# windows 98 question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 15, 2000, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-98-question/37013 "2000-10-15T17:14:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-98-question/37013/1 "2000-10-15T17:14:10Z")
if i am away from my keyboard for about 5 minutes and not scrolling or typing , something happens to windows and all the text size on the web pages gets small and i can’t adjust the size-i have to reboot and then it all works ok and i can adjust the size again-is there some setting in windows to remedy this? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-98-question/37013/2 "2000-10-15T17:25:43Z")
Apparently it disables your caps and period keys, too. But, to answer the question … I dunno. I’ve never heard of anything like this before. Try this if you have a MS wheelmouse. Hold down the CTRL key and rotate the wheel either way. This is supposed to increase/decrease font size. ---
**Author:** ![bafaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@bafaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bafaa)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2000, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-98-question/37013/3 "2000-10-16T01:51:15Z")
Hey that’s cool! I had no idea my wheelmouse could do that! Thanks UncleBeer! ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2000, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-98-question/37013/4 "2000-10-16T02:11:33Z")
\>\> Hold down the CTRL key and rotate the wheel either way NEAT!!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Incognito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guy_incognito/32/3920_2.png) [@Guy\_Incognito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Incognito)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2000, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-98-question/37013/5 "2000-10-16T03:22:55Z")
Didn’t know that font-sizing stunt with the Wheel Mouse. (God forbid I read the documentation.) ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2000, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-98-question/37013/6 "2000-10-16T05:30:38Z")
FYI, that wheelmouse trick only works in IE, not Netscape. ---
**Author:** ![dylan\_73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@dylan\_73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dylan_73)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2000, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-98-question/37013/7 "2000-10-16T09:45:52Z")
This could be a screensaver that’s forcing a different mode and windows isn’t recovering correctly. Try disabling your screensaver and see if this fixes the problem (just a guess since it takes 5 mins inactivity for the problem to show). If not, I’m betting on a trojan and someone screwing with your mind 😉 ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2000, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-98-question/37013/8 "2000-10-16T11:55:56Z")
Thanks, Geobabe. Being the slave to B. Gates that I am, I wasn’t aware of the Netscape issue. By the way, the wheel trick works in Excel, Word and Powerpoint also.