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Re: Yet another plea for guidance

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On 11/30/2016 14:45, David LaRue wrote:
> Larry Sheldon <lfsheldon@gmail.com> wrote in
> news:ea8r4jFnsb3U1@mid.individual.net:
>
>> There is probably a better place than this for looking for help. but I
>> don't know where that is......
>>
>> I have an ASUS MX239 monitor in service here.  (It is rated at 23".)
>>
>> Inexplicably, "bing" (the search engine) has determined that my
>> monitor is about the same size as my Kindle Fireâ„¢.  Which makes it
>> fundamentally useless.
>>
>> I have tried all the things I can think of to make it reconsider.
>>
>> And I have failed, spectacularly.
>>
>> All suggestions considered and if not obviously dangerous, tried.

> Not sure I can help, but I'll start with the obvious.  The monitor
> likely is able to send its available screen sizes to the computer.  You
> haven't mentioned the computer, operating system, any recent changes
> that might have affected this change, or what you have tried.  Help us
> out a little.

Good questions, but I was afraid of info overload, so limited it to what 
I thought was relevant.

Expanding it a bit:  Dell something or other under Windows 10 at current 
patch level; no changes that I am aware of*; reboots, changed display 
setting (intention: force "bing to re-think it), deleted various 
cookie-sets--including "all", tried to force (to unknown success) to get 
"bing" to reload, reviewed registry settings (none changed), looked for 
(and didn't find) any relevant "bing" settings.

> Also, what has 'bing' got to do with this mix?

It is the only thing displayed by Firefox at cockamamie screen dimensions.

  Is it just your web
> browser that doesn't see the correct screen size?

Other stuff displayed by the same instance of Firefox is displayed 
rationally.

   Do other search
> engines or web browsers have the same problem?

Have not tried them.  I am afraid of IE, didn't think of Edge.   I will 
go see if I cat get that to display (I have not figured out how to point 
Edge at what I want to see.)

Be right back.

[tempus fidgets]

Good suggestion--Edge displays it normally.  Firefox still does not. 
Don't know yet how to use that intelligence.

> David

Thanks for looking at it.


*two kinds of changes, right?  "none that I am aware of" and "can't
possibly be relevant".  All of mine are in the former category.


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    Re: Yet another plea for guidance Larry Sheldon <lfsheldon@gmail.com> - 2016-11-30 16:40 -0600
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