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Q150352: MSB Earth: Other Program Windows Are Resized After Using MSB

Article: Q150352
Product(s): Microsoft Home Kids Products
Version(s): WINDOWS:1.0,95
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 08-NOV-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Scholastic's Magic School Bus series: Explores Inside the Earth for Windows, version 1.0 
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you quit Magic School Bus Explores the Earth (MSB Earth), you may notice
that some of the non-maximized windows of currently running applications are
resized or maximized.

RESOLUTION
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The following steps describe a workaround for this problem:

1. Open the Bus Stop Utility for MSB Earth (which is located in the "Bus Help -
  Earth" Help program in the troubleshooting section).

  For information on how to open the Bus Stop Utility for MSB Earth, please see
  the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q151436 MSB Earth: Where Is the Bus Stop Utility

2. Click the button marked "Ask whether to change to 640x480" so that a green
  dot appears on top of the orange button.

3. Click Exit.

4. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Kids, and then click Magic
  School Bus - Earth.

5. Click No when the following message appears:

  For better picture quality we recommend that you switch screen resolution to
  640 x 480 pixels. Would you like to change screen resolution to 640 x 480
  pixels now?

The main program screen will now appear in the center of your monitor, surrounded
by a black background. When you quit the program the non- maximized windows of
currently running applications will not be resized or maximized.

MORE INFORMATION
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This behavior only occurs when running MSB Earth for Windows, version 1.0, on
Windows 95. This problem does not occur with the other Magic School Bus titles,
or if you are running MSB Earth on Windows 3.1 or 3.11.

Additional query words: kids mskids msb frizz kbmm multimedia multi-media multi media msbgeo msbearth resize maximized minimized windows change displays differently program application box area smaller reduced bigger large larger big increase size increased

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbOSWin95 kbOSWinSearch kbHomeProdSearch kbZNotKeyword kbKidsSearch kbScholasticEarth kbMSBSearch
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0,95

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