Different User Resolutions

Televinken

Televinken

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Hello all.

I hope my question hasn't been answered in here yet.
At least my search didn't return any. So here it is then:

Since my wife'n'myself prefer different screen resolutions
I've been using this nifty li'l program called "XP Keep Per
User Display Settings", but obviously it's made for WinXP.
(I'm still on Windows XP, but will install 7 Ultimate soon)
Does anybody in here know about a similar program for
Windows 7? What I want is for Windows to preserve my
settings, & execute with "my" resolution when logging in,
and my wife's preferred resolution when we shift user.
Or is this function perhaps already implemented in 7 ?
Many thanx in advance, & greetings from Sweden!
 

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You should be able to set individual screen resolutions just on their settings screen.

~Lordbob
 

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Sounds good. Thanx for the info.
 

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XFX Radeon HD5870 1 Gb
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Onboard Realtek AC97
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LG L246WH
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Seagate 1 Tb. SATA II. 7200rpm. 32Mb cache.
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Hello Televinken,

Sorry, but the screen resolution settings are uninversal in all user accounts in Windows7 as well. If it's changed in one user account, it is changed in all user accounts on the computer. :(

Sorry,
Shawn
 

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Hi

This may be a suitable application for your needs ....

Download Screen Resolution Manager, Screen Resolution Manager 5.2 Download

It states Vista compatibility so should work with Windows 7

   Note

This is a recommendation based on the specification of the program and your stated needs not from personal experience. please take all reasonable precautions, (set a restore point), before installing
 

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Hey, thanx for all your answers! This is really a minor "disgrace" from M$.
One would have thought that they had finally fixed it, in this new fine os.
Oh well, I will give Barman's suggestion a go, as soon as I have installed.
If anyone would care to test my XP version on their 7, just lemme know.
Have a nice one, laddies.
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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Lynnfield Core i7 860
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Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3
Memory
Crucial Ballistix DDR3 PC10600/1333MHz CL7 4x2Gb
Graphics Card(s)
XFX Radeon HD5870 1 Gb
Sound Card
Onboard Realtek AC97
Monitor(s) Displays
LG L246WH
Screen Resolution
1920x1200
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Seagate 1 Tb. SATA II. 7200rpm. 32Mb cache.
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780W 65Ah
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Image & Shapetek Eye2000B
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1 Scythe 12cm in, 1 Scythe 12cm out. Scythe Ninja cpu cooler
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You could create a simple batch file to run on account sign in to change the resolution size. If you want to have to deal with that you could, lol. Honestly it to much work for me.
 

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Well I admit that it might sound like a ridiculous "problem" to most people.
However, it's really a pain in the *** being forced to manually change the
screen resolution, each'n'every time you log on to your account. My wifey
& I have only one PC, so we log in'n'out many times a day. Quite annoying
:devil::devil::devil::devil::devil::devil::devil:
 

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Home built
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
Lynnfield Core i7 860
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3
Memory
Crucial Ballistix DDR3 PC10600/1333MHz CL7 4x2Gb
Graphics Card(s)
XFX Radeon HD5870 1 Gb
Sound Card
Onboard Realtek AC97
Monitor(s) Displays
LG L246WH
Screen Resolution
1920x1200
Hard Drives
Seagate 1 Tb. SATA II. 7200rpm. 32Mb cache.
PSU
780W 65Ah
Case
Image & Shapetek Eye2000B
Cooling
1 Scythe 12cm in, 1 Scythe 12cm out. Scythe Ninja cpu cooler
Keyboard
Logitech Cordless Desktop Comfort
Mouse
Logitec Cordless Trackman Wheel (Trackball)
Internet Speed
24Mbit downstream, 1Mbit upstream
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Did the program work for you Televinken?
 

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64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
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ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
Memory
64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz
Graphics Card(s)
ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
Sound Card
Integrated
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2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
Screen Resolution
2560x1440
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1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
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TerraMaster F8 SSD Plus NAS
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Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
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Thermaltake Core P3
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Corsair Hydro H115i
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Logitech wireless K800
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Logitech MX Master 4
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Televinken said:
Hello all.

I hope my question hasn't been answered in here yet.
At least my search didn't return any. So here it is then:

Since my wife'n'myself prefer different screen resolutions
I've been using this nifty li'l program called "XP Keep Per
User Display Settings", but obviously it's made for WinXP.
(I'm still on Windows XP, but will install 7 Ultimate soon)
Does anybody in here know about a similar program for
Windows 7? What I want is for Windows to preserve my
settings, & execute with "my" resolution when logging in,
and my wife's preferred resolution when we shift user.
Or is this function perhaps already implemented in 7 ?
Many thanx in advance, & greetings from Sweden!
Click to expand...

Usually when people want a reduced screen resolution it's because they'd like bigger font or bigger UI elements. Given your monitor is listed as a nice 24" LCD panel, you really don't want to be running it in anything less than its native resolution anyway, presumably 1920 x 1200.

