Re: size of type asnd icons

From: stefanie (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/10/04


Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 14:05:04 -0800

I tried to send you an email but your mailbox is full...
I followed your kind instructions,to find that my large
icons and type are on "normal" setting. So I assume that
there is another control.
Any ideas?
thanks
stefanie

>-----Original Message-----
>On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 17:11:20 -0800,
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
>wrote:
>
>> When I first got my computer, the icons and type werre
>> tiny. This was not affected by the "view"text size. A
>> friend did something - but he forgot what he did- and
got
>> the icons and text to be big enough to see. Now my
>> problem is that when I install a new microsoft "fix",
and
>> have to restart my computer, it goes back into the
tiny
>> type again. I can fix it by using the "return to
earlier
>> settings" thingy, but I think that may erase the new
>> microsoft fix i just downloaded, since the "new
download"
>> message comes on immediately. Not all the time,, but
>> often.
>> How do I get the regular size type/icons without
having
>> to return to previous settings??
>> thanks
>> stefanie
>
>Perhaps they changed the DPI setting? Display
Properties> Advanced>
>Settings> General. Default setting is "Normal [96 DPI]."
May want to try
>"Large [120 DPI]"
>
>--
>Sharon F
>MS MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
>.
>



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