desktop resolution

[idoru]

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 !

 

[wither 2]

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

 

[LMiller7]

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.

 

[idoru]

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