I wasn't sure where I could get help but since another person posted here about a new browser, I hope you can help me as well. I had an old-old refurbished Gateway laptop (3 to 5 years or more old). I don't know what the screen resolution or dpi was on it, but the font was readable, nicely dark (not bold), and didn't hurt my eyes. I replaced the laptop with a used Systemax laptop. It has a wider screen. Windows Explorer, AOL 9, Frontpage2000, Word, Windows Notebook etc. all have a font that looks like it is "dotty" -- like a small letter L looks like it has 3 to 5 dots down the stem of the letter. Same on all keyboard letters, numbers, symbols. Even the toolbar inside Photoshop or other programs is hard to read now. The type is normal sized print, which is fine (No, I don't need to increase font size). It's all very hard to read and gives me a headache. The only program that is OK is gmail on Internet Explorer 7. So I thought the previous owner changed the font system-wide. But I don't know what it is set on, what it should be, or if that is the problem or not. But my computer repairman suggested over the phone that perhaps this computer has a dpi and screen resolution that I'm not used to (??). He suggested that I first change the dpi and then change screen resolution. But I don't know what a "good" dpi setting is to use, or what a easy-on-the-eyes screen resolution should be. Can anyone guide me? I don't want to mess it up anymore than it is. Can someone tell me where I can learn about screen resolution? Judy

Judy, All I can suggest is this: 1. Right click on an empty part of your desktop. 2. Click on properties. 3. Click on the Settings tab. This should bring up your display settings and give you a choice of screen resolutions that the laptop can support. Either 1024x768 or 800x600 would be the usual choices for an older, non-widescreen laptop. Hope this helps. Jim Rickenbacker ----- Original Message ----- From: "J.A. Florian" <cageycat@gmail.com> To: <rootsweb-help@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 7:59 PM Subject: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] OT maybe? Computer resolution and the way font looks >I wasn't sure where I could get help but since another person posted here > about a new browser, I hope you can help me as well. > > I had an old-old refurbished Gateway laptop (3 to 5 years or more old). I > don't know what the screen resolution or dpi was on it, but the font was > readable, nicely dark (not bold), and didn't hurt my eyes. > > I replaced the laptop with a used Systemax laptop. It has a wider screen. > Windows Explorer, AOL 9, Frontpage2000, Word, Windows Notebook etc. all > have > a font that looks like it is "dotty" -- like a small letter L looks like > it > has 3 to 5 dots down the stem of the letter. Same on all keyboard > letters, > numbers, symbols. Even the toolbar inside Photoshop or other programs is > hard to read now. The type is normal sized print, which is fine (No, I > don't need to increase font size). It's all very hard to read and gives > me > a headache. The only program that is OK is gmail on Internet Explorer 7. > > So I thought the previous owner changed the font system-wide. But I don't > know what it is set on, what it should be, or if that is the problem or > not. > > But my computer repairman suggested over the phone that perhaps this > computer has a dpi and screen resolution that I'm not used to (??). He > suggested that I first change the dpi and then change screen resolution. > But I don't know what a "good" dpi setting is to use, or what a > easy-on-the-eyes screen resolution should be. > > Can anyone guide me? I don't want to mess it up anymore than it is. > > Can someone tell me where I can learn about screen resolution? > > Judy > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTSWEB-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message