The monitor display irks me

lilyvee

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Everything is so very small. Maybe I'm just not used to it? I don't know. This laptop is fairly new. My dad gave it to me as an enrollment gift. (If it means anything, I just enrolled in college with a course of Information Technology major in Digital Arts. Dad bought the new laptop because "newer and better laptops will help you" he said.)

Anyway, he bought me a Toshiba Satellite E45 -B4200 Intel Core i5; already updated to Windows 8.1, 64-bit. Before, I used Acer Aspire 4741 Intel Core i3 Windows 7 so you can imagine me bawling my eyes out when everything was so squinty and small. Add to the fact that the text was NOT sharp and blurry. It's been hell surfing through the net for answers. Guys, help me.

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I've been holding back from using profanities in this post because I realize that wouldn't help at all.
 
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This is what I'm looking at right now. The layout of the forum, the text, Google Chrome itself, is so small.

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And this is what it looks like on my Acer laptop. The forum layout actually stretches to the sides, Google Chrome tabs and icons aren't too small. I understand there's a major screen resolution difference but the icons, windows, and text don't have to be small or blurry. I'd expect it to be more high definition and bigger than what it looks like now.

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The new laptop screen likely has a much higher screen resolution. There is a wide forum skin you can use. If you go to control panel > display you should see a slider to make things bigger. there is also an option at the bottom to make text bigger.
 

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    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
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    Asus
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
    Memory
    8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
    Sound Card
    VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
    PSU
    Thermaltake TR 620
    Case
    Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
    Cooling
    Stock heatsink fan
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    Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
    Mouse
    Logitech M570 Trackball and T650 TouchPad
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    80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
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    Internet Explorer 11
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    Windows Defender
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The new laptop screen likely has a much higher screen resolution. There is a wide forum skin you can use. If you go to control panel > display you should see a slider to make things bigger. there is also an option at the bottom to make text bigger.

I did that but then everything (every window and text) was squished into this little box named the monitor :( And the text, though bigger, was still blurry.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 10 Education 64 Bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
    Memory
    8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
    Sound Card
    VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
    PSU
    Thermaltake TR 620
    Case
    Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
    Cooling
    Stock heatsink fan
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
    Mouse
    Logitech M570 Trackball and T650 TouchPad
    Internet Speed
    80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
You can also keep Ctrl button pressed down and use scroll wheel on mouse or scroll track on laptop's pad to make things bigger or smaller on the screen.
 

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    Windows 8.1 Pro
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    PC/Desktop
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    Home made
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen7 2700x
    Motherboard
    Asus Prime x470 Pro
    Memory
    16GB Kingston 3600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus strix 570 OC 4gb
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 960 evo 250GB
    Silicon Power V70 240GB SSD
    WD 1 TB Blue
    WD 2 TB Blue
    Bunch of backup HDDs.
    PSU
    Sharkoon, Silent Storm 660W
    Case
    Raidmax
    Cooling
    CCM Nepton 140xl
    Internet Speed
    40/2 Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    WD
Thanks for the help guys but it's still not working, except that zoom in thing with the mousepad. But it only zooms in on Chrome ; - ; Blurry everything, even Utorrent D: It hurts my eyes everytime I open it :(

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Have you tried going to Control Panel>Display and changing the settings? Using the slider changes the size of All things and at the bottom you can fine tune your text size settings for different things such as- title bars, tool tips menus etc. and if like me set them to bold. After setting the sizes, you will need to go through clear type again.
 

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    Windows 8.1 Update Pro in Hyper-V/Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Cliff's Black & Blue Wonder
    CPU
    Intel Core i9-9900K
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus X Hero
    Memory
    32 GB Quad Kit, G.Skill Trident Z RGB Series schwarz, DDR4-3866, 18-19-19-39-2T
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS GeForce RTX 3090 ROG Strix O24G, 24576 MB GDDR6X
    Sound Card
    (1) HD Webcam C270 (2) NVIDIA High Definition Audio (3) Realtek High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    BenQ BL2711U(4K) and a hp 27vx(1080p)
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
    Hard Drives
    C: Samsung 960 EVO NVMe M.2 SSD
    E: & O: Libraries & OneDrive-> Samsung 850 EVO 1TB
    D: Hyper-V VM's -> Samsung PM951 Client M.2 512Gb SSD
    G: System Images -> HDD Seagate Barracuda 2TB
    PSU
    Corsair HX1000i High Performance ATX Power Supply 80+ Platinum
    Case
    hanteks Enthoo Pro TG
    Cooling
    Thermaltake Floe Riing RGB TT Premium-Edition 360mm and 3 Corsair blue LED fans
    Keyboard
    Trust GTX THURA
    Mouse
    Trust GTX 148
    Internet Speed
    25+/5+ (+usually faster)
    Browser
    Edge; Chrome; IE11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender of course & Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit as a
    Other Info
    Router: FRITZ!Box 7590 AX V2
    Sound system: SHARP HT-SBW460 Dolby Atmos Soundbar
    Webcam: Logitech BRIO ULTRA HD PRO WEBCAM 4K webcam with HDR
Right click on the Desktop > Personalise > Display (or thru the Control Panel)
Change size of all items:
Change from 100% to some higher value like 125% or whatever settings you have available in there, or choose Custom sizing options.

Below that you can change some elements of Windows to suit.

Once done with basic sizing go to the "adjust ClearType text" on the left which will improve readability of text.

You may have to go back to this depending on what Applications you use.

All this is basically caused by having a higher resolution screen of a small size.
 

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