Re: Background color

From: Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP] (ic_at_ntellu.com)
Date: 09/26/04 

Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 18:26:39 -0500

Donna in Idaho wrote:
> Yep!
>
> I just bought a new LCD monitor. It is so much brighter than my old CRT,
> it's unbelievable. I have the brightness and contrast turned down to about
> 50%, made the backgrounds grey on everything, etc., etc. I am getting used
> to it & do like it better than my crt, I think. Text seems a little fuzzier
> on the lcd. Is that just the nature of the beast?

For the text fuzziness, I would look at enabling/disabling Clear Text.
Listed as an advanced option in display properties. 

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