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Turn "off" windows settings for high-definition screen

Anonymous
2012-09-05T17:49:18+00:00

Hi,

I have a a laptop with a hi-def screen (1600x1080 on 15.6"). Windows scales fonts and icons and windows forms so that things appear more or less the same size physically on the display as they would on a regular old 1300x768 15.6". This is problematic for me as it skews the way some of my specialty software looks.

I need windows to behave/look as it would on a non-HD (24" perhaps?) 1600x1080 display. I want everything to be tiny on the screen. I have no clue how to achieve this.

Thanks!

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Anonymous
2012-09-06T06:48:39+00:00

Hi,

  1. What is the make and model of the laptop?
  2. Have you tried to change the screen resolution? If so, do you receive any error?

Method 1:

You may refer the following link.

Change your screen resolution

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Change-your-screen-resolution

Method 2:

You may try to update display drivers from the manufacturer’s website and check. Refer the link below for more information on updating the drivers.

Update drivers: recommended links

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Update-drivers-recommended-links

Note: You need to select Display Adapter in Device manager.

Also see:

Getting the best display on your monitor

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Getting-the-best-display-on-your-monitor

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-09-11T08:10:40+00:00

    Hi,

    Glad to know that you were able to fix the issue. Your efforts are very much appreciated.

    Reply back if you face any issues with Windows in future.

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-09-10T21:34:51+00:00

    Ah, figured it out. Changing screen resolution definitely wasn't the right answer because that would scale all elements equally, whereas the issue I was having was only scaling text as a function of DPI. The drivers couldn't be the answer either because these were Windows elements being scaled specifically, so the display adapter has no control over that.

    What IS the answer is text and font scaling! This can be found in the "Adjust Screen Resolution" menu, where there is an option to change text and font scaling (for some reason not immediately obvious to me). Here you can set the text to "small", which funnily enough corresponds to 100% text size. Doing this makes it look just like a regular old low-DPI screen would!

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