windows size with display resolution 1600X1200

[Stamos]

In my new notebook SONY VAIO PCG-GRV7P with display 16.1"
resolution 1600 x 1200 OS win XP Pro., the appearance
of all applications (windows, fonts, taskbar, icons, etc)
is very small and I can't change.
I try with appearance tab in "control panel" but the
icons became fade and but quality.
Please I need help from somebody.

Thanks
Stamos

[Mary Sauer]

Have you right-clicked your desktop, properties, settings tab and changed the
resolution to something else?

--
Mary Sauer MS MVP
http://dgl.microsoft.com/
http://mvps.org/msauer/
"Stamos" > wrote in message
...
> In my new notebook SONY VAIO PCG-GRV7P with display 16.1"
> resolution 1600 x 1200 OS win XP Pro., the appearance
> of all applications (windows, fonts, taskbar, icons, etc)
> is very small and I can't change.
> I try with appearance tab in "control panel" but the
> icons became fade and but quality.
> Please I need help from somebody.
>
> Thanks
> Stamos

[Stamos]

Yes I have done all these but nothing

Stamos


>-----Original Message-----
>Have you right-clicked your desktop, properties,
settings tab and changed the
>resolution to something else?
>
>--
>Mary Sauer MS MVP
>http://dgl.microsoft.com/
>http://mvps.org/msauer/
>"Stamos" > wrote in message
...
>> In my new notebook SONY VAIO PCG-GRV7P with display
16.1"
>> resolution 1600 x 1200 OS win XP Pro., the appearance
>> of all applications (windows, fonts, taskbar, icons,
etc)
>> is very small and I can't change.
>> I try with appearance tab in "control panel" but the
>> icons became fade and but quality.
>> Please I need help from somebody.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Stamos
>
>
>.
>

[Cindy]

Not very useful assistance, Mary, given the person is on a notebook.

Notebook graphic cards are generally very sensitive. My new Dell Inspiron
8500 doesn't like Windows Update's Accept/Refuse modal window under IE 6.

This is a major failure of IE6. Unless people "in the know" can do this,
then it means these new machines will win(d-up) never being upgraded by the
very good facility that Windows Update provides.

I have to change the TEXT SIZE resolution to the minimum that the NVIDA
GeForce 4200 Go (a VERY common card on new machines), which basically makes
everything else unreadable (too small).

Perhaps Microsoft could make that window scaleable, given they tell the rest
of us developers to make ALL modal windows scaleable.

By copy Stamos, you will find under XP that NOT using a NATIVE Windows
driver, and therefore the SO-CALLED native windows resolution for your card,
that changeing the resolution directly with your card/driver will decrease
the performance of your machine, in general. I suggest you try using XP's
font settings.

I hope this helps, Stamos - Cindy




"Mary Sauer" > wrote in message
...
> Have you right-clicked your desktop, properties, settings tab and changed
the
> resolution to something else?
>
> --
> Mary Sauer MS MVP
> http://dgl.microsoft.com/
> http://mvps.org/msauer/
> "Stamos" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In my new notebook SONY VAIO PCG-GRV7P with display 16.1"
> > resolution 1600 x 1200 OS win XP Pro., the appearance
> > of all applications (windows, fonts, taskbar, icons, etc)
> > is very small and I can't change.
> > I try with appearance tab in "control panel" but the
> > icons became fade and but quality.
> > Please I need help from somebody.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Stamos
>
>

[Earl F. Parrish]

"Stamos" > wrote in message
...
> In my new notebook SONY VAIO PCG-GRV7P with display 16.1"
> resolution 1600 x 1200 OS win XP Pro., the appearance
> of all applications (windows, fonts, taskbar, icons, etc)
> is very small and I can't change.
> I try with appearance tab in "control panel" but the
> icons became fade and but quality.
> Please I need help from somebody.
>
> Thanks
> Stamos

A given window has a fixed number of pixels of area. If you switch
to a higher number of pixels by increasing the resolution, each
window will occupy less physical area on the screen. Think of it as
looking through a telescope from the reverse direction. The reverse
happens when you reduce the resolution. The windows get too big for
the screen so you have to scroll left to right or up and down.

--
Earl F. Parrish

[Cindy]

Earl, good reply...

With some of the notebook cards (see previous responses), the "reverse
telescope" affect happens - apros pros my response about the modal window on
Windows Update - one must decrease the font size to the smallest available
in order to install anything.

Good response however, very helpful :)

"Earl F. Parrish" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Stamos" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In my new notebook SONY VAIO PCG-GRV7P with display 16.1"
> > resolution 1600 x 1200 OS win XP Pro., the appearance
> > of all applications (windows, fonts, taskbar, icons, etc)
> > is very small and I can't change.
> > I try with appearance tab in "control panel" but the
> > icons became fade and but quality.
> > Please I need help from somebody.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Stamos
>
> A given window has a fixed number of pixels of area. If you switch
> to a higher number of pixels by increasing the resolution, each
> window will occupy less physical area on the screen. Think of it as
> looking through a telescope from the reverse direction. The reverse
> happens when you reduce the resolution. The windows get too big for
> the screen so you have to scroll left to right or up and down.
>
> --
> Earl F. Parrish
>

[Earl F. Parrish]

"Cindy" > wrote in message
...
> Earl, good reply...
>
> With some of the notebook cards (see previous responses), the
"reverse
> telescope" affect happens - apros pros my response about the modal
window on
> Windows Update - one must decrease the font size to the smallest
available
> in order to install anything.
>
> Good response however, very helpful :)
>
Sony only claims 1280 X 1024 resolution for that screen size. The
original poster is exceeding the specifications of the model. I
would not use 1600 X 1200 on a 17 inch desktop monitor.

--
Earl F. Parrish