Freeware to enable change windows settings like -> screen resolution easily (for elderly person)

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Rahman

hi guys,

is there any freeware to enable a novice user of computer to regularly
change some windows settings
Screen Resolutin is a must.

anything arround?

regards

rah
 
hi guys,

is there any freeware to enable a novice user of computer to regularly
change some windows settings
Screen Resolutin is a must.

anything arround?
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If they use an nVIDIA graphics card, I think you can set up a simple hot-key
combo. I know you can set up a zoom hot key that will pan when the mouse
touches the edge of the screen. It works great, and has 2 levels of zoom.

-- Bob
 
is there any freeware to enable a novice user of computer to
regularly change some windows settings
Screen Resolutin is a must.

anything arround?
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ToggleRes allows you to swap backwards and forwards between two
chosen screen resolutions at the press of a button (put it on to
XP's QuickLaunch).
 
hi guys,

is there any freeware to enable a novice user of computer to regularly
change some windows settings
Screen Resolutin is a must.

anything arround?
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Browser Resize

*** This question was submitted to our Mentor Community. The answer
was provided by Bob Conley

Q. How do I design my webpages so they fill the screen on all monitor sizes?

A. If you want to make sure that your site will look well in all resolutions
you should first decide what your lowest screen resolution should be.
According to statistics, most people are veiwing the web at 800 X 600 or above
and very few are actually viewing at 640 X 480. So you can safely design a
page for the lowest resolution being 800 X 600. When you design for 800 X 600
make sure that all of your images are optimized for that resolution. Use
percentages for your table instead of pixel widths. If you use a fixed pixel
width you are setting your table to an absolute measurement. If the table is
set to percentages it will expand as needed. I use a bit of JavaScript to
check to see what my sites look like in various resolutions. Copy and paste
this into your browser address:
javascript:resizeTo(640,480)
Hit enter and then save to your favorites. Do the same with the following:
javascript:resizeTo(800,600)
javascript:resizeTo(1024,768)
Your browser will resize itself to the resolutions and you can get an idea of
what the page is going to look like.
 
dszady said:
Q. How do I design my webpages so they fill the screen on all monitor sizes?

A. If you want to make sure that your site will look well in all resolutions
you should first decide what your lowest screen resolution should be.
According to statistics, most people are veiwing the web at 800 X 600 or above
and very few are actually viewing at 640 X 480. So you can safely design a
page for the lowest resolution being 800 X 600. When you design for 800 X 600
make sure that all of your images are optimized for that resolution. Use
percentages for your table instead of pixel widths. If you use a fixed pixel
width you are setting your table to an absolute measurement. If the table is
set to percentages it will expand as needed. I use a bit of JavaScript to
check to see what my sites look like in various resolutions. Copy and paste
this into your browser address:
javascript:resizeTo(640,480)
Hit enter and then save to your favorites. Do the same with the following:
javascript:resizeTo(800,600)
javascript:resizeTo(1024,768)
Your browser will resize itself to the resolutions and you can get an idea of
what the page is going to look like.
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Seems like a easy way to check my pages during webpage creation. But
this javascripts only worked in IE for me, not in Mozilla (1.8a5).
Anybody know what settings I should fiddle with in Mozilla to make it work?

Thanks in advance.
 
Vegard said:
Seems like a easy way to check my pages during webpage creation. But
this javascripts only worked in IE for me, not in Mozilla (1.8a5).
Anybody know what settings I should fiddle with in Mozilla to make it work?
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Firefox has a Web Developer extension that provides a toolbar that
includes this functionality.

Doesn't answer your question though...
 
dszady said:
Q. How do I design my webpages so they fill the screen on all monitor sizes?
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[...]
Seems like a easy way to check my pages during webpage creation. But
this javascripts only worked in IE for me, not in Mozilla (1.8a5).
Anybody know what settings I should fiddle with in Mozilla to make it work?
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In Preferences, Advanced, Scripts and Plugins, do you have Move or resize
existing windows checked?
I unchecked the box and tried it and it didn't work. I checked the box
again and it did. Mozilla 1.6
But I can't bookmark them even with a blank page.
 
dszady said:
Q. How do I design my webpages so they fill the screen on all monitor sizes?

A. If you want to make sure that your site will look well in all resolutions
Click to expand...
[...]
Seems like a easy way to check my pages during webpage creation. But
this javascripts only worked in IE for me, not in Mozilla (1.8a5).
Anybody know what settings I should fiddle with in Mozilla to make it work?

Thanks in advance.
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Ok. This is even better.
http://tantek.com/favelets/
Bunch of bookmarklets on the right
 
dszady said:
In Preferences, Advanced, Scripts and Plugins, do you have Move or resize
existing windows checked?
I unchecked the box and tried it and it didn't work. I checked the box
again and it did. Mozilla 1.6
But I can't bookmark them even with a blank page.
Click to expand...

Thanks dszady - that did the trick! :-)
 
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