Icon/Font size on larger monitor

[Guest Haz]

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

[Guest Rey Santos]

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

>

>

>

[Guest Haz]

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

>>

>>

>>

[Guest dadiOH]

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

___________

 

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

[Guest Rey Santos]

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

> >>

> >>

> >>

>

>

>