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Old 09-25-2007   #1 (permalink)
Dukiedog
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DPI Scaling does not work

In checking out Vista Business I changed the DPI Scaling to 144% which for my
uses was too large. I have tried a zillion times to change it back to one of
the other options, i.e. 96%, 125% or another custom selection, restarted and
every time it restarts it is at 144%. HP told me to increase the resolution.
I note that others say their resolution can be 1280x1024. My maximum is
1280x800. I have the GeForce Go 7400 driver 7.5.10.9815 installed. An online
check says this is the one my system should have. I do not want to reinstall
the operating system. What can I do???
--
DD

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Old 09-25-2007   #2 (permalink)
JW
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Re: DPI Scaling does not work

Are you making the change with a User account that has administrator
privileges?
Do you a normal Restart or Shutdown from the Start Menu?
What is the native resolution of your display?
Have you tried 1280x720 or 1280x792(since 800 is not divisible by 12)?

"Dukiedog" <Dukiedog@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> In checking out Vista Business I changed the DPI Scaling to 144% which for
> my
> uses was too large. I have tried a zillion times to change it back to one
> of
> the other options, i.e. 96%, 125% or another custom selection, restarted
> and
> every time it restarts it is at 144%. HP told me to increase the
> resolution.
> I note that others say their resolution can be 1280x1024. My maximum is
> 1280x800. I have the GeForce Go 7400 driver 7.5.10.9815 installed. An
> online
> check says this is the one my system should have. I do not want to
> reinstall
> the operating system. What can I do???
> --
> DD
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 09-25-2007   #3 (permalink)
Dukiedog
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Re: DPI Scaling does not work

Thank you JW. Yes I am an administrative user. Have done both restarts and
shutdowns then startup. How do I discover what the native resolution of my
display is? I have tried those other ratios. I just uninstalled and
reinstalled the video driver; same problem.
--
DD


"JW" wrote:
Quote:

> Are you making the change with a User account that has administrator
> privileges?
> Do you a normal Restart or Shutdown from the Start Menu?
> What is the native resolution of your display?
> Have you tried 1280x720 or 1280x792(since 800 is not divisible by 12)?
>
> "Dukiedog" <Dukiedog@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:E26DAB71-B3E5-4ECD-A053-00262982CE46@xxxxxx
Quote:

> > In checking out Vista Business I changed the DPI Scaling to 144% which for
> > my
> > uses was too large. I have tried a zillion times to change it back to one
> > of
> > the other options, i.e. 96%, 125% or another custom selection, restarted
> > and
> > every time it restarts it is at 144%. HP told me to increase the
> > resolution.
> > I note that others say their resolution can be 1280x1024. My maximum is
> > 1280x800. I have the GeForce Go 7400 driver 7.5.10.9815 installed. An
> > online
> > check says this is the one my system should have. I do not want to
> > reinstall
> > the operating system. What can I do???
> > --
> > DD
>
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 09-25-2007   #4 (permalink)
Paul Randall
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Re: DPI Scaling does not work

Some easy ways to determine the native resolution of a digital monitor is to
look on the any labels on the monitor or the box it came in or look up the
model on the manufacturer's web site.

-Paul Randall

"Dukiedog" <Dukiedog@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:0D0F7630-BE93-4F9C-99E3-08834B4ADBAF@xxxxxx
Quote:

> Thank you JW. Yes I am an administrative user. Have done both restarts and
> shutdowns then startup. How do I discover what the native resolution of my
> display is? I have tried those other ratios. I just uninstalled and
> reinstalled the video driver; same problem.
> --
> DD
>
>
> "JW" wrote:
>
Quote:

>> Are you making the change with a User account that has administrator
>> privileges?
>> Do you a normal Restart or Shutdown from the Start Menu?
>> What is the native resolution of your display?
>> Have you tried 1280x720 or 1280x792(since 800 is not divisible by 12)?
>>
>> "Dukiedog" <Dukiedog@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:E26DAB71-B3E5-4ECD-A053-00262982CE46@xxxxxx
Quote:

>> > In checking out Vista Business I changed the DPI Scaling to 144% which
>> > for
>> > my
>> > uses was too large. I have tried a zillion times to change it back to
>> > one
>> > of
>> > the other options, i.e. 96%, 125% or another custom selection,
>> > restarted
>> > and
>> > every time it restarts it is at 144%. HP told me to increase the
>> > resolution.
>> > I note that others say their resolution can be 1280x1024. My maximum is
>> > 1280x800. I have the GeForce Go 7400 driver 7.5.10.9815 installed. An
>> > online
>> > check says this is the one my system should have. I do not want to
>> > reinstall
>> > the operating system. What can I do???
>> > --
>> > DD
>>

My System SpecsSystem Spec
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