servicedevice
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When I start Windows Vista up the desktop screen will do either one of two things: a) come up normally, then flash to a smaller resolution, with giant icons, and then flash back to my normal resolution--with the icons now realigned either along the top or the left, because of that resolution reset--or b) come up with the wrong resolution first, big icons and all, and then go black and flip to the normal resolution--with the icons of course reset. (I think it goes to black every time it switches, btw.) I have googled a lot about screen resolution changes being a problem with the fast user switch function, although nothing that quite aligns with my version of the issue. It happens without switching anything, although it does seem like it is related to the fast user switch function bc of the following:
Last week I went on vacation and had someone watching my dogs...I turned on guest account and had her log in as that. The first time she used it there was no start menu to log off with, and she shut down manually. The other few times she was able to shutdown onscreen, and that was that. The times I have turned on the guest account and gone in there, hoping that exiting and turning it back off will somehow restore things, there was no start menu (it's like the screen resolution made everything so large most icons and the start menu are offscreen somewhere), and I used cont-alt-del to switch back to my normal user profile. This has changed nothing. System restoration to a day, even two before I set up the guest account and she started using it, did nothing (I have since restored it back to today's point). It was fine before I left, and it has been screwed up since I came back, so I think it must have to do with the guest account somehow...
My normal resolution is 1280 x 1024 (60hz, 32bit). I have two monitors, but the other has not been turned on during a single part of this whole problem. Not really a computer guy, so if there is something else I should be telling you, please just ask. Thanks so much.
Last week I went on vacation and had someone watching my dogs...I turned on guest account and had her log in as that. The first time she used it there was no start menu to log off with, and she shut down manually. The other few times she was able to shutdown onscreen, and that was that. The times I have turned on the guest account and gone in there, hoping that exiting and turning it back off will somehow restore things, there was no start menu (it's like the screen resolution made everything so large most icons and the start menu are offscreen somewhere), and I used cont-alt-del to switch back to my normal user profile. This has changed nothing. System restoration to a day, even two before I set up the guest account and she started using it, did nothing (I have since restored it back to today's point). It was fine before I left, and it has been screwed up since I came back, so I think it must have to do with the guest account somehow...
My normal resolution is 1280 x 1024 (60hz, 32bit). I have two monitors, but the other has not been turned on during a single part of this whole problem. Not really a computer guy, so if there is something else I should be telling you, please just ask. Thanks so much.
