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Question about Taskbar, please help!

post #1 of 14
11/11/05 at 2:43pm
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My Taskbar looks weird especially the Window icon from Start button, also other icon from the bottom right as well, with nasty squarebox on it, any thought?
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post #2 of 14
11/11/05 at 2:53pm
We'll need more information than "it looks weird". Ideally, a picture would be most helpful, but a description of how it looks (besides "weird") would be good.

-Nate
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post #3 of 14
11/11/05 at 3:04pm
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What I meant is that all the small icons on my screen, such as the graphics in the "Start" button, and the icons in my task bar and title bar look very pixelated. I wonder if this has happened to other people?
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post #4 of 14
11/11/05 at 3:07pm
Are you running your laptop at its native resolution? If you don't, it'll distort the image on your screen, since it has to stretch the image to fit the native resolution.

-Nate
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post #5 of 14
11/11/05 at 3:12pm
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Yes, I'm running 1900X1200, but the taskbar looks like running under smaller resolution.
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post #6 of 14
11/11/05 at 4:48pm
You can fix that problem by changing the DPI to its native setting. the jagged "square" that appears around the windows start button appears for me when I run at 96 dpi, but goes away at 120
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post #7 of 14
11/11/05 at 4:50pm
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Thank you for your reply, mine is already running 120 DPI, but the problem still here which is very strange.
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post #8 of 14
11/11/05 at 4:54pm
Hrm.. odd.. I always though that 96dpi was the default Windows setting. I know Dell changes this on some of their laptops although mine was shipped at normal 96dpi setting. Might want ti change it and see.
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post #9 of 14
11/11/05 at 5:30pm
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Oh man, what's problem with my XPS...........
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post #10 of 14
11/11/05 at 5:33pm
Change your DPI from 120 to 96....
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post #11 of 14
11/11/05 at 5:35pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ZippoMan
Change your DPI from 120 to 96....
Isn't that kind of non-sense though? You think switch back to 96 can make it looks better instead? I will try it later and see what will happen.
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post #12 of 14
11/11/05 at 5:57pm
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Tried! Problem fixed but the text looks too small and the desktop icon all stick together, so I think I would rather have a pixelated taskbar.
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post #13 of 14
11/11/05 at 6:08pm
Look at my post regarding 'Firefox and WUXGA screen'. It might help with the small letters when browsing. Everything else, you can keep it at 96 dpi but make the fonts and icons larger.
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post #14 of 14
11/11/05 at 6:14pm
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Thanks, I will try that
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