Screen resolution in XP

[selk-train]

I was wondering if there was a way to set different screen resolutions to different user accounts in Windows XP Home. My parents are old and can't see, so they need the screen to be bigger. That sucks, and I haven't been able to figure it out. Can anyone help?

[Matrox462]

Unfortunately, monitor settings for one user affects all other users (but you probably already know this). I don't think there's a way around it, unless you get software that could manage screen resolutions and manually change them... I know a lot of video cards come with software that manages stuff like that; like multiple desktops.

I wonder if it's possible to make a script that would execute when changing users to automatically change it... i have no idea if that's even possible or not...

good luck

[Matrox462]

I looked around a bit more, and I found this program you might want to look into...

http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/multires.shtm It's a program called MultiRes, and allows you to change resolutions instantly. I heard someone saying that they created a login script like I was talking about for multiple users. Not sure as to how it's done with the program... but just thought I should mention it incase it's useful.

[selk-train]

thanks for the quick reply, i'll give it a whirl!

[Ranma_Sao]

http://www.jddesign.f2s.com/vidres.htm

Here's another one, that takes the resolution from the command line given to it, you could put it in that users:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run key with the command line you want, or put in their startup group in their profile.

If you want to write your own tool:
http://www.codeproject.com/gdi/LowerResolution.asp?print=true

Here's some code to get you started.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/gdi/devcons_7gz7.asp