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computermaineack

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I've been having some issues with monitor resolutions...

For a while, I was using 1024x768 pixels as my resolution. I decided to change it to 1280x1024, because it is a higher quality. However, everything was really small, to the point where I was getting a headache from looking at the screen. I switched it back to 1024x768, but now everything seems fuzzy...

Is there anything I can do to make everything bigger on 1280x1024? Any other solutions?

Thanks for the help.
-computermaineack.
 
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PC eye

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Are you running an lcd or crt? If you simply changed the resolution in the display properties you may have to go into the advanced settings to change the refresh rate. For a crt you can raise that up over 80htz while lcds seem to seem the best at 70-75htz.

You can utilize the custom options in the display settings to change appearance as well as view settings in any explorer window to change from details, list, icons, tiles, and thumbnails which will increase ro decrease the size of items. In IE the view settings allow this by changing from the default medium to bigger and largest for text.
 
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computermaineack

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It's an LCD...I tried changing the hertz..it's at a stock 60, and when I raised to 70 or 75, the picture once again seemed fuzzy.

I had the font in Opera enlarged, but not everything I do is in Opera....
 
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Have you tried reinstalling the drivers for the video card? In the advanced section there are two areas to try changing refresh rates. One is for the card with the adapter mode button on the lower half of that screen with the other seen as the monitor. When either is cnanged they both are. At 1280x1024 here the 70 or 75htz setting starts seeing a little disturbance as well. But lcds are natively down at 60htz by default and can run lower to about 45htz on some models.
 
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I found this post on http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/archive/index.php?t-437.html
.....Run Regedit

Find the key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics

Under this key there is be a key called "Shell Icon Size"

Change that to the desired size, the default is 32.

Save the registry.

Then open "Display Properties"

Go to the "Appearance" tab, then select "Advanced".

Scroll down to "Icon", it will display 72. Which is fine.

Then select "Ok" and then "Ok" again once back at the "Appearance" panel.

Window will do it's thing, displaying "Please wait". Once that is complete the dekstop icons will be displayed at the size that was specified during the registry change.

The only somewhat negative side effect of this change is that "Start Menu" icons will also be larger. One can override this, if one likes, by going into "Start Menu Properties" and selecting "small icons"

That's it.

I hope this helps.

Peace,
Grusic
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Archangel

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one other ting you could do, is just put the dpi setting's higher. it's located in the advanced propperties of your desktop, and then go to the 'Monitor' tab, there should be the settings to change the dpi's,.. you can set it to 120 (large) and voilla, everything (icon's, text and the taskbar etc) are bigger now :)

I'm not 100% sure about the location of the setting,.. since the desktop menu is disabled on these damn pc's.. but i know that you can change the size using the dpi settings for sure :)
 
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Archangel said:
one other ting you could do, is just put the dpi setting's higher. it's located in the advanced propperties of your desktop, and then go to the 'Monitor' tab, there should be the settings to change the dpi's,.. you can set it to 120 (large) and voilla, everything (icon's, text and the taskbar etc) are bigger now :)
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cant believe i missed that one. Just checked and its under the 'General' tab.

I'm not 100% sure about the location of the setting,.. since the desktop menu is disabled on these damn pc's.. but i know that you can change the size using the dpi settings for sure :)
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Are you at work? have they disabled the right-click/context menu?
 
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At a place of business you would need administrative access and priviledges before being able to change any settings other then those seen in the user account you are probably logged in on. Ar 1280x1024 I keep up going back to the 60htz defaults due to some distortion seen at 75htz. But that's no ssurprise for the budget model card on this system. When changing the DPI setting you will be prompted to use fonts already on the hard drive or copy from the Windows installation disk. The lettering on links in IE also change in size as well as in explorer windows.
 
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heyman421

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refresh rate doesn't make any difference on an lcd monitor

and technically, an lcd panel has a CORRECT resolution

you should set your desktop resolution to the native resolution of the panel, and adjust the dpi to compensate, not the other way around

the image is most likely blurry because you've exceeded the native resolution of the display, or exceeded the bandwidth that your dvi cable is capable of (cheap ones get blurry at high res.)

an lcd cannot change it's resolution like a crt monitor can, it's actually a physical array of mechanical pixels, they're not simply 'drawn on' like with a crt, which can increase it's resolution by increasing it's refresh rate
 
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When we are talking about changing screen resolutions we are talking going into the display settings found in the Control Panel for the video card or onboard video not any lcd monitor. When installing XP onto a system running an lcd Window will automatically set the desktop upon determining the best and native resolution supported. Refresh rates when gaming can be a factor especially with the larger screen lcds. They will also run at lower rates then generally required for crt type monitors.
 
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heyman421

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The reason refresh is a big deal with a crt is because the screen actually scans from left to right, top to bottom.

An lcd refreshes all of it's pixels at the exact same time, even if you're using a vga cable, it caches an entire frame before it refreshes.

So realistically, even at low refresh rates, you wont actually NOTICE frames refreshing like can get to be a problem with a low-refresh crt.
 
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You seem to forget that liquid crystal is a totally different technology compared to the cathode ray glass tube type display with electrical filiments working in a vacuum. The main difference with a crt is that the screen flicker is common when a electron passes the phosphor coating on the inner side of the tube while lcds see a constant stream of light and darken when instructed to produce a darker color.
 
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computermaineack

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hey guys, thanks for all the responses. my primary lcd (the one mentioned in my orgiginal post) is running at it's native resolution, 1280x1024 now, with a refresh rate of 75htz. Contrary to before, it doesn't really seem small, and I don't get a headache from looking at it. My secondary monitor is on its native resolution as well- 1440x900, with a refresh rate of 75htz, and same thing- no problems.
 
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You probably had a slight driver glitch when the system was started. That can happen when the video drivers don't fully load up like they should. Sometimes they are in competition with some items loading along with Windows. But you will soon like the higher resolutions especially when the entire page of text is seen on one screen not two, three, four...
 
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