Fixing PF View: Tips for Returning to Default on Win7 | Confused User Help

  • Thread starter Thread starter turbo
  • Start date Start date
AI Thread Summary
The user is struggling to revert to the default view in PF on Windows 7, describing an unusual olive background color. Another participant suggests that the issue may be related to the larger LCD screen and viewing angles, recommending adjustments to brightness and contrast settings. They also advise taking a break to avoid frustration and emphasize the importance of setting up a backup schedule for data migration. Additionally, ensuring the new system is clean before transferring data is highlighted as crucial to avoid carrying over existing problems. Overall, the discussion revolves around troubleshooting display issues and managing data migration effectively.
turbo
Insights Author
Gold Member
Messages
3,157
Reaction score
57
Maybe I'm just punchy from trying to migrate my data and apps to Win7 all day, but I can't figure out how to get back to the default view in PF. When I bring up PF, the background is a light olive color, darker near the top of the screen and lighter toward the bottom. :confused:
 
Physics news on Phys.org
turbo said:
Maybe I'm just punchy from trying to migrate my data and apps to Win7 all day, but I can't figure out how to get back to the default view in PF. When I bring up PF, the background is a light olive color, darker near the top of the screen and lighter toward the bottom. :confused:

can you post a screen capture?
 
I think I got it. The LCD is larger than my old one, and viewing angle seems to have a lot to do with the weird darkening. I have to play with screen settings, too.
 
Playing with brightness and contrast help reduce the viewing angle effect, too. Thanks Greg! User error. :redface:
 
Turbo,

Take a break before you have a meltdown. New systems always come with challenges big and small. Relax and kick back, tomorrow, set up backup schedule from control panel, that is if you have an external backup drive, or one you can reuse from your old system. Before kicking it off, make sure your system is CLEAN or you will bring the problems with it. I am backing up mine now, 2/3rds done.

Rhody... :smile:
 

Thread 'Thank you to mentors, advisors and members'

I want to thank those members who interacted with me a couple of years ago in two Optics Forum threads. They were @Drakkith, @hutchphd, @Gleb1964, and @KAHR-Alpha. I had something I wanted the scientific community to know and slipped a new idea in against the rules. Thank you also to @berkeman for suggesting paths to meet with academia. Anyway, I finally got a paper on the same matter as discussed in those forum threads, the fat lens model, got it peer-reviewed, and IJRAP...
View full post »

Thread 'Thank you physics forums, 20 years later'

About 20 years ago, in my mid-30s (and with a BA in economics and a master's in business), I started taking night classes in physics hoping to eventually earn the science degree I'd always wanted but never pursued. I found physics forums and used it to ask questions I was unable to get answered from my textbooks or class lectures. Unfortunately, work and life got in the way and I never got further the freshman courses. Well, here it is 20 years later. I'm in my mid-50s now, and in a...
View full post »

Similar threads

WaveGrid - Non-equilibrium Emergence Sandbox
Replies
1
Views
2K
What colors and attributes could alien flora & fauna have?
Replies
15
Views
5K
Mathematica How to type mathematical equations using LaTeX
Replies
3
Views
2K
  • Sticky
Physics Forums Global Guidelines
Replies
2
Views
502K

Hot Threads

Recent Insights

Back
Top