One of the others will correct me if necessary, but I'm fairly sure fonts are a per-user setting, unlike resolution. Hence, your wife may want to simply set her preferred font size instead of hobbling the monitor :)
 

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Brink said:
Did the program work for you Televinken?
Click to expand...
Sorry I wasn't clear enough; I haven't converted to 7 yet, but I will do so
within the next month. So I haven't been able to test any programs yet.
If we're lucky enough, the existing program will work with Seven too.
I'll report back in this matter, as soon as I've tested this new one.
(My specs are those of the machine I'll have in a few weeks...)

H2SO4 said:
A whole lotta text....
Click to expand...
All ya say is quite correct, & I'd never change my monitor's nice native
resolution of 1920x1200 for anything less. But for some reason, my wife
thinks all reading becomes a pain, unless she alter the res. to 1440x900.
I know it's possible to change font sizes, but wouldn't that setting also
be kept when changing user? Besides, as she claims; "Everything is so
darn small with that pesky resolution". So I guess she likes BIG stuff ;).
And then she slides closer'n'closer to the monitor, until her cheeks get
pretty red from the screen heat. Anyway, thanx for trying to help out.
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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Lynnfield Core i7 860
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Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3
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Crucial Ballistix DDR3 PC10600/1333MHz CL7 4x2Gb
Graphics Card(s)
XFX Radeon HD5870 1 Gb
Sound Card
Onboard Realtek AC97
Monitor(s) Displays
LG L246WH
Screen Resolution
1920x1200
Hard Drives
Seagate 1 Tb. SATA II. 7200rpm. 32Mb cache.
PSU
780W 65Ah
Case
Image & Shapetek Eye2000B
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1 Scythe 12cm in, 1 Scythe 12cm out. Scythe Ninja cpu cooler
Keyboard
Logitech Cordless Desktop Comfort
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Logitec Cordless Trackman Wheel (Trackball)
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Televinken said:
I know it's possible to change font sizes, but wouldn't that setting also
be kept when changing user?
Click to expand...

I'm not entirely sure to be honest - depends whether it's stored in the (global) HKLM hive of the registry, or in users' profiles. I'm hoping one of the resident UI experts will step in at this point and clarify. In any case, it would be relatively simple to test.

Televinken said:
Besides, as she claims; "Everything is so
darn small with that pesky resolution". So I guess she likes BIG stuff ;).
Click to expand...

The poor woman is obviously trying to compensate :p
 

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Televinken said:
What I want is for Windows to preserve my
settings, & execute with "my" resolution when logging in,
and my wife's preferred resolution when we shift user.
Click to expand...
Windows 7 makes this easy to implement. Typing "Display" in the search box brings up the first menu with small, medium, and large settings.

picture.php


A right click on the desktop calls the next menu to set the desktop icons to small, medium, and large view. These settings are user profile specific so will not affect another user's settings.

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For the most contrast, here is my day to day user account desktop:

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Here is a second user account set to "large" with identical resolution.

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Two or more users can be "signed on" at the same time and can switch from one user account to another without needing to log off and log on each time.

Cheers!

Robert
 

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Thanks Robert, good to know. (Not that I need it)

~Lordbob
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9
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Intel i5-2500k
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2x 4Gb Corsair VENGEANCE DDR3-1600
Graphics Card(s)
NVidia GeForce N260GTX Twin Frozr
Sound Card
Realtek HD OnBoard Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
ASUS 24" Monitor
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
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G.SKILL Phoenix Series 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
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Cooler Master Real Power Pro 750W
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iseeuu said:
Lotsa text & pics.

Robert
Click to expand...

Thanx Robert. I noticed it today, when I actually took the plunge &
replaced my XP with the x32 version of 7. It really works quite well.
No "dizzyness" for wifey anymore, despite everything being bigger.
I guess my little program will no longer be of any use. Well there
seems to be many new features in this new OS. So far, so good.
Thanx again for the help.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home built
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
Lynnfield Core i7 860
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3
Memory
Crucial Ballistix DDR3 PC10600/1333MHz CL7 4x2Gb
Graphics Card(s)
XFX Radeon HD5870 1 Gb
Sound Card
Onboard Realtek AC97
Monitor(s) Displays
LG L246WH
Screen Resolution
1920x1200
Hard Drives
Seagate 1 Tb. SATA II. 7200rpm. 32Mb cache.
PSU
780W 65Ah
Case
Image & Shapetek Eye2000B
Cooling
1 Scythe 12cm in, 1 Scythe 12cm out. Scythe Ninja cpu cooler
Keyboard
Logitech Cordless Desktop Comfort
Mouse
Logitec Cordless Trackman Wheel (Trackball)
Internet Speed
24Mbit downstream, 1Mbit upstream
Other Info
OS "from TechNet"
Televinken said:
iseeuu said:
Lotsa text & pics.

Robert
Click to expand...

Thanx Robert. I noticed it today, when I actually took the plunge &
replaced my XP with the x32 version of 7. It really works quite well.
No "dizzyness" for wifey anymore, despite everything being bigger.
I guess my little program will no longer be of any use. Well there
seems to be many new features in this new OS. So far, so good.
Thanx again for the help.
Click to expand...
You are most welcome. We are all here to help.

Happy surfing!
 

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