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    HELP just finished reformating my xp140

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by tongusc, May 11, 2006.

  1. tongusc

    tongusc Notebook Enthusiast

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    HI:

    I followed the steps reformated the computer and all the junkwares are gone now which is really good~~

    however the texts looks kind of weird (example "Recyle Bin"), all the texts doesn't looks like before, it looks like very thin and weak and sort of like the texts without the microsofot clearfont~ do u guys know what i am taking about? i am sure i aready updated the video driver from the dell support drivers.

    also I checked the Device manager there are two yellow questions marks there one is Base system Device the other is Ethernet Controller where can i find this two drivers? thanks
     
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    Base system device may be the Ricoh driver, but it seems like there should be three of those....

    On the Ethernet question that is probably the Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller under 'Network'

    hth

    Mark
     
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    yeah you are right about that ricoh driver TX ~~ hehe.
    however i can't find the ehternet driver?
    and also why i still cant use the internet.
     
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    got it now the interenet is working now it was the Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller ~~ thanks hehe

    one last thing now~ the fonts on my computer looks really weak and thin not solid~ maybe i am missing some drivers?
     
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    enable cleartype
     
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    Did you install the Dell Quickset? You can adjust font size. I just changed my screen resolution to make the icons/fonts more readable.
     
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    thank you guys i will try it now
     
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    I just downloaded the quickset but i only see it allows you to chose the font to be bigger or smaller is there anywhere i can to make it more readable?
     
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    .... please help~ still not working.. How do i adjust the font on my computer~ still looks ****py..
     
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    Did you do the control panel -> display -> appearance -> Font size -> normal

    That is the only thing that could come to mind. :)
     
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    isn't cleartype option already installed in windows xp?

    by default it should be. can be found from desktop properties, appearance, effects
     
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    OMG you right, i can't belive i can just adjust the setting from there~~~!! yeah the problem i was having because
    i used the stander screen font.

    thank you
     
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    does the Microsoft ClearType Tuner PowerToy work better than Dell Quickset? I might give it a try too.
     
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  16. tongusc

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    Yeah try it you will be suprised~
     
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    hmm turning on ClearType make is more blurry for me
     
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    I'm a little confused, do I have to download ClearType from Microsoft site http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...5aad/setup.exe ? Or is it already installed in my computer?

    When I right cilck desktop -> Properties -> Appearance, I see an option that allows me to choose Font size (Normal, Large Fonts, Extra Large Fonts), is this the MS Cleartype that you guys are talking about?

    Thanks.
     
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    it should be there.....

    Properties -> Appearance -> Effects -> "Use the following method to smooth edges" ... -> ClearType
     
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    I tried it, but it didn't enlarge the font size, it only enhanced the text appearance with some shadow effect which made it a little more readable.
     
    bestco, May 14, 2006
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