desktop resolution

I've come across some disturbing behavior recently as I began using my computer differently than before.

I have 2 separate admin accounts, one for emergencies, the other for my daily use.

As my sight has taken the plunge this past year in terms of luminosity/contrast (glaucoma) backed by a little loss of resolution, I'm sixty, I thought that I could still use my usual account to do the basic and when needed, switch to the other account with a lower resolution (I have a 31" monitor in 2560x1600).

I tried at first win+L from 1 to 2 : that was a big mess, whatever resolution set in one was replicated in the second and vice versa.

So I closed my usual session, opened the other one, set it up, used it (I'm a writer) then put it to stand by. Upon resuming it the resolution was back to 2560x1600... I put it back to 1920x1200, closed everything, closed the session and opened my usual one. Baaamm, the desktop was 1920x1200 !

I know windows has always had issues with the desktop/resolution but wait.. 40 years later this !§ù%$£@# kind of behavior still plagues it ? Unbelievable !

One of the other guys may get into the technical end of things but, have you ever considered using the Windows Magnifier?

Windows has never supported user specific screen resolution settings. This blog by Raymond Chen, a developer with Microsoft for more than 25 years, explains some of the reasons why. I know the article is 10 years old.

Why isn't the screen resolution a per-user setting? | The Old New Thing

He explain it better than I can. User screen resolution can be done with a login script but I have no experience with such.

well this article is for a terminal server point of view when my issue is on a local desktop.. and if I understand the headache for a session switching by Win+L I really don't see the point for 2 separate accounts... This is SOOOOoooo lame for a 40 years old OS when it is basic on every linux, OSx, or the really old BEos that rarely asked you to rebbot to instead restart the desired service.

I found this freeware to do the job :
Carroll::Set individual screen resolution for every user - the sz development