Icon/Font size on larger monitor

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Replaced my 15" monitor with a 17" wide screen. The taskbar icons/fonts are
now very small, and the font size in Help is so small as to be unreadable.
I have all the 'icon size' and font size (view) cranked up as high as they
will go.

What to do?

WinXP SP2 IE6 OE6

Hax
 
RE: Icon/Font size on larger monitor

Try changing the resolution: Rightclick on the desktop > Properties >
Settings tab, then the DPI settings Advanced button > General tab
--
Rey


"Haz" wrote:

> Replaced my 15" monitor with a 17" wide screen. The taskbar icons/fonts are
> now very small, and the font size in Help is so small as to be unreadable.
> I have all the 'icon size' and font size (view) cranked up as high as they
> will go.
>
> What to do?
>
> WinXP SP2 IE6 OE6
>
> Hax
>
>
>
 
Re: Icon/Font size on larger monitor

Thanks Rey -
First I should mention the new monitor is 19", not 17"
I tried that. I turned it up to the max number, 120 dpi. That looks really
good. I thought I read somewhere, however, that setting it too high would
cause other problems. Is 120 too high? I see you can also turn that down
by adjustable percentages, maybe I should try that.

Any thoughts on this? Thx again
Haz


"Rey Santos" <ReySantos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:69337D96-4308-4B3F-92DC-ECA7323C6968@microsoft.com...
> Try changing the resolution: Rightclick on the desktop > Properties >
> Settings tab, then the DPI settings Advanced button > General tab
> --
> Rey
>
>
> "Haz" wrote:
>
>> Replaced my 15" monitor with a 17" wide screen. The taskbar icons/fonts
>> are
>> now very small, and the font size in Help is so small as to be
>> unreadable.
>> I have all the 'icon size' and font size (view) cranked up as high as
>> they
>> will go.
>>
>> What to do?
>>
>> WinXP SP2 IE6 OE6
>>
>> Hax
>>
>>
>>
 
Re: Icon/Font size on larger monitor

A lesser resolution will increase the size of everything. You might prefer
the effect with that.

1. Right click desktop
2. Properties
3. Settings tab
4. Move the slider

dadiOH
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Haz wrote:
> Thanks Rey -
> First I should mention the new monitor is 19", not 17"
> I tried that. I turned it up to the max number, 120 dpi. That looks
> really good. I thought I read somewhere, however, that setting it
> too high would cause other problems. Is 120 too high? I see you can
> also turn that down by adjustable percentages, maybe I should try
> that.
> Any thoughts on this? Thx again
> Haz
>
>
> "Rey Santos" <ReySantos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:69337D96-4308-4B3F-92DC-ECA7323C6968@microsoft.com...
>> Try changing the resolution: Rightclick on the desktop > Properties >
>> Settings tab, then the DPI settings Advanced button > General tab
>> --
>> Rey
>>
>>
>> "Haz" wrote:
>>
>>> Replaced my 15" monitor with a 17" wide screen. The taskbar
>>> icons/fonts are
>>> now very small, and the font size in Help is so small as to be
>>> unreadable.
>>> I have all the 'icon size' and font size (view) cranked up as high
>>> as they
>>> will go.
>>>
>>> What to do?
>>>
>>> WinXP SP2 IE6 OE6
>>>
>>> Hax
 
Re: Icon/Font size on larger monitor

I don't know any problems that it may cause. I suggested that fix as a method
like just shaking your monitor, then bring it back to the default DPI. I also
use a 19 inch monitor 120 DPI looks to sharp especially the text so mine set
to default of 96 DPI. A good reading about DPI with lots of info: (below)
Engineering Windows 7
http://blogs.gotdotnet.com/e7/archive/2008/09/13/follow-up-on-high-dpi-resolution.aspx
--
Rey


"Haz" wrote:

> Thanks Rey -
> First I should mention the new monitor is 19", not 17"
> I tried that. I turned it up to the max number, 120 dpi. That looks really
> good. I thought I read somewhere, however, that setting it too high would
> cause other problems. Is 120 too high? I see you can also turn that down
> by adjustable percentages, maybe I should try that.
>
> Any thoughts on this? Thx again
> Haz
>
>
> "Rey Santos" <ReySantos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:69337D96-4308-4B3F-92DC-ECA7323C6968@microsoft.com...
> > Try changing the resolution: Rightclick on the desktop > Properties >
> > Settings tab, then the DPI settings Advanced button > General tab
> > --
> > Rey
> >
> >
> > "Haz" wrote:
> >
> >> Replaced my 15" monitor with a 17" wide screen. The taskbar icons/fonts
> >> are
> >> now very small, and the font size in Help is so small as to be
> >> unreadable.
> >> I have all the 'icon size' and font size (view) cranked up as high as
> >> they
> >> will go.
> >>
> >> What to do?
> >>
> >> WinXP SP2 IE6 OE6
> >>
> >> Hax
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
 
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