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Hi guys,

I accidentally changed my theme in Windows XP (nothing wild, just the default Windows XP theme) and now the text on my desktop and the UI in general is very small. It used to be a lot bigger and this is really annoying me. This has nothing to do with changing the actual font size in the display properties. Does anybody know a fix? Thanks in advance.

-Stephen

In Disply Properties, under Appearance, there is a Font size setting that works somewhat differently than the DPI setting under the Settings tab. Those are the only two settings I know of that can change the display size on the screen. A laptop will normally default these settings to its native resolution.

A couple of other things:
1. Your display fills the whole screen, right? (Screen expansion)
2. You said "desktop", but there is another separate font size setting in Internet Explorer, and Office has a zoom feature that can change the size of text.
... JDH

Thanks JDH for the help, but I've already fiddled with those settings. It can't replicate the factory settings I'm seriously considering just re-formatting my pc because it's annoying me so much. Any other suggestions? Thanks.

-Stephen

Alright guys, I figured it out after playing around some more For those who want to know, here is what I did:

Right-click on Desktop->Properties->Appearance->Advanced->Play around in that window

-Stephen