View> Text size
> will make some webpages larger or smaller as you change text size -
> yahoo.com is a good example of a webpage which changes size. This does not
> happen with cnn.com unless you check "Ignore font sizes" from Internet
> Options> Accessibility.
>
> In Internet Options> Advanced> Accessibility, you might verify that all
> options are unchecked.
>
> But, cnn.com is coded to be 1024 pixels wide so I would expect it to not
> fill an IE window that's wider than that.
>
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
>
> "Ray" <Ray@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:05689799-9ED9-4390-8779-D88FFF5BAFDA@microsoft.com...
> > Don,
> >
> > Thanks for getting back to me. I'm running XP-Professional. Screen
> > Resolution is 1400 X 1050. I don't think that any changes were made to
> the
> > screen resolution.
> >
> > The problem occurred when I reset IE. It doesn't affect the display of
> all
> > webpages - just some.
>
> > "Don Varnau" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > Windows XP or Vista? I don't think this is an IE issue- it's a Windows
> > > setting.
> > >
> > > What's your monitor resolution setting? cnn.com appears to be about 1024
> > > pixels wide. If your screen is set to eg. 1280 x 960, things will be
> small
> > > and there will be unused space on the sides of the webpage.
>
> > > "Ray" <Ray@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:F668915A-CD97-4E75-B490-1B376F9924BC@microsoft.com...
> > > > I had to do a reset on Internet Explorer 7 (in order to solve a
> problem
> > > after
> > > > installing Norton Internet Security 2009). After the reset, I noticed
> > > that
> > > > some of the Web Pages stopped filling the window. For example, the
> bottom
> > > > frame of CNN.com used to fill the entire window, horizontally, right
> to
> > > left.
> > > > Now, the contents are much smaller, and leaves a couple inches on the
> > > right and left.
> > > >
> > > > This problem does not affect all websites, but some are now rendering
> with
> > > > considerably smaller content. I know that I can zoom the text on
> affected
> > > > sites, but am looking for a more permanent solution that will return
> the
> > > > display size of the affected websites to what they were before the
> reset.
> > > >
> > > > I would appreciate any suggestions anyone might have.
>
>