Re: Blurred WLM With High DPI

[Guest D. Spencer Hines]

Re: Blurred WLM With High DPI

 

It's working just fine for me with 158 DPI and ClearType.

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DSH

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"Rob Roy" <rock603@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> Hello - per a recent posting on the Windows 7 blog

> (http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2008/09/13/follow-up-on-high-dpi-resolution.aspx)

> , I decided to up my DPI to 120 and am very pleased with the results

> overall. Everything from photos and internet sites are much crisper

> and

> easier to read. Everything except for the WLM Beta - the title bar

> is clear,

> but all menus, text and icons below the title bar are blurred.

> Attached is

> a pic showing an IE window in the background and WLM in the

> foreground.

>

> Does the new WLM work at anything besides a default DPI?

[Guest Rob Roy]

Re: Blurred WLM With High DPI

 

Re: Blurred WLM With High DPI

 

Thanks DSH - after reading your note, I searched a bit more and discovered

that if you set a custom DPI AND check the box to "Use Windows XP style DPI

scaling", it seems to clear up the issue.

 

"D. Spencer Hines" <panther@excelsior.com> wrote in message

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> It's working just fine for me with 158 DPI and ClearType.

> --

> DSH

> Lux et Veritas et Libertas

> Vires et Honor

>

> "Rob Roy" <rock603@hotmail.com> wrote in message

> news:EE62F187-8418-46AF-AA21-F9761C08A4B5@microsoft.com...

>

>> Hello - per a recent posting on the Windows 7 blog

>> (http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2008/09/13/follow-up-on-high-dpi-resolution.aspx)

>> , I decided to up my DPI to 120 and am very pleased with the results

>> overall. Everything from photos and internet sites are much crisper and

>> easier to read. Everything except for the WLM Beta - the title bar is

>> clear,

>> but all menus, text and icons below the title bar are blurred. Attached

>> is

>> a pic showing an IE window in the background and WLM in the foreground.

>>

>> Does the new WLM work at anything besides a default DPI?

>

>

[Guest D. Spencer Hines]

Re: Blurred WLM With High DPI

 

Re: Blurred WLM With High DPI

 

Great!

 

DSH

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"Rob Roy" <rock603@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> Thanks DSH - after reading your note, I searched a bit more and

> discovered that if you set a custom DPI AND check the box to "Use

> Windows XP style DPI scaling", it seems to clear up the issue.

>

> "D. Spencer Hines" <panther@excelsior.com> wrote in message

> news:eoAdIh1HJHA.3548@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> It's working just fine for me with 158 DPI and ClearType.

>> --

>> DSH

>> Lux et Veritas et Libertas

>> Vires et Honor

>>

>> "Rob Roy" <rock603@hotmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:EE62F187-8418-46AF-AA21-F9761C08A4B5@microsoft.com...

>>

>>> Hello - per a recent posting on the Windows 7 blog

>>> (http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2008/09/13/follow-up-on-high-dpi-resolution.aspx)

>>> , I decided to up my DPI to 120 and am very pleased with the

>>> results

>>> overall. Everything from photos and internet sites are much

>>> crisper and

>>> easier to read. Everything except for the WLM Beta - the title bar

>>> is clear,

>>> but all menus, text and icons below the title bar are blurred.

>>> Attached is

>>> a pic showing an IE window in the background and WLM in the

>>> foreground.

>>>

>>> Does the new WLM work at anything besides a default DPI?