Dialog box font size

[Guest j10z]

On one (out of six) computer in our office we have a weird problem.

Many dialog boxes (especially when installing software) display font sizes

so big they extend "outside" the box. This usually includes check boxes, so

no user input is possible. Has anyone ever heard of a problem like this, and

does anyone know if anything can be done about it?

[Guest Galen]

Re: Dialog box font size

 

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message.

 

In news:2EEC74B6-DF02-4124-990F-6CCC6E1F6177@microsoft.com,

j10z <j10z@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:

 

> On one (out of six) computer in our office we have a weird problem.

> Many dialog boxes (especially when installing software) display font sizes

> so big they extend "outside" the box. This usually includes check boxes,

> so

> no user input is possible. Has anyone ever heard of a problem like this,

> and

> does anyone know if anything can be done about it?

 

I think it is this...

 

It is tough to explain so...

 

http://kgiii.info/ignore/desktopfonts.jpg

 

To get there right click on the desktop.

Select Properties

Click on Appearance

Click on the Advanced options

Find the one (it may be more than one) that has been set to really high font

sizes. It can vary.

They're selected by clicking on the area in the top graphic section, click

on that section and it will let you adjust it.

 

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[Guest Rey Santos]

RE: Dialog box font size

 

Try changing yoiur DPI setting: control panel> display> Settings

tab-->advanced button

--

Rey

 

 

"j10z" wrote:

> On one (out of six) computer in our office we have a weird problem.

> Many dialog boxes (especially when installing software) display font sizes

> so big they extend "outside" the box. This usually includes check boxes, so

> no user input is possible. Has anyone ever heard of a problem like this, and

> does anyone know if anything can be done about it?

[Guest j10z]

RE: Dialog box font size

 

 

Thanks for the reply.

The problem is NOT with the screen in general, only INSIDE a dialog box.

None of the standard Windows font adjustments have any effect on that text.

[Guest j10z]

Re: Dialog box font size

 

 

 

Thanks for the reply.

The problem is NOT with the screen in general, only INSIDE a dialog box.

None of the standard Windows font adjustments have any effect on that text.

[Guest Rey Santos]

RE: Dialog box font size

 

I remembered one occasion wherein I tried playing with the screen resolution

and the DPI settings corrected the problem. Then I just returned the settings

back. Have you triedd changing the settings?

--

Rey

 

 

"j10z" wrote:

>

> Thanks for the reply.

> The problem is NOT with the screen in general, only INSIDE a dialog box.

> None of the standard Windows font adjustments have any effect on that text.

[Guest Andre]

RE: Dialog box font size

 

I have the same problem, and in some dialogs you can not enter data.

ie.. MS Office Frontpage 2003 the color dialog, RGB is normally 3 digits I

can only now enter 2. With me this started after installing Windows XP SP3.

I then unistalled it again, but still have the same problem. I also noticed

that these dialogs can not be resize (dragging from the corner etc)

 

 

"j10z" wrote:

> On one (out of six) computer in our office we have a weird problem.

> Many dialog boxes (especially when installing software) display font sizes

> so big they extend "outside" the box. This usually includes check boxes, so

> no user input is possible. Has anyone ever heard of a problem like this, and

> does anyone know if anything can be done about it?

[Guest j10z]

RE: Dialog box font size

 

I have tried many settings anywhere I can find them (display properties ->

settings -> advanced; ->appearance -> font size; screen resolution;

whatever).

I haven't had time (and still don't) to try every possible combination, so

maybe there is one that will do something, but so far they only effect the

overall display and do nothing for the dialog boxes.

[Guest j10z]

RE: Dialog box font size

 

FIXED!!!!!!

Had a few minutes to spare, so I thought I'd begin to systematically step

through the various combination of settings. In the Display Properties ->

Settings -> Advanced screen, the DPI setting has an option for "Custom".

Setting that to a small number (I think it was around 50 dpi) caused a

message to pop up saying I needed a file from the XP CD. I put the disk in,

the computer found something it liked (I have no idea what), and voila! -

proper dialog boxes.

Apparently, installing Windows doesn't completely install Windows.

Looks like you were right, Rey. Thanks.