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post #1 of 6
3/11/04 at 5:28pm
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More woe!

does anyone who has the 15.4 screen see all web graphics as being slightly streached?

im running at 1680x1050
shouldnt i see stuff produced on the web at a finer quality as opposed to worse?

This is a major for me as i work with a designer.
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post #2 of 6
3/11/04 at 5:33pm
i saw the same problem when i had an 8600. i re-insalled windows and it took care of the problem...

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post #3 of 6
3/11/04 at 5:54pm
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Originally Posted by checksum
More woe!

does anyone who has the 15.4 screen see all web graphics as being slightly streached?

im running at 1680x1050
shouldnt i see stuff produced on the web at a finer quality as opposed to worse?

This is a major for me as i work with a designer.
You might try reinstalling you gpu drivers. Also chech to make sure the dpi is at the default for that screen. You didn't mention the native resolution. If you are going from 1920x1200 to 1680x1050 the quality would be worse, not finer.
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post #4 of 6
3/14/04 at 3:56pm
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Originally Posted by LurkingJayhawk
You might try reinstalling you gpu drivers. Also chech to make sure the dpi is at the default for that screen. You didn't mention the native resolution. If you are going from 1920x1200 to 1680x1050 the quality would be worse, not finer.

Dell is retarded. If you're using their install they set dpi at 120 on that screen which screws everything up. You can change the registry or do as I did and set the dpi back to 96 and your problem will go away .
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post #5 of 6
3/14/04 at 5:11pm

Here is the Fix

The default setting doesn't allow Internet Explorer to properly display graphics at 120 DPI, and Dell recommended a quick 'n' easy registry hack to fix things up pronto. After a quick dip into regedit, all was butta-smooth. By the way, in case you have an M60 and are wondering how to fix this, here's how: Go into your Start menu and select Run. Type regedit into the Open: command line window. Then navigate to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_ USER/Software/Microsoft/Internet Explorer/MainUseHR. The default setting for this is (Hex) 1. Right-click on that USEHR entry, select Modify, and change the setting to (Hex) 0. After that, you'll notice the pesky problem of distorted images in Internet Explorer is mercifully gone.


have fun
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post #6 of 6
3/14/04 at 7:41pm
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Originally Posted by kevhuynh
Dell is retarded. If you're using their install they set dpi at 120 on that screen which screws everything up. You can change the registry or do as I did and set the dpi back to 96 and your problem will go away .
That is what I heard earlier from TheNixxed (I believe). Glad to hear it is fixed!!!!
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