Restore default ClearType settings?


  1. x3m
    Posts : 16
    Windows 7 Ultimate Retail (x64)
       #1

    Restore default ClearType settings?


    Hi everyone,
    I have just installed Win7 RTM x64 on my main system, and I have run to a weird problem. When I was messing around, I found the new included ClearType text tuner, and decided to give it a try. But the results came out pretty bad...everything kind of fuzzy. Tried redoing the tuner, but whatever I would try, wouldn't work. So I deactivated Clear type, and thing got even worse: no fuziness but text with no smoothing at all.
    So I want to know if there’s any way to just restore the default values/settings for Clear Type?
    Thx everyone..
    Last edited by x3m; 12 Aug 2009 at 17:37.
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  2. Posts : 71,959
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #2

    Hello X3m,

    Since you trying different ClearType settings to no avail, you can use System Restore using a restore point dated before you first made these changes to restore them.

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
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  3. x3m
    Posts : 16
    Windows 7 Ultimate Retail (x64)
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Yeah, I tought about that, wasn`t shure it would work do...so good to know. But the problem is that I`ve installed a bunch of drivers and programs since then...so I`ll wait little more to see if I can find a better solution, or System Restore will just have to do it... And just to be 100%: the System Restore, won`t erase the files created with new programs installed, only erase the programs itselff right?
    And is their any way, any log I can check (Im not scared by gigantic, complex logs, just have to know how to find them...lol), to find out almost exactly the first time I changed ClearType settings (since I don`t remember to well - I know, pretty dumb, huh?) ?

    Thx a lot for the help
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  4. Posts : 71,959
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #4

    The only thing that would be safe from a System Restore are the user files and settings in the user folders. Another option that will allow you to keep everything and fix this is a repair install.
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  5. x3m
    Posts : 16
    Windows 7 Ultimate Retail (x64)
    Thread Starter
       #5

    OK, thanks. I'll give it little more thinking, and messing around woth it. Then I'll probably do the Repair Install, and post feedback on how that worked.
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