Linus' House of IT: 15 cents please

Sassybren · 10-29-2010, 09:12 AM

Hi Linus,
I don't know if I did something or if I am having problems viewing the sight. I'm still getting to know my IMac so it coud be me. Last night I was scrolling down in a thread and the fonts got huge and now I can't get them back to normal. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Linus · 10-29-2010, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Sassybren

Hi Linus,
I don't know if I did something or if I am having problems viewing the sight. I'm still getting to know my IMac so it coud be me. Last night I was scrolling down in a thread and the fonts got huge and now I can't get them back to normal. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

It sounds like the fonts may have changed. This can be resolved by going to View --> Zoom and then choosing Zoom out or Zoom Text Only and then choosing Zoom In or Zoom out.

ravfem · 10-29-2010, 09:45 AM

*placing a quarter on the desk*

hi Linus

For the last few weeks (maybe longer, who knows), my hard drive occasionally makes the noise like it's trying to read a disk, only it's empty. It'll do it once or twice then stop. (win xp)

It does it randomly; i can be reading threads here, in my email, or playing solitaire.

Any thoughts?

Thanks so much!!

Linus · 10-29-2010, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by ravfem

*placing a quarter on the desk*

hi Linus

For the last few weeks (maybe longer, who knows), my hard drive occasionally makes the noise like it's trying to read a disk, only it's empty. It'll do it once or twice then stop. (win xp)

It does it randomly; i can be reading threads here, in my email, or playing solitaire.

Any thoughts?

Thanks so much!!

Do you mean Floppy Drive? If not, then I do not quite understand what you mean since reading the hard drive would indicate that there is a hard drive to read.

Now, if it is the floppy drive, did you recently access a document from a floppy disk? Because if you did, XP tries to keep a cache of recently accessed documents and is probably trying to see if it can find it. You can try the following to see if that stops it.

Go to Start --> control panel --> taskbar AND Go to start menu/[start menu]/[customize]/[advanced]

and at the very bottom click on the
[CLEAR LIST] button

10-29-2010, 09:12 AM	#1
Sassybren Junior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 71 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 239 Thanked 101 Times in 47 Posts Rep Power: 2497	Hi Linus, I don't know if I did something or if I am having problems viewing the sight. I'm still getting to know my IMac so it coud be me. Last night I was scrolling down in a thread and the fonts got huge and now I can't get them back to normal. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. __________________ Faith makes life possible, Hope makes life workable, Love makes life beautiful, Friends make life meaningful! Bren

10-29-2010, 09:45 AM	#3
ravfem Senior Member How Do You Identify?: i'm a girl Relationship Status: negative Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,811 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,239 Thanked 3,126 Times in 1,270 Posts Rep Power: 1969286	placing a quarter on the desk hi Linus For the last few weeks (maybe longer, who knows), my hard drive occasionally makes the noise like it's trying to read a disk, only it's empty. It'll do it once or twice then stop. (win xp) It does it randomly; i can be reading threads here, in my email, or playing solitaire. Any thoughts? Thanks so much!! __________________