Latest Windows update makes everything HUGE

Anonymous
2017-11-23T17:36:31+00:00

My husband's desktop (running Windows 10) downloaded and installed a major Windows update Nov. 22. After it did, his screen is huge. Icons, text, everything. I checked his resolution, icon size, text size and ease of access settings -- nothing out of place. Resolution is normal. Icon size is small. Text size is normal, all ease of access off. The screen zoom is 100%. If I system restore to before the update, it's fine. I tried to change the active hours to give myself a day to hunt down the answer today, but it updated again this morning, and the problem is back. We've restarted, powered off and did a hard restart, powered off and checked the monitor settings. It has to be a bug or a conflict with the new update, but I'm stumped. Anyone??

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-11-24T02:36:14+00:00

    Yes, Microsoft, this IS the issue. I let it update, it changed to 1024x768 again and said that's the recommended resolution for my monitor. Which it is NOT, which is why it is stretching and distorting everything.

    I went into the display adapter properties, monitor tab, and clicked off the X for "Hide modes this monitor cannot display." It gave me a bunch of 4x3 resolutions (like 1920x1440) but not 16x9 resolutions for my 23" monitor including 1920x1080. OK, here's where I need the tech to direct me how to get my resolution to the real recommended setting.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-11-24T02:17:33+00:00

    Did it let you do that, Terri? I'm waiting for it to update now. At least mine isn't having hang-up issues with this update.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-11-24T02:15:40+00:00

    Letting mine update now. Then I'm going into settings/system/display/display adapter properties, and clicking off the toggle that says "Hide modes this monitor cannot display" and see if it will let me go back to 1920x1080.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-11-24T02:11:50+00:00

    YOU did it!!!!!!!!!

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  5. Anonymous
    2017-11-24T01:42:06+00:00

    I also have the same issue with everything on my computer and huge and almost distorted after an upgrade this morning.  Help..   Microsoft.  Fix your bug!!

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