[annalogan]

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 8.9" 1.6 GHz Laptop i bought a second hand mini 9. The screen appears to have slipped down just over the depth of the task bar.. at start up the task bar is below the bottom of the screen. it doesn't matter what the resolution is set at - the frame appears to have slipped down. any ideas? windows xp on it.

[holmes4]

Are you sure that the taskbar isn't set to hide when not in use? If you position the cursor at the bottom edge, does the taskbar pop up?

[reflex]

Can you drag the edge of the taskbar up?

[annalogan]

oh hello! No, it isn't hidden. when i press the windows button All Programs is half on the screen.

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My son was working on it the night before last and downloaded windows xp updates. I then tried to download i tunes but it said there wasn't enough memory left. the screen went skewed at that stage. i don't appear to have any sound on it either.. i've taken off one of the updates since then, but it hasn't helped.

[rrfranczak3]

you could go into windows restore, usually before windows updates it creates a restore point.....if possible just restore back to before the updates...go to 'start' then 'all programs' then 'accessories' then 'system tools'.... 'system restore' should be an option there

[holmes4]

What do you have the resolution set to? Should be 1024x600. You may have it set to 1024x768 or something like that.

[annalogan]

It won't give me a restore date before last Saturday oddly enough. Strange but true.

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Originally Posted by holmes4

What do you have the resolution set to? Should be 1024x600. You may have it set to 1024x768 or something like that.

yes - you are right. the resolution just allows me to do 1024 x 768..how do i modify that?

[holmes4]

Install the drivers from here.

[annalogan]

I left the machine out of disgust for a while and it fixed itself... however I have another problem now. See new thread.Thanks for the advice everyone anyway!