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Re: Overriding Windows display settings - vb6

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"Ivar" <ivar.ekstromer000@ntlworld.com> wrote in message 
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> I'm now using Winders 7 64 bit ultimate and I can't find any
> way of adjusting the DPI to anything other than 96 or 120
> Can you please explain how I can screw things up in Winders
> to see how the old apps handle Winders 'Lying' to me.

First make sure that your machine is actually currently running with an Aero 
desktop (so that the borders of open folders and other windows have that 
glossy translucent look). Then right click the desktop and select 
Personalize and then click the little Display link (usually near the bottom 
left of the dialog window). In the Display dialog you should see some option 
buttons (typically three of them for setting the dpi to small, medium and 
large). Ignore those buttons and instead click the little Set Custom text 
Size (DPI) link at the left. You should see a quite large drawing of a ruler 
displaying inches (my wife always tells me off for calling them rulers, she 
says rulers are Kings and Queens!). Just above the ruler there should be a 
little drop down Combo with various options, typically  100%, 125%, 150% and 
200%. Select the 150% option, which is the equivalent of 144 dpi. If you 
cannot see a 150% option then instead click the ruler and drag it left or 
right, periodically releasing the mouse button, until the text underneath it 
reads 144 pixels per inch. Now, and this is a very important step, make sure 
there is NOT a tick in the box against Use Windows XP Style DPI Scaling. If 
there is a tick in that box then remove it. Click OK and then Apply and then 
click the button to allow Wimdows to either log off or restart.

Mike

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Overriding Windows display settings - vb6 Brigand <markashall@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-12 12:01 -0700
  Re: Overriding Windows display settings - vb6 "Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> - 2011-08-12 21:23 +0100
    Re: Overriding Windows display settings - vb6 "Ivar" <ivar.ekstromer000@ntlworld.com> - 2011-08-14 11:33 +0100
      Re: Overriding Windows display settings - vb6 "Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> - 2011-08-14 13:30 +0100
        Re: Overriding Windows display settings - vb6 "Ivar" <ivar.ekstromer000@ntlworld.com> - 2011-08-14 14:06 +0100
          Re: Overriding Windows display settings - vb6 "Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> - 2011-08-14 23:36 +0100
            Re: Overriding Windows display settings - vb6 GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2011-08-14 20:03 -0400
              Re: Overriding Windows display settings - vb6 "Nobody" <nobody@nobody.com> - 2011-08-15 09:30 -0400
                Re: Overriding Windows display settings - vb6 GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2011-08-15 10:58 -0400
                Re: Overriding Windows display settings - vb6 Brigand <markashall@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-16 05:42 -0700
                Re: Overriding Windows display settings - vb6 "Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> - 2011-08-16 14:01 +0100
                Re: Overriding Windows display settings - vb6 -mhd <not_real@invalid.com> - 2011-08-16 15:04 -0400
                Re: Overriding Windows display settings - vb6 "Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> - 2011-08-16 22:02 +0100
            Re: Overriding Windows display settings - vb6 Tony Toews <ttoews@telusplanet.net> - 2011-08-19 15:34 -0600
  Re: Overriding Windows display settings - vb6 "Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> - 2011-08-13 15:27 +0100
  Re: Overriding Windows display settings - vb6 Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2011-08-23 15:05 +0100
    Re: Overriding Windows display settings - vb6 "Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> - 2011-08-26 17:48 +0100
      Re: Overriding Windows display settings - vb6 ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-08-26 22:06 -0500
        Re: Overriding Windows display settings - vb6 -mhd <not_real@invalid.com> - 2011-08-27 11:58 -0400
          Re: Overriding Windows display settings - vb6 Dr J R Stockton <reply1134@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2011-08-28 18:48 +0100
      Re: Overriding Windows display settings - vb6 Schmidt <sss@online.de> - 2011-08-27 19:23 +0200
        Re: Overriding Windows display settings - vb6 ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-08-27 16:56 -0500
          Re: Overriding Windows display settings - vb6 Schmidt <sss@online.de> - 2011-08-28 01:33 +0200

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