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screen fuzzyness, and other xp questions

  • 29-11-2007 7:52pm
    #1
    Patricide
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,658 ✭✭✭


    I have a dell vostro with a 15" Clearview moniter and an 8600gt gfx card. All was going good untill i devided that vista was a festering pile of ****e and i decided to install XP on the laptop, anyway ever since i did whenever i have my screen on the resoloution i want(1024X768) the screen is slightly fuzzy and some lines are jagged. I was just wondering how would i go about getting my screen back to lookinig nice again as honestly i dont have a clue, any ideas?

    Also just a minor question or two aswell, my keyboard has the @ symbol over the 2 and the | where tilde should be and " where @ should be, i think its just cause its set as an american keyboard or somthing howd i go about fixing this.

    And finally is there an option so when anything opens its opened full screen, like folders, msn convos, etc. Its a small thing but its annoying me.


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  • #2
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,423 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    Patricide wrote: »
    I have a dell vostro with a 15" Clearview moniter and an 8600gt gfx card. All was going good untill i devided that vista was a festering pile of ****e and i decided to install XP on the laptop, anyway ever since i did whenever i have my screen on the resoloution i want(1024X768) the screen is slightly fuzzy and some lines are jagged. I was just wondering how would i go about getting my screen back to lookinig nice again as honestly i dont have a clue, any ideas?

    Make sure you have the correct & latest video drivers installed.
    Patricide wrote: »
    Also just a minor question or two aswell, my keyboard has the @ symbol over the 2 and the | where tilde should be and " where @ should be, i think its just cause its set as an american keyboard or somthing howd i go about fixing this.

    Go to Start-Control Panel-Date, Time,Language. and Regional Options.
    Then click on "Regional and Language Options"
    Change the option in both the "Regional Options & "Advanced" TABs to "English Ireland"



    Patricide wrote: »
    And finally is there an option so when anything opens its opened full screen, like folders, msn convos, etc. Its a small thing but its annoying me.

    Read this:
    http://www.accessible-devices.com/maximize.html

    http://www.okteachme.com/resizewindows.html


    Check this out too:
    http://www.filedudes.com/SizeComplete_Control-getfile-40692.html

    -

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



  • #3
    mathias
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,174 ✭✭✭mathias


    whenever i have my screen on the resoloution i want(1024X768) the screen is slightly fuzzy

    With an LCD you dont get to choose the best resolution , the best resolution is the native resolution of the screen , anything else will look fuzzy , so you need to set it to the native resolution for the best picture , theres nothing you can do about that , you just have to get used to it.

    Its highly unlikely to have a native res as low as 1024 x 768 these days.


  • #4
    chris85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,502 ✭✭✭chris85


    Patricide wrote: »
    my keyboard has the @ symbol over the 2 and the | where tilde should be and " where @ should be, i think its just cause its set as an american keyboard or somthing howd i go about fixing this.

    Your keyboard is set up for the american way. You can change this in your contol panel as far as i know.


  • #5
    Patricide
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,658 ✭✭✭Patricide


    mathias wrote: »
    With an LCD you dont get to choose the best resolution , the best resolution is the native resolution of the screen , anything else will look fuzzy , so you need to set it to the native resolution for the best picture , theres nothing you can do about that , you just have to get used to it.

    Its highly unlikely to have a native res as low as 1024 x 768 these days.
    argh, my native res is exeptionally high, its somthing like 1600X1400. makes everything TINY.


  • #6
    mathias
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,174 ✭✭✭mathias


    argh, my native res is exeptionally high, its somthing like 1600X1400. makes everything TINY.

    There are other options , you can increase the size of Icons and text for instance ! Set it at the native res and then go to Display properties , appearance ,

    from here you can select large Icons , fonts , and so on .


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  • #7
    Patricide
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,658 ✭✭✭Patricide


    how so?


  • #8
    mathias
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,174 ✭✭✭mathias


    OK ,
    IF you have XP , right click on the desktop , click on properties at the bottom of the list that pops up , choose the appearance tab , in there you can select font sizes and so on ,

    If you have Vista , right click on the desktop and choose personalize at the bottom of the list , at the left of the window that pops up you will see an icon for changing font size and dpi ,


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