Resizing desktop on LCD without adjusting resolution.

[robert422]

I got a new Acer 17 LCD from newegg for my mother. She loves it, but its native resolution of 1280 x 1024 is just too small for her. However, setting the resolution to 1024 x 768 stretches the image and looks really blurry.
Is there a way by settings or a program that will allow the display to run at 1280x1024 but stretched to appear 1024x768? I have increased the DPI size and adjusted the icons to a comfortable size, but still some programs are too small. I want to be able tell windows to increase the size of everything by around 40% without lowering resolution.

[ryanrule]

well u could run it at 320x256, that wont have any distortion. or tell her to get glasses

[robert422]

That doesn't make any sense, nor does it answer my question.

[vlad_Swe]

You can adjust the DPI size of the font in Display Properties (Advanced) from the standard 96 DPI (small fonts) to 120 DPI (large fonts) or a custom size. This will help in most applications, but won't increase the size of buttons etc.

[PKFGimpy]

Yeah, as far as I know, the only dynamic sized things in windows are fonts and icons.

[TehQuick]

in display properties, u can change anything (incl. buttons and font size for labels). It will help with windows but there are plenty of programs that ignore windows settings ;)

To change those settings, got display properties -- appearance -- advanced and use drop down to adjust windows desktop :D