[honeyholz]

Recently we purchased a new Sony VAIO VGN-BX297XP laptop with a max screen res of 1920 x 1200 Pixels (17 inch) and are having problems with internet explorer i have tried upgrading to IE7 it makes no difference and have ran some updates. Some webpages are too small to read, i.e notably www.bbc.co.uk and www.skysports.com the page is small and so is the text it doesn't even fill half the browser window. Other pages i.e msn and yahoo are ok. The spec of the laptop is below I have already tried adjusting the text sizes in explorer and in control panel but neither has had a positive effect. Can anyone think of anything that maybe helpful?


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Intel® Pentium® M 760 Processor 2.0GHz
1GB RAM, 200GB HDD & DVD/RW Drive
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional & Wireless 802.11b/g LAN
17" WUXGA TFT Display, 256MB ATI Radeon X700 Graphics & Bluetooth

Features
Product Description Sony VAIO BX297XP - Pentium M 760 2 GHz - 17" TFT
Dimensions (WxDxH) 40.2 cm x 29.7 cm x 4.3 cm
Weight 4 kg
Processor Intel Pentium M 760 / 2 GHz
Hard Drive 100 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400 rpm
Networking Network adapter - Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
RAM 1 GB (installed) / 2 GB (max) - DDR II SDRAM - 533 MHz
Graphics Controller ATI MOBILITY RADEON X700 with up to 256MB HyperMemory
Audio Output Sound card
Cache Memory 2 MB - L2 Cache
Optical Storage DVD±RW (±R DL) - integrated
Display 17" TFT active matrix 1920 x 1200 ( WUXGA )
Telecom Fax / modem - 56 Kbps
Input Device Keyboard, touchpad
Battery Lithium Ion
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Built-in Devices Stereo speakers, wireless LAN aerial, camera, Bluetooth aerial
System Type Notebook
Hard Drive (2nd) 100 GB - Serial ATA-150
Card Reader Yes
Run Time (Up To) 1.5 hour(s)
Notebook Camera Integrated - 0.37 Megapixel
Platform Technology Intel Centrino
Embedded Security Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Security Chip , fingerprint reader

 

[Terrister]

Look in the bottom right of the IE 7 window. You will see a plus sign in a magnifying glass and 100%. You can use this to zoom in and out on IE. Click on the triangle next to it and choose the best size for this page.

 

[honeyholz]

Thanks it is easier to read but its still not quite right, you get the same problem in any window e.g in outlook when you open an email the text is too small. I can't help thinking it has something to do with the resolution but i have tried changing this.