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not full screen

Sep 28, 2010 7:32PM PDT

when i click on Google or my home page Sky,it opens up half screen.i have tried holding shift key and clicking red cross,it resizes it.but i can do that manually,it dose not' last,i tried properties/shortcut/change from normal windows to max, (althogh it was on max) same result can anyone help.

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Re: opening Window
Sep 28, 2010 7:47PM PDT
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Re: not full screen
Sep 29, 2010 12:07AM PDT

gandolf123, Follow the instructions at the links below.

How do I have an Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) or earlier version window open in the maximized position every time?
http://www.mistered.us/wwwboard/questions2.shtml


How do I have an Internet Explorer 7 (IE 7) window open in the maximized position every time? This also works for IE 8.
http://www.mistered.us/wwwboard/questions3.shtml

Another option many use is the Free "IE New Window Maximizer" which you can download at the link below.

http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=1746

Tufenuf


Note: If you're asking for technical help, please be sure to include all your system info, including operating system, model number, and any other specifics related to the problem.

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not full screen
Oct 2, 2010 5:38PM PDT

thanks Tufenuf.tried the first one but didnt' get it righr so tried another ,and in the reading it mentioned windows maximiser,so i downloaded that and it works.once again thanks.