Vista - Can't view entire dialog box contents

Hi gurus,

I've got a problem I can't seem to suss out, and I hope you guys can help.

My Windows dialog boxes are too small to display all the text they contain. And as we know, these verdammt boxes are not resizable. Up to now, this has been a minor annoyance, but now it's a major one: it's keeping me from completing the Vista x64 SP2 patch install.

As you can see in the attachments, the window text is just too big. It overflows the sides of the dialog. And because the SP2 EULA screen requires that you view all its text, and I can't, I never get an active "NEXT" button to proceed with the installation. Changing screen res does not help.

I've tried Personalize > Windows Color and Appearance > Open Classic Appearance Properties to reset the Window Text size, but the option to do this is grayed out. I've tried the registry hack found on this board to try and substitute a smaller font, but no go. I've tried several hackware proggies to try and force unresizeable windows to resize, but no joy there either. I've also tried Chris Pirillo's Vista Font Fix to no avail.

System:
Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit, Version 6.0 (Build 6001), Service Pack 1
Dell Studio XPS 435 MT, Core i7 920, 6GB RAM
ATI Radeon HD 3650 running Catalyst 8.49
Dell Widescreen 2408 WFP in 1920 x 1200 native resolution

Hope someone can figure this out.

hello:

---you may try this site-page--->Resizing the dialog box tray (Microsoft Windows) - SketchUp Help---
---please post your results---thank you---



peace

Have you tried to re-select Aero theme?

Hi, and thanks for your responses.

Kikidee: These are system dialog boxes, and are fixed size. The UI won't let me reisze them manually like that.

CyberZeus: Yes, I've switched back and forth to Windows Standard, Windows Classic and back to Aero. No change.

hello:

---thank you for the reply---yes, I know that Windows boxes are 'perma-fixed' and I am trying to find alternate solutions---(how about resizing the SCREEN-resolution settings - which would also change the size of all objects viewed)---

---you may try this page--->http://articles.techrepublic.com.com...1-5053915.html---

---please post your results---thank you---

peace

Go to this tutorial:

Windows Explorer Folder View settings

Well, I've studied this and it certainly seems like it ought to do the trick. I'm a little leery of hacking Windows executables, though. Wish there were an easier way to solve this problem.

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---please post your results---thank you---[/quote]

Well, I've studied this and it certainly seems like it ought to do the trick. I'm a little leery of hacking Windows executables, though. Wish there were an easier way to solve this problem.[/quote]

Showbizkid,

If you go to this tutorial: Windows Explorer Folder View settings

and look at this highlighted section below, this program may be worth looking at.