Magnific
Some people will avoid asking for help even when something absurd happens.
Someone’s coworker suddenly found herself staring at a screen where practically everything had become enormous and she didn’t know why.
Icons were massive, windows were barely usable, and navigating the computer had turned into an exercise in carefully panning around the screen.
Instead of asking for help immediately, though, she assumed she must have broken something and decided to just live with it.
Read the full story below and see how he fixed the problem.
Coworker used her pc at 400% zoom for 3 days
Not IT, just the dev everyone treats like IT because I “know computers.” Standard stuff.
Last week my coworker comes over and asks if I can take a look at her machine. Says “something happened and everything’s huge”. Not great detail but okay.
Go to her desk. Her screen is zoomed in to an absurd degree.
Her recycle bin icon is the size of a coffee mug on screen.
This is so funny.
She can see maybe 3-4 icons at a time and she’s been panning around with the mouse to find things.
First thing I check is resolution. Nope, 1920×1080. Fine. Then I notice the magnifier icon sitting in her system tray.
She somehow hit Win and + at the same time (probably reaching for something) and turned on Windows Magnifier. Zoomed to somewhere around 350%.
Win+Esc. Done. Screen snaps back to normal.
It wasn’t a big deal. She made it one, though.
She goes “HOW did you do that.” As if I’d unlocked some secret admin menu.
Best part: she’d been working that way for three days. She figured out how to get to Outlook and her spreadsheets by panning around and just… adapted. Never put in a ticket, never asked anyone.
Three entire workdays of navigating her computer through a keyhole.
I asked why she waited so long. She said she thought she broke something and didn’t want to get in trouble.
She’s 34.
I can’t stop laughing. What did Reddit think?
Someone shares their experience.
😂😂😂
Lol.
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Another reader chimes in.
She didn’t have to make a big deal out of it, I agree 😂😂😂
I just can’t with this one.