| Timmy's 20 Second Tech Tips |
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| Date | Title | Description |
| Sunday April 11, 2010 | Correcting your resolution | I have found that many people will find that their new monitor's resolution makes the fonts and other images too small for them to read clearly so they alter the resolution setting to one that is not native to the monitor. By doing this you will in effect make several pixels try to emulate as one and it can cause ghosting or a blurred effect which will over time create headaches or at the least eye strain. Click the link to see how to fix this and find another solution to increasing the size of your fonts in a way that won't hurt your eyes. |
| 1. First we want to get your computer
using your monitor as the manufacturer intended. The best and most
reliable way to be sure this is done correctly and avoid any chance that
your computer "thinks" it knows what your monitor's native resolution is
would be to google your monitor's model number which should be on the
back of your monitor. For example mine is W30000HS and it is
manufactured by LG. So I would Google LG W3000HS, now in my case I
found nearly nothing came up, so I removed the "S" at the end and
voila I got a whole bunch of hits. I would recommend you check
and see if your monitor's manufacturer is one of the hits and go to
their site seeing they would have the most reliable data. When I
did this, I discovered my monitor's native resolution is 2650x1600.
So now you know what you need to know in order to correct your
resolution! 2. Next you will take this information you just learned (or confirmed if you already knew it) and right click on your Windows desktop, depending on your version of Windows: Windows 7: Click Personalize. Then click "display" on the bottom right, then "Adjust resolution" and then on the "Resolution" tab, select the resolution you found online as your native resolution. If yours is already correct go to the next step to learn how to increase your font sizes without distorting your screen. Windows XP: Click Properties, then "settings" tab and then under the "Resolution" adjust the setting to match your native resolution you discovered from online. If yours is already correct go to the next step to learn how to increase your font sizes without distorting your screen. 3. Increasing or reducing your fonts and other features on your screen. Windows 7: back up ONE step from the resolution setting by clicking the "back" button on the top left of the window. Here you can simply select your size from the settings. Then if you want to play with more settings, click on the "Set Custom text size (DPI)" and you can adjust that until you get the setting you prefer. Windows XP: From where you were last at in the resolution screen, click "Advanced" on the bottom right and then adjust the DPI setting to be one that works best for you. You will be required to reboot for it to take effect, so you may have to do it a few times before you find the one you like best. Hope this helps and that you find your eyes straining less when using your computer! :-) |
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