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Internet Explorer 6 and Pictures

Stop Images From Resizing

SUMMARY: Stop Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 from automatically resizing web page images to fit in its window.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 automatically resizes images that would be too big to see on your monitor at once. This helps prevent the use of the horizontal scroll bar that would normally be required to view the whole image. While some like this automatically occurring, others would rather see the entire image, by default. To turn this resize 'feature' off:

1. Open up Internet Explorer 6, choosing the "Tools" menu, then "Internet Options".
2. From the multi-tabbed dialog box that follows, click "Advanced".
3. Scroll down to "Multimedia".
4. Uncheck "Enable Automatic Image Resizing".
5. Press "OK" to close the dialog box.