Screen changes on mini DVI - Video adapter plug in

Hello,
When I plug in my mini DVI to video adapter into my MBA the font size increases and any windows that i have open are increased in size and float off the screen. its really annoying when this happens and the only way I can make the window smaller is by holding opt-then clicking the green window button. The font/borders remain larger in size, is there a way to correct this?
fyi- the dock and apple menu bar remain in the screen parameters but have larger font.

I poked around where you pointed me to and the mirroring is fine. When I use the adapter it set the resolution way low so I had to bump it up manually thru the display preferences. Dont know why it was so low because it had this same effect when I just plugged the adapter in and left the s-video cable to the tv unplugged. whatever.
All is well, thanks for your help.

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