Re: Blurred WLM With High DPI

Posted: 09-25-2008, 10:46 PM
It's working just fine for me with 158 DPI and ClearType.
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"Rob Roy" <rock603@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello - per a recent posting on the Windows 7 blog
> (http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/200...esolution.aspx)
> , I decided to up my DPI to 120 and am very pleased with the results
> overall. Everything from photos and internet sites are much crisper
> and
> easier to read. Everything except for the WLM Beta - the title bar
> is clear,
> but all menus, text and icons below the title bar are blurred.
> Attached is
> a pic showing an IE window in the background and WLM in the
> foreground.
>
> Does the new WLM work at anything besides a default DPI?

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Re: Blurred WLM With High DPI
Posted: 09-26-2008, 01:04 AM

Thanks DSH - after reading your note, I searched a bit more and discovered
that if you set a custom DPI AND check the box to "Use Windows XP style DPI
scaling", it seems to clear up the issue.

"D. Spencer Hines" <panther@excelsior.com> wrote in message
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> It's working just fine for me with 158 DPI and ClearType.
> --
> DSH
> Lux et Veritas et Libertas
> Vires et Honor
>
> "Rob Roy" <rock603@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:EE62F187-8418-46AF-AA21-F9761C08A4B5@microsoft.com...
>
>> Hello - per a recent posting on the Windows 7 blog
>> (http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/200...esolution.aspx)
>> , I decided to up my DPI to 120 and am very pleased with the results
>> overall. Everything from photos and internet sites are much crisper and
>> easier to read. Everything except for the WLM Beta - the title bar is
>> clear,
>> but all menus, text and icons below the title bar are blurred. Attached
>> is
>> a pic showing an IE window in the background and WLM in the foreground.
>>
>> Does the new WLM work at anything besides a default DPI?
>
>
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Re: Blurred WLM With High DPI
Posted: 09-26-2008, 04:13 AM
Great!

DSH
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"Rob Roy" <rock603@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks DSH - after reading your note, I searched a bit more and
> discovered that if you set a custom DPI AND check the box to "Use
> Windows XP style DPI scaling", it seems to clear up the issue.
>
> "D. Spencer Hines" <panther@excelsior.com> wrote in message
> news:eoAdIh1HJHA.3548@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> It's working just fine for me with 158 DPI and ClearType.
>> --
>> DSH
>> Lux et Veritas et Libertas
>> Vires et Honor
>>
>> "Rob Roy" <rock603@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:EE62F187-8418-46AF-AA21-F9761C08A4B5@microsoft.com...
>>
>>> Hello - per a recent posting on the Windows 7 blog
>>> (http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/200...esolution.aspx)
>>> , I decided to up my DPI to 120 and am very pleased with the
>>> results
>>> overall. Everything from photos and internet sites are much
>>> crisper and
>>> easier to read. Everything except for the WLM Beta - the title bar
>>> is clear,
>>> but all menus, text and icons below the title bar are blurred.
>>> Attached is
>>> a pic showing an IE window in the background and WLM in the
>>> foreground.
>>>
>>> Does the new WLM work at anything besides a default DPI?

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