Simulate higher screen resolution


  1. dino13
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
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    Simulate higher screen resolution


    Hi,

    I have a 22' monitor with a resolution of 1680x1050px...
    When I am working on my pictures for example in Adobe Lightroom the UI is very big and it lets about half of the monitor space for the actual image... I know that people having bigger screens with higher resolutions have the UI MUCH smaller, and I also know that the screen resolution is physically limited so I don't want to set my resolution to for example 2560x1600px but I want to decrease the size of everything on the desktop... Like just scale it down like you can do with the icons with simply holding Control and rolling the mouse when but with the whole desktop, the mouse, the UI, the start, etc. etc.

    Can anyone help me ?

    Update: A good picture of what I am trying to achieve is when you set the DPI to 125 or 150% but I want to set it to like 50 or 75%
    Last edited by dino13; 19 Jun 2012 at 09:43. Reason: typing mistakes
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  3. A Guy
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    This should work, but the usual warnings about tweaking the registry, make a backup 1st (a system image is even better). Use at your own risk!

    Registry - Backup and Restore

    Vista less than 96 DPI by registry change | Message 8 of 25 | TechRepublic

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  4. dino13
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    Thanks for the answer but it didn't work... It did scale down only the login screen text and icons but did not affect the regular desktop...
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  6. A Guy
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    Bummer From what I read, it would mess with the fonts in many programs anyway.

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