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    recover T60 SXGA+ font/icon size preset

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by bestisfree, Dec 8, 2006.

  1. bestisfree

    bestisfree Notebook Guru

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    I clean installed XP Pro onto my T60 with the SXGA+ screen.

    With the new OS in, the font sizes are really quite small compared to what they were out-of-factory.

    When the lappy first arrived with XP HOME, everything was set to 'normal', 'medium', '96 DPI'. And the fonts are very readable compared to now.

    I made notes of the old desktop settings and I have the same DPI setting, and same font size setting as those out-of-factory.

    Am I just missing something?
     
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    bestisfree Notebook Guru

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    actually if someone can save their out-of-factory theme, I would really appreciate it. I think that might be the problem. perhaps I am Arial is not the default font or something.
     
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    Mark16q Notebook Enthusiast

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    Similar issue with my z61m wsxga+. I was very happy with the font size, etc from the box. Playing with a few other desktop appearance settings and everything is much smaller. Haven't figured out how to get things back, so when I remember will call Lenovo support...they've answered everything else so guessing they'll know.

    Let us know if you figure it out. To compensate for now, I've got dpi set at 105%.

    Mark
     
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    I am using a dpi set of 115% and set to 'cleartype' on. It improves things a bit, but not perfect. So anyone who knows the customization factory-defaults, sharing would be greatly appreciated!
     
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    twister Notebook Evangelist

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    I remember going through the same on my T42 when switched to XP Pro. I ended up going to 120 DPI setting (125% of normal). But, the most significant improvement was when I installed Omega drivers ( www.omegadrivers.net). I'm pretty sure those are compatible with x1300/x1400 video card (can anybody confirm?).
     
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    I really think Lenovo has its own set of fonts and icons optimized for the SVGA+ resolution. Questions is.. how do we update ours to theirs?
     
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