CrazyMogal
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I have a similar issue - I would like to change the font size of just one of the profile in Vista. When I change the font size, it changes for all profiles in Vista. Does anyone has the steps needed to do this?
How to change font size for 1 profile only?
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Hi, CrazyMogal, and welcome to the forums.
First of all, are you trying to change the font size for all Windows (such as using large Fonts on the display) or are you trying to change the font size in a particular program (such as IE or Firefox)?
First of all, are you trying to change the font size for all Windows (such as using large Fonts on the display) or are you trying to change the font size in a particular program (such as IE or Firefox)?
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CrazyMogal
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Ideally I would like to change the font size for everything for one of the profiles. Right now when I do that it impacts all other profiles.
My Computer
It shouldn't - how are you changing it?
My Computers
System One System Two
-
- Operating System
- Windows 10 Pro X64 Insider Preview (Skip Ahead) latest build
- Manufacturer/Model
- The Beast Model V (homebrew)
- CPU
- Intel Core i7 965 EE @ 3.6 GHz
- Motherboard
- eVGA X58 Classified 3 (141-GT-E770-A1)
- Memory
- 3 * Mushkin 998981 Redline Enhanced triple channel DDR3 4 GB CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800)
- Graphics Card(s)
- eVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 (04G-P4-3979-KB)
- Sound Card
- Realtek HD Audio (onboard)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2 * Lenovo LT2323pwA Widescreeen
- Screen Resolution
- 2 * 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSD (System)
Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SATA III SSD (User Tree)
2 * Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA II Mech. HD
Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L Barracuda 7200.12 1.5 TB S
- PSU
- Thermaltake Black Widow TX TR2 850W 80+ Bronze Semi-Mod ATX
- Case
- ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black)
- Cooling
- Corsair H100 (CPU, dual 140 mm fans on radiator) + Air (2 *
- Keyboard
- Logitech G15 (gen 2)
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master (shared)
- Internet Speed
- AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplex
-
- Operating System
- Sabayon Linux (current, weekly updates, 5.1.x kernel)
- Manufacturer/Model
- Lenovo ThinkPad E545
- CPU
- AMD A6-5350M APU
- Motherboard
- Lenovo
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Graphics card(s)
- Radeon HD (Embedded)
- Sound Card
- Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Lenovo 15" Matte
- Screen Resolution
- 1680 * 1050
- Hard Drives
- INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
- PSU
- Lenovo
- Case
- Lenovo
- Cooling
- Lenovo
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master (shared) | Synaptics TouchPad
- Keyboard
- Lenovo
- Internet Speed
- AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex
CrazyMogal
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I go to the profile that I want changed and then do the following:
1. Control Panel
2. Personalization
3. Adjust Font Size (DPI)
4. Custom DPI
Once I'm done it replicates the same to all profiles.
1. Control Panel
2. Personalization
3. Adjust Font Size (DPI)
4. Custom DPI
Once I'm done it replicates the same to all profiles.
My Computer
Hmmm, that *is* strange.That is more like XP's behavior, and this was changed in Vista - I know because it never does that on my folks' machine, where the entire family has a login, but only my father needs the larger fonts....
Are you making the change to the Administrator login (not a user name that has administrative privileges, but the *actual* Administrator login
Are you making the change to the Administrator login (not a user name that has administrative privileges, but the *actual* Administrator login
My Computers
System One System Two
-
- Operating System
- Windows 10 Pro X64 Insider Preview (Skip Ahead) latest build
- Manufacturer/Model
- The Beast Model V (homebrew)
- CPU
- Intel Core i7 965 EE @ 3.6 GHz
- Motherboard
- eVGA X58 Classified 3 (141-GT-E770-A1)
- Memory
- 3 * Mushkin 998981 Redline Enhanced triple channel DDR3 4 GB CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800)
- Graphics Card(s)
- eVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 (04G-P4-3979-KB)
- Sound Card
- Realtek HD Audio (onboard)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2 * Lenovo LT2323pwA Widescreeen
- Screen Resolution
- 2 * 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSD (System)
Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SATA III SSD (User Tree)
2 * Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA II Mech. HD
Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L Barracuda 7200.12 1.5 TB S
- PSU
- Thermaltake Black Widow TX TR2 850W 80+ Bronze Semi-Mod ATX
- Case
- ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black)
- Cooling
- Corsair H100 (CPU, dual 140 mm fans on radiator) + Air (2 *
- Keyboard
- Logitech G15 (gen 2)
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master (shared)
- Internet Speed
- AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplex
-
- Operating System
- Sabayon Linux (current, weekly updates, 5.1.x kernel)
- Manufacturer/Model
- Lenovo ThinkPad E545
- CPU
- AMD A6-5350M APU
- Motherboard
- Lenovo
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Graphics card(s)
- Radeon HD (Embedded)
- Sound Card
- Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Lenovo 15" Matte
- Screen Resolution
- 1680 * 1050
- Hard Drives
- INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
- PSU
- Lenovo
- Case
- Lenovo
- Cooling
- Lenovo
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master (shared) | Synaptics TouchPad
- Keyboard
- Lenovo
- Internet Speed
- AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex
CrazyMogal
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I gave the user admin privledges and then made the changes to the user. Is this wrong?
