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    Is there a way to make low resolution screens more usable?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Gearsguy, Apr 2, 2012.

  1. Gearsguy

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    My friend has the HP DV6Z from Best Buy, which was a steal with an A8-3510MX at 450, but it came with the 720p screen of course. We were wondering if there's a way to make Windows a little more enjoyable on it? He has the one year accidental warranty on it, so it'd be best to wait for it to expire to install a 1080p screen (so they don't do some stupid voiding thing on him for it). I was thinking, is there a way to downscale Windows? For example, you can turn the scaling up to 125% or 150%, but could you turn it down to 75% or something? All hes currently doing is making all his desktop icons small and hiding the taskbar.
     
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    IF IE9 is the primary browser - View- tool bars - status bar - in the bottom right corner custom and it can be set to less than 100%
    there is also a registry hack , http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-269119-3190792 I set it to 76 decimal but it only changed the login screen on win 7 home. So I set it back to 120 decimal
     
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