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peteag
17th February 2005, 16:08
Hi folks. I've recently bought an Apple 23" Cinema Display with up to 1920x1200 pixels resolution. My problem is. I just can hardly see my windows buttons and texts and I very dislike the "extra large fonts" etc. setting, which make my xp look like a overload balloon. Is there any way or any secret theme for me which looks like luna, silver or even royale to install on my pc without needing any software. Just a theme, similar to the normal theme, just bigger.

Please help!

Incast
17th February 2005, 18:34
Just lower the resolution, because it goes up to 1920x1200 doesn't mean you should run your desktop at that resolution. My Iiyama 22" does 2048x1536 and I run desktop at 1280x1024. Check your monitor manual for the recommended resolution for desktop.

peteag
17th February 2005, 18:49
Thank you for your reply. The problem is, I need that resolution because I do a lot of video-editing and and graphics design - so I need a lot of place. Very often I watch HD-Clips, so it would be a pain in the ass for me to change the resolution everytime.

Do you watched the WMP10-Trailer on WMVHD.com? In one trailer there are some scenes, where a menu of the wmp10 gets cklicked and selected and the whole thing looks awesome. Perfect rendered and the same scales like the original, but even 200-300% bigger than it. Check it out. And you will know what I mean.

Incast
17th February 2005, 20:36
Oh right, fair enough, i wrongly assumed you were just setting it as high as possible. Well i'm afraid i can't help you then :p

niamh
17th February 2005, 21:34
would this (http://blogs.msdn.com/tonyschr/archive/2004/03/23/94391.aspx) apply?

peteag
18th February 2005, 18:46
No, not my favourite ...