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display not bright enough
I use Windows 7 Pro and Windows XP Pro. I use a device that allows me bo use one monitor, one Keyboard and one mouse. I have an HP 2159m flat screen monitor. When I use XP I have absolutiely no problem with any text non bold or bold. When I use Win 7 Pro the only thing on the screen that I can see well is bold or larger font. The monitor is set to 1280x720 that produces round circles, not oblong ones. I have tried lots of times setting the brightness and contrast using the controls on themonitor, no help. If i increase the size of font, this throughs of settings in many of the other views. One place it shows up the worst is when I click the help system, which comes up with hyperlinks to answeres that are not only small but very dim and difficult to read. Another are is in Windows live Mail. Click a message to saveit when the screen comes up to let you choose a location to save it try to read the very small and dim date in the upper right corner, a hand held magnifer works OK but annoying. Trying to use the built in magnifier is a pain in the neck. ANYONE WITH AN IDEA. Windows 7 Pro is great if I could read xa ll the text well. If I change the screen resolution down to a much lower area like 800x600
it is better but every window screen message is too big.