Windows 7: How to re-size icons on desktop and taskbar?

Yesterday, I upgraded my Vostro 1500 laptp from WinXP to Windows 7 without any problem except for icon size. Correct grahpic driver (GEForce 8400M GS) for Windows 7 was also updated. I like the smaller icons size on desktop and taskbar in WinXP with native screen resolution of 1280 x 800. After converting to Windows 7, the screen size was also restored to 1280 x 800 too. But the icons size on both desktop and taskbar is rather bigger in Windows 7. (Text size is just fine). I could not resize the same icon size as in Win XP. I tried to change but 9 point Segoe UI at 96pixels per inch is default in Windows 7. The scale to the percentage of normal size is 100% or above, not less than 100%. Any suggestion would be appreciated.

Just right click the open space on the desktop and choose view - small icons.

Hi

For desktop icons: Right click the desktop >> select the view option >> then select small icons.
For Taskbar: Right click the start menu >> select properties >> under the Taskbar tab check the box " use small icons"

Hopefully this is what you are referring to.

Thank you. I am now able to resize the taskbar icons.
For desktop icons, "Smaller icon" is alread default setting under VIEW. But icons are much bigger than those in WinXP.

click on desktop then whilst pressing ctrl, scroll the mouse wheel up or down to resize desktop icons.

That works. I am wondering whenever I create new shortcut, I got to use ctrlouse to resize it.

i think the size you set on desktop would be the size for all shortcuts regardless of when added.