This can't be true, but yes it is. My old 1995 IBM has better texts and photo images than my new Dell inspiron 8500, these companies Dell or Microsoft should have had a solution for this problem before they sold to us. I don't want to mess around with the registry and I don''t know how. Mad!
IF your text and images are not as good in your Dell 8500 in programs OTHER than Internet Explorer then I suggest you got a 'lemon'. If your comments are because of the way things look in Internet Explorer then find someone who can make this very simple registry change or just use another browser. Yes in a perfect world all computers would run everything perfectly, and yes Dell should have known about this problem with Internet Explorer (one which is easily fixed) but my friend this in not a perfect world.
This forum was tremendously helpful. One week with Dell tech support and nada. I recommend doing the RegEdit and the settings described by qforyou
on page 7. -Tim
hi...i want to thank everyone for all the posts...very helpful...but i am still experiencing fuzzy images in IE. i have the usrHR set as 0 and dpi at 96. please help!!
hi....ya...i double checked the registry settings and it is set to zero. and this is happening only in IE. I see that others have benefitted from this change but am wondering why it is not working for me...any help/ideas would be greatly appreciated!
found this article on a website...hope this helps some:
Contributed by Erdim Tanyeri As laptop users and other LCD owners are quickly realizing, Microsoft's ClearType technology in Windows XP really makes a big difference for readability. But the this feature is enabled on a per-user basis in Windows XP, so you can't see the effect on the Welcome screen; it only appears after you logon.
But you can fix that. Fire up the Registry Editor and look for the following keys:
Setting the UseHR Registry entry to 0 (zero), is only if you want to use a DPI other than the standard 96 (e.g. the 120 DPI default being set and shipped on Dell laptops).
If you are using 96 DPI, and the optimal resolution (maximum), images should not appear fuzzy or unclear in Internet Explorer. If they are, one possibilty is that IE is resizing images. To disable this, in IE, go to Tools > Internet Options > "Advanced" tab > "Multimedia" section > uncheck "Enable Automatic Image Resizing" and click OK.
LCD screens are meant to be used at only one optimal resolution, which usually is the maximum resolution available. Are you sure that is what you are using? To check, right-click on a blank area of your Desktop and choose "Properties". On the "Settings" tab, in the "Screen resolution" area, what is the slider set to?
When you go into the display properties setting what is the highest screen resolution you can select? What you want is the highest possible resolution you can select. 1024x768 sound a little low for newer laptops.
ok...i do have 96 dpi set and "image resizing" is off. i still have blurry and jagged images and fonts. my resolution is at max(which is 1024x768). please help...thanks!
Still having problems here too. I don't have a laptop, but a Precision 360. My registry fixes were not successful, and I have double checked to make certain that I did them correctly.
I also checked to see if image resize was on, and it is not enabled. Still have bad images, and it is on IE only. It seems as though there may be no fix, aside from running another browser.
JellyTheory
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November 6th, 2003 05:00
Hi Guys,
I just registered w/the forum to be able to post here and thank you for taking the time to post the fix for this issue. :D
Thanks again!
-Jelly
Dien
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November 25th, 2003 15:00
This can't be true, but yes it is. My old 1995 IBM has better texts and photo images than my new Dell inspiron 8500, these companies Dell or Microsoft should have had a solution for this problem before they sold to us. I don't want to mess around with the registry and I don''t know how. Mad!
TSTARR
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November 25th, 2003 22:00
To Dien
IF your text and images are not as good in your Dell 8500 in programs OTHER than Internet Explorer then I suggest you got a 'lemon'. If your comments are because of the way things look in Internet Explorer then find someone who can make this very simple registry change or just use another browser. Yes in a perfect world all computers would run everything perfectly, and yes Dell should have known about this problem with Internet Explorer (one which is easily fixed) but my friend this in not a perfect world.
Good Luck!
tim534
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November 26th, 2003 23:00
on page 7. -Tim
guugoo
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November 28th, 2003 02:00
hi...i want to thank everyone for all the posts...very helpful...but i am still experiencing fuzzy images in IE. i have the usrHR set as 0 and dpi at 96. please help!!
guugoo
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November 28th, 2003 02:00
more information....i have a I5100 with ati radeon 32 mb video card.
ONE_HUMAN
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November 28th, 2003 19:00
guugoo, you're absolutely positive that you did the Registry edit correctly?
Is Internet Explorer the only place you experience fuzzy images? Are you using the maximum resolution for your screen?
guugoo
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December 1st, 2003 00:00
ribbit
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December 1st, 2003 13:00
guugoo, I am also still having problems after the regedit. I have been using Mozilla and Netscape, but would like to be able to use IE as well.
Onehuman, my problems are in IE only. Any further suggestions?
guugoo
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December 1st, 2003 14:00
found this article on a website...hope this helps some:
Contributed by Erdim Tanyeri
As laptop users and other LCD owners are quickly realizing, Microsoft's ClearType technology in Windows XP really makes a big difference for readability. But the this feature is enabled on a per-user basis in Windows XP, so you can't see the effect on the Welcome screen; it only appears after you logon.
But you can fix that. Fire up the Registry Editor and look for the following keys:
(default user) HKEY_USERS \ .Default \ Control Panel \ Desktop \ FontSmoothing (String Value)
HKEY_USERS \ .Default \ Control Panel \ Desktop \ FontSmoothingType (Hexadecimal DWORD Value)
Make sure both of these values are set to 2 and you'll have ClearType enabled on the Welcome screen and on each new user by default.
ONE_HUMAN
62 Posts
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December 1st, 2003 14:00
Setting the UseHR Registry entry to 0 (zero), is only if you want to use a DPI other than the standard 96 (e.g. the 120 DPI default being set and shipped on Dell laptops).
If you are using 96 DPI, and the optimal resolution (maximum), images should not appear fuzzy or unclear in Internet Explorer. If they are, one possibilty is that IE is resizing images. To disable this, in IE, go to Tools > Internet Options > "Advanced" tab > "Multimedia" section > uncheck "Enable Automatic Image Resizing" and click OK.
LCD screens are meant to be used at only one optimal resolution, which usually is the maximum resolution available. Are you sure that is what you are using? To check, right-click on a blank area of your Desktop and choose "Properties". On the "Settings" tab, in the "Screen resolution" area, what is the slider set to?
HolmanGT
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December 2nd, 2003 23:00
GuuGoo,
When you go into the display properties setting what is the highest screen resolution you can select? What you want is the highest possible resolution you can select. 1024x768 sound a little low for newer laptops.
guugoo
12 Posts
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December 2nd, 2003 23:00
TSTARR
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December 3rd, 2003 00:00
ribbit
5 Posts
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December 3rd, 2003 14:00
Still having problems here too. I don't have a laptop, but a Precision 360. My registry fixes were not successful, and I have double checked to make certain that I did them correctly.
I also checked to see if image resize was on, and it is not enabled. Still have bad images, and it is on IE only. It seems as though there may be no fix, aside from running another browser.