Re: Icons lost their resolution - looks blocky

I've posted this elsewhere and this will be my last post about this
because I don't want to spam the forum (even for a good cause).
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I had the same problem until half-an-hour ago. I read suggestions on
the MS website that didn't solve the problem but that suggested a
cause. I decided playing around with the "cause" might lead to a
solution and it did.

I don't know which of the following actually solved the problem. I
suspect it was actions 8 - 11.

Actions:
1. Opened Display Properties. (Go to desktop; right-click; select
properties)
2. Selected "Appearance" Tab.
3. Selected "Advanced" option.
4. Wrote down default values for a number of choices (button size,
various icon sizes, etc.); then changed them to lower values.
5. Rebooted. [definitely no improvement yet]
6. Returned all values to original default values.
7. Rebooted. [Nothing yet.]
8. Opened Display Properties.
9. Selected "Appearance" Tab.
10. Changed "Windows and Buttons" option from "Windows XP" to "Windows
Classic"; selected Apply and Okay.
11. Returned to same window and changed "Windows and Buttons" option
back from "Windows Classic" to "Windows XP"; selected Apply and Okay.
Then rebooted.

And that did the trick.

Please, anyone, let me know if any of this works for you.
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Brian Bischof Wrote:
> I've googled this and can't find a resolution. I've been installing
> some
> games on my computer and testing them and at one point I noticed that
> all
> the icons in my taskbar had their resolution lowered. They are no
> longer
> smooth. They are very blocky like when a small picture is magnified too
> big.
> In fact, I just noticed on my SQL Server Entrprise menu that the icons
> in
> the menu are like that too. I googled this and everything similar just
> says
> to make the icons smaller. They are already on their smallest setting
> so it
> isn't this. I did the right-click on the taskbar and also went to
> advanced
> options for the monitor settings. But everything is as it should be
> (Small
> Icons). Plus, they are the same size they were beforehand so it's not a
> size
> problem. It's like trying to show a low resolution picture in a high
> resolution program and it looks funky. Is there a registry setting or
> something that changes the resolution of icons?
>
> Thanks!


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mijcar