My Computer
Define you gave the user admin privileges....If I understand you correctly, no, it is not wrong - but your methodology may be part of the problem....
My Computers
System One System Two
-
- Operating System
- Windows 10 Pro X64 Insider Preview (Skip Ahead) latest build
- Manufacturer/Model
- The Beast Model V (homebrew)
- CPU
- Intel Core i7 965 EE @ 3.6 GHz
- Motherboard
- eVGA X58 Classified 3 (141-GT-E770-A1)
- Memory
- 3 * Mushkin 998981 Redline Enhanced triple channel DDR3 4 GB CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800)
- Graphics Card(s)
- eVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 (04G-P4-3979-KB)
- Sound Card
- Realtek HD Audio (onboard)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2 * Lenovo LT2323pwA Widescreeen
- Screen Resolution
- 2 * 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSD (System)
Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SATA III SSD (User Tree)
2 * Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA II Mech. HD
Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L Barracuda 7200.12 1.5 TB S
- PSU
- Thermaltake Black Widow TX TR2 850W 80+ Bronze Semi-Mod ATX
- Case
- ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black)
- Cooling
- Corsair H100 (CPU, dual 140 mm fans on radiator) + Air (2 *
- Keyboard
- Logitech G15 (gen 2)
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master (shared)
- Internet Speed
- AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplex
-
- Operating System
- Sabayon Linux (current, weekly updates, 5.1.x kernel)
- Manufacturer/Model
- Lenovo ThinkPad E545
- CPU
- AMD A6-5350M APU
- Motherboard
- Lenovo
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Graphics card(s)
- Radeon HD (Embedded)
- Sound Card
- Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Lenovo 15" Matte
- Screen Resolution
- 1680 * 1050
- Hard Drives
- INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
- PSU
- Lenovo
- Case
- Lenovo
- Cooling
- Lenovo
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master (shared) | Synaptics TouchPad
- Keyboard
- Lenovo
- Internet Speed
- AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex
CrazyMogal
New Member
Simply went to one of the profiles that has Admin access, went to control panel and in user profiles pick the one which needed the font adjustment. Gave this profile all admin privledges. Logged off and logged into the profile that needed the font adjustment. Changed the font size and logged off. After this all other profiles have the same large font
My Computer
And you cannot change font size without granting admin privileges?
My Computers
System One System Two
-
- Operating System
- Windows 10 Pro X64 Insider Preview (Skip Ahead) latest build
- Manufacturer/Model
- The Beast Model V (homebrew)
- CPU
- Intel Core i7 965 EE @ 3.6 GHz
- Motherboard
- eVGA X58 Classified 3 (141-GT-E770-A1)
- Memory
- 3 * Mushkin 998981 Redline Enhanced triple channel DDR3 4 GB CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800)
- Graphics Card(s)
- eVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 (04G-P4-3979-KB)
- Sound Card
- Realtek HD Audio (onboard)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2 * Lenovo LT2323pwA Widescreeen
- Screen Resolution
- 2 * 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSD (System)
Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SATA III SSD (User Tree)
2 * Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA II Mech. HD
Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L Barracuda 7200.12 1.5 TB S
- PSU
- Thermaltake Black Widow TX TR2 850W 80+ Bronze Semi-Mod ATX
- Case
- ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black)
- Cooling
- Corsair H100 (CPU, dual 140 mm fans on radiator) + Air (2 *
- Keyboard
- Logitech G15 (gen 2)
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master (shared)
- Internet Speed
- AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplex
-
- Operating System
- Sabayon Linux (current, weekly updates, 5.1.x kernel)
- Manufacturer/Model
- Lenovo ThinkPad E545
- CPU
- AMD A6-5350M APU
- Motherboard
- Lenovo
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Graphics card(s)
- Radeon HD (Embedded)
- Sound Card
- Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Lenovo 15" Matte
- Screen Resolution
- 1680 * 1050
- Hard Drives
- INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
- PSU
- Lenovo
- Case
- Lenovo
- Cooling
- Lenovo
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master (shared) | Synaptics TouchPad
- Keyboard
- Lenovo
- Internet Speed
- AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex
CrazyMogal
New Member
no, it tells me (when logged into that profile) that it lacks admin privledges
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