windows icons on a widescreen display

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windows icons on a widescreen display

#1 Post by charredii » Wed Dec 19, 2007 6:35 pm

I noticed this mostly with the OS icons, but widescreens generally tend to make them extremely pixelated. Is there a way to fix this?

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#2 Post by erik » Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:51 pm

unless you've set resolution outside of native, icons should look good on any screen whether it's 16:10 or 4:3 ratio.   what size and resolution is your display, what resolution is it set at, and what OS are you using?   knowing that should help us fix your issue.
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#3 Post by ryengineer » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:51 pm

charredii wrote:snip.....PS how is levono phone support and wlk-in warranty service??
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#4 Post by charredii » Thu Dec 20, 2007 2:32 pm

I have a T60 15.4" widescreen running windows xp pro. my lcd is 1680x1050 (at least that's what the background was set to when I received this). I'm pretty sure this is correct, but i don't know how to check. I've seen a dell widescreen with the same problems, if that means anything.

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#5 Post by snessiram » Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:45 pm

Please check your color depth. If it's 16bits (instead of 32) you probably get more pixelated icons...
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#6 Post by charredii » Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:13 pm

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#7 Post by pailhead » Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:00 pm

charredii wrote:I have a T60 15.4" widescreen running windows xp pro. my lcd is 1680x1050
How do I get that? My 15.4" T61 won't go any higher then 1280x800
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#8 Post by ryengineer » Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:14 am

pailhead wrote:
charredii wrote:I have a T60 15.4" widescreen running windows xp pro. my lcd is 1680x1050
How do I get that? My 15.4" T61 won't go any higher then 1280x800
You wouldn't if your native resolution is 1280X800 (WXGA).
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