Sp2 - Bold letter look hazy now

[akb]

Ever since I installed SP2, the bold text on my laptop look hazy. Does anyone
have any idea if sp2 messes with display driver or something? pls. help.
Thanks in advance.

[Karl Dorman]

"Clear Type" maybe on.

"akb" wrote:

> Ever since I installed SP2, the bold text on my laptop look hazy. Does anyone
> have any idea if sp2 messes with display driver or something? pls. help.
> Thanks in advance.

[Alex Nichol]

Karl Dorman wrote:

>"Clear Type" maybe on.

More likely not on (Display - Appearance - Effects; set as method for
'Smooth edges of Screen fonts'

Or the resolution of the screen has been changed from being the native
one of the screen; this is important on LCD screens - most laptops use
1024x768


--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)

[akb]

How can I turn "Clear Type" off? Where it is located?

"Karl Dorman" wrote:

> "Clear Type" maybe on.
>
> "akb" wrote:
>
> > Ever since I installed SP2, the bold text on my laptop look hazy. Does anyone
> > have any idea if sp2 messes with display driver or something? pls. help.
> > Thanks in advance.

[Bob I]

quoted from Windows "help"

To use ClearType for screen fonts
Open Display in Control Panel.
On the Appearance tab, click Effects.
In the Effects dialog box, select the Use the following method to smooth
edges of screen fonts check box.
Click ClearType in the list.


akb wrote:

> How can I turn "Clear Type" off? Where it is located?
>
> "Karl Dorman" wrote:
>
>
>>"Clear Type" maybe on.
>>
>>"akb" wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Ever since I installed SP2, the bold text on my laptop look hazy. Does anyone
>>>have any idea if sp2 messes with display driver or something? pls. help.
>>>Thanks in advance.
>>>

[akb]

Thanks everybody. Now I got it resolved. Here is what I did:
Control panel > Display > Appearance > Effects > Uncheck the box Use the
following method to smooth edges of screen fonts check box.

"Bob I" wrote:

> quoted from Windows "help"
>
> To use ClearType for screen fonts
> Open Display in Control Panel.
> On the Appearance tab, click Effects.
> In the Effects dialog box, select the Use the following method to smooth
> edges of screen fonts check box.
> Click ClearType in the list.
>
>
> akb wrote:
>
> > How can I turn "Clear Type" off? Where it is located?
> >
> > "Karl Dorman" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>"Clear Type" maybe on.
> >>
> >>"akb" wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Ever since I installed SP2, the bold text on my laptop look hazy. Does anyone
> >>>have any idea if sp2 messes with display driver or something? pls. help.
> >>>Thanks in advance.
> >>>
>
>