help, I just lost all the bars on my screen!

[RubberChickenLubber]

Ok, so I was just reading a thread, and noticed my screen was dirty, went to wipe it off, and I guess I hit some combo of buttons that made BYC take over the whole screen. No bars at the top whatsover. I have Windows vista on a compaq laptop. How do I get everything back without having to restart the laptop?

TIA

 

[giasmom]

Call tech support !

 

[FisherMOM]

hit F11 that should fix it.

 

[chicken+quail=luv]

Turn off your computer (just hit the power button). Then reload it. It should go back to normal.

 

[RubberChickenLubber]

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lol, if compaq's tech is anything like dell, I might as well ask my 4 yr old

. We got rid of our dell after a years worth of headaches and resetting to manufacturer's default several times.

 

[growanstede]

What browser do you use? Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome...?

Or, as FisherMom said, try hitting F11 first. If that doesn't work let us know.

 

[JenEric Farms]

Did pressing F11 work...It should...

 

[RubberChickenLubber]

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It worked, thanks so much. I knew I could restart it, but didn't want to waste the time. Now I know how to do it, there's been times I wanted the full screen. I'm so computer illiterate...lol.

 

[FisherMOM]

Glad it worked!

We discovered that not long ago and my daughter uses it often on games and such

 

[The Chicken Lady]

Sometimes the ESC key will help for random screen issues, too (for example, if you have a DVD playing on your computer in full screen mode).