Solved Text looks funny

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I just upgraded from WinXP to Win7 64 bit and for some reason text in programs look blurry. I checked ClearType and did the wizard a few times. Also I reinstalled my video card drivers and updated tot he newest. What else can I do to fix the text issue?
 
Could you post a screenshot?
 

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Is your screen resolutuion set correctly?
 

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Bruce ... somewhere in his 40's
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Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit SP1
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Microsoft PS/2 Mouse
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ATI HDMI Audio
Check the BIOS is up to date too.
 

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One other thing you could try ... press the Ctrl button and use the middle (scroll wheel) button on the mouse to either enlarge the text or make it smaller.
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit SP1
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Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU @ 2.40GHz, 2400 MHz
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ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro
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Samsung SyncMaster 914v
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2/500GB each ... ST3500630AS ATA Device.
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G.Skill Gigabyte Chassis
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ATI HDMI Audio
Looks perfect to me,id adjust your resoloution via right click desktop>personalize>adjust resoloution.
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
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AMD Phenom II 555 Black Edition Quad Core OC'd to 4.0GHz
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G Skill RipJaw 1333MHz 4GB
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ATI raideon 4250 HD/XFX ATI Radeon 1GB HD4650
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Realteck HD Audio
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2x 22" Widescreen HD Monitors
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Segoe is even worse with cleartype off, would suggest you change to a more readable font, Tahoma/Verdana for e.g in Window Color and Appearance, and then blanking out Segoe lines in the FontSubsitutes area of the Registry, be sure to export that folder in the registry first before making changes incase you make a mistake.
 

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Abit AW9D Max
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EVGA Geforce 260 SSC
My resolution is the native res of my monitor. 1680x1050.
 

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Blue Shards 1.0
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Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
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AMD Phenom II 555 Black Edition Quad Core OC'd to 4.0GHz
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ASUS M4A88T-M
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G Skill RipJaw 1333MHz 4GB
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ATI raideon 4250 HD/XFX ATI Radeon 1GB HD4650
Sound Card
Realteck HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
2x 22" Widescreen HD Monitors
Hard Drives
500GB Sata 7500RPM
80GB IDE
PSU
850W OCUK Modular
Case
Antec Dark Fleet DF-30
Cooling
Titan Fenrir Pro (CPU)
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Logitech Wireless
Mouse
Logitech Wireless
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24Meg
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Getting soon-
2TB 7200RPM HDD
+8GB RAM
30GB SSD
HD6950/70
nVidia 8800gtx. Yes I got the newest 64 bit driver from their website.
 
SevenUser09 said:
nVidia 8800gtx. Yes I got the newest 64 bit driver from their website.
Click to expand...
Ok

Is there any errors on the monitor or graphics card?

right click desktop>screen resoloution>advanced>monitor tab-properties

then change to the graphics card-properties

When/if that fails go to the last tab and go throught the colour managment-advanced-calibrate display
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate 64bitAMD Phenom II 555 Black Edition Quad Core OC'...G Skill RipJaw 1333MHz 4GBATI raideon 4250 HD/XFX ATI Radeon 1GB HD4650
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Blue Shards 1.0
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
CPU
AMD Phenom II 555 Black Edition Quad Core OC'd to 4.0GHz
Motherboard
ASUS M4A88T-M
Memory
G Skill RipJaw 1333MHz 4GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI raideon 4250 HD/XFX ATI Radeon 1GB HD4650
Sound Card
Realteck HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
2x 22" Widescreen HD Monitors
Hard Drives
500GB Sata 7500RPM
80GB IDE
PSU
850W OCUK Modular
Case
Antec Dark Fleet DF-30
Cooling
Titan Fenrir Pro (CPU)
Keyboard
Logitech Wireless
Mouse
Logitech Wireless
Internet Speed
24Meg
Other Info
Getting soon-
2TB 7200RPM HDD
+8GB RAM
30GB SSD
HD6950/70
Minotar said:
SevenUser09 said:
nVidia 8800gtx. Yes I got the newest 64 bit driver from their website.
Click to expand...
Ok

Is there any errors on the monitor or graphics card?

right click desktop>screen resoloution>advanced>monitor tab-properties

then change to the graphics card-properties

When/if that fails go to the last tab and go throught the colour managment-advanced-calibrate display
Click to expand...

Already set to the video card. My monitor is a Samsung 206bw if there are new drivers for it. Windows just installed them when I installed it but Samsung's website doesn't show any different ones.
 
Go to windows update,check for updates and download the available updates,there was one for my acer,you might have one there aswell.

