Help! -small screen on black background

Hiya,

then my cat has cooling on my keyboard, and she must have pressed a key, because now the screen is tiny and has a black background around it. How should I do? All ideas are appreciated!

Thank you, L.

Suggestions:

1 adjust screen resolution
Right-click on a free space of your desktop computer > click Customize > click on display settings > use the slider to change the resolution > click OK when finished.

Resolution based on the screen size

Monitor 15 inch

1024 × 768

17 to 19 inch monitor

1280 × 1024

monitor 20 inch and liked

1600 × 1200

2. adjust the size of the police (CIO)
Right-click on a free space of your desktop > click Customize > click on adjust font size (DPI) > uac prompt > click on the radio in front of the default scale (96 DPI) > click OK

Note: if necessary: click Custom DPI... > adjustments it > OK when finished.

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