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    I messed up the DPI scaling?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Ichinenjuu, Dec 19, 2010.

  1. Ichinenjuu

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    Something went horribly wrong on my Dell XPS 15...I was fooling around with the DPI scaling, trying different percentages, I last had it on 115%, but then decided to switch it back to 100%. So I went to "Personalize" --> "Display" and changed it to "Smaller 100%". Well, now the text on the programs and menus is super super super small, much smaller than it was normally and I have no idea how that happened or how to get it back to "normal" normal. What's going on?

    I tried restarting the computer, nothing. I tried switching it to 125% again and then back to 100%, nothing.
     
    Ichinenjuu, Dec 19, 2010
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    maybe try going into Safe Mode and then changing it from there? as far as I can tell Safe Mode disables *all* visual effects in Windows, and that might include DPI scaling. see if you can change the DPI values from there.
     
    daver160, Dec 19, 2010
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    How do I go into Safe Mode?
     
    Ichinenjuu, Dec 19, 2010
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    When booting the computer up old F8
     
    wackydude1234, Dec 20, 2010
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    Well, uh, nevermind, guys. My laptop just overheated.

    What a day.
     
    Ichinenjuu, Dec 20, 2010
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