Native resolution is the standard for LCDs. Any way short of all the
advice that you are getting here, you might simply try right clicking
on the desktop, then choose the setting tab in Display Properties.

Then Click the Advanced button near the bottom. Depending on what
monitor and video card you have there will be a number of tabs. Click
the tab called "General" There is a dialogue here about the DPI
settings of your monitor. This dialogue addresses the issue you stated
in your post. Here you can adjust the setting of your monitor so the
items on your screen appear larger.

Good Luck.
Gato Loco



On 2 Nov 2005 10:16:14 -0800, forgetyou@dodgeit.com wrote:

>I just hooked up a 17" flat screen to my XP computer. The monitor
>recommends setting resolution to 1280x1024, when I do this the screeen
>is ultra clear, but everything is really tiny as heck. I am used to
>800x600 or 1024x768 sized icons and text, but when I change to this the
>flat screen is definitely blurrier.
>I tried changing back to 1280x1024 and dicking around with the font and
>icon sizes, but something is always a miss -- text doesn't show up
>correctly. Is there a good theme out there for 1280x1024 or some other
>simple fix that I am missing?
>It's frustrating that they developed a monitor for best clarity at
>1280x1024 when these old eyes can't read that tiny crap. Thanks.