Have you ran an av scan to be sure aswell?
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate 64bitAMD Phenom II 555 Black Edition Quad Core OC'...G Skill RipJaw 1333MHz 4GBATI raideon 4250 HD/XFX ATI Radeon 1GB HD4650
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Blue Shards 1.0
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
CPU
AMD Phenom II 555 Black Edition Quad Core OC'd to 4.0GHz
Motherboard
ASUS M4A88T-M
Memory
G Skill RipJaw 1333MHz 4GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI raideon 4250 HD/XFX ATI Radeon 1GB HD4650
Sound Card
Realteck HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
2x 22" Widescreen HD Monitors
Hard Drives
500GB Sata 7500RPM
80GB IDE
PSU
850W OCUK Modular
Case
Antec Dark Fleet DF-30
Cooling
Titan Fenrir Pro (CPU)
Keyboard
Logitech Wireless
Mouse
Logitech Wireless
Internet Speed
24Meg
Other Info
Getting soon-
2TB 7200RPM HDD
+8GB RAM
30GB SSD
HD6950/70
Minotar said:
Go to windows update,check for updates and download the available updates,there was one for my acer,you might have one there aswell.

Have you ran an av scan to be sure aswell?
Click to expand...

This is a brand new install so there wouldn't be anything on here. Windows update shows nothing.
 
1)So was mine,Go to windows update,check for updates on the left hand side,look in optional updates.


2)Failing that,have you tried start up repair from the install disc?
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate 64bitAMD Phenom II 555 Black Edition Quad Core OC'...G Skill RipJaw 1333MHz 4GBATI raideon 4250 HD/XFX ATI Radeon 1GB HD4650
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Blue Shards 1.0
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
CPU
AMD Phenom II 555 Black Edition Quad Core OC'd to 4.0GHz
Motherboard
ASUS M4A88T-M
Memory
G Skill RipJaw 1333MHz 4GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI raideon 4250 HD/XFX ATI Radeon 1GB HD4650
Sound Card
Realteck HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
2x 22" Widescreen HD Monitors
Hard Drives
500GB Sata 7500RPM
80GB IDE
PSU
850W OCUK Modular
Case
Antec Dark Fleet DF-30
Cooling
Titan Fenrir Pro (CPU)
Keyboard
Logitech Wireless
Mouse
Logitech Wireless
Internet Speed
24Meg
Other Info
Getting soon-
2TB 7200RPM HDD
+8GB RAM
30GB SSD
HD6950/70
Minotar said:
1)So was mine,Go to windows update,check for updates on the left hand side,look in optional updates.


2)Failing that,have you tried start up repair from the install disc?
Click to expand...

No optional updates listed. What would startup repair do? And why would it have been an installation problem?
 
You clicked "Check for Updates" yes?And looked in the "important" updates aswell,even if it doesnt look like its for the screen etc download it.

Repair the start up files,one of your drivers mightn't have loaded properly.

I have a feeling its a very simple problem.
 

My Computer My Computer

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Windows 7 Ultimate 64bitAMD Phenom II 555 Black Edition Quad Core OC'...G Skill RipJaw 1333MHz 4GBATI raideon 4250 HD/XFX ATI Radeon 1GB HD4650
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Blue Shards 1.0
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
CPU
AMD Phenom II 555 Black Edition Quad Core OC'd to 4.0GHz
Motherboard
ASUS M4A88T-M
Memory
G Skill RipJaw 1333MHz 4GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI raideon 4250 HD/XFX ATI Radeon 1GB HD4650
Sound Card
Realteck HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
2x 22" Widescreen HD Monitors
Hard Drives
500GB Sata 7500RPM
80GB IDE
PSU
850W OCUK Modular
Case
Antec Dark Fleet DF-30
Cooling
Titan Fenrir Pro (CPU)
Keyboard
Logitech Wireless
Mouse
Logitech Wireless
Internet Speed
24Meg
Other Info
Getting soon-
2TB 7200RPM HDD
+8GB RAM
30GB SSD
HD6950/70
Minotar said:
You clicked "Check for Updates" yes?And looked in the "important" updates aswell,even if it doesnt look like its for the screen etc download it.

Repair the start up files,one of your drivers mightn't have loaded properly.

I have a feeling its a very simple problem.
Click to expand...

When I clicked Windows Update it said no newer updates and did not list any optional ones. I will try the startup repair.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Ultimate 64bitAMD Phenom II 555 Black Edition Quad Core OC'...G Skill RipJaw 1333MHz 4GBATI raideon 4250 HD/XFX ATI Radeon 1GB HD4650
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Blue Shards 1.0
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
CPU
AMD Phenom II 555 Black Edition Quad Core OC'd to 4.0GHz
Motherboard
ASUS M4A88T-M
Memory
G Skill RipJaw 1333MHz 4GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI raideon 4250 HD/XFX ATI Radeon 1GB HD4650
Sound Card
Realteck HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
2x 22" Widescreen HD Monitors
Hard Drives
500GB Sata 7500RPM
80GB IDE
PSU
850W OCUK Modular
Case
Antec Dark Fleet DF-30
Cooling
Titan Fenrir Pro (CPU)
Keyboard
Logitech Wireless
Mouse
Logitech Wireless
Internet Speed
24Meg
Other Info
Getting soon-
2TB 7200RPM HDD
+8GB RAM
30GB SSD
HD6950/70
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