>>>A phenomena I am experiencing. A form in an app I have on some computer thruout the lab shows nicely and on others you have to click on the maximize box to give the same effect. Is this normal?
>>>thanks
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>>It's up to you to set Form.Windowstate property.
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>I actually don't want it maximized but I have designed it so all the cmdbuttons fit nicely. But on some machines, the buttons are partially hidden.
>This I can't figure out. the windowstate is (0) normal

Probably, some machines have 640x400 display resolution and your form is e.g. 700x450.