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Windows Server 2016 - Compatibility - Change high DPI settings How do I enable?
Hi, I am new to Windows Server OS, but not to Windows. I have a program that I need to change the DPI settings on. I know on Windows 10, I would do the following; Right click on icon > Properties > Compatibility > Change high DPI settings > Override high DPI scaling behavious > Tick the box >...- GazCBG
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- admin rights compatibility dpi settings high dpi program issues scaling user settings windows 10 windows server windows server 2016
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Releasing Windows 10 Build 19042.906 (20H2) to Release Preview Channel
Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing 20H2 Build 19042.906 (KB5000842) to the Release Preview Channel for those Insiders who are on 20H2 (Windows 10 October 2020 Update). This update includes the following improvements: We fixed an issue with zoom that occurs when using Microsoft Edge...- News
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Releasing Windows 10 Build 19043.899 (21H1) to Beta Channel
Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing 21H1 Build 19043.899 (KB5000842) to the Beta Channel for those Insiders who are on 21H1 (Click here for the 21H1 announcement). This update includes the following improvements: We fixed an issue with zoom that occurs when using Microsoft Edge IE...- News
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Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18277
Happy Diwali for the Indian Windows Insiders who are celebrating! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18277 (19H1) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. REMINDER: As is normal with builds early in the development cycle, builds may contain bugs that might be painful for...- News
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- 19h1 action center amazon alexa bug fixes build 18277 cortana dual boot emoji 12 fast ring focus assist high dpi insider preview japanese ime known issues notifications quick actions slow ring user feedback windows 10 windows security
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Visual Studio 2017 Update 4 makes it easy to modernize your desktop application and make it...
Last year with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, we introduced the Desktop Bridge to provide desktop applications a path to modernize with the Universal Windows Platform, and to distribute via the Windows Store and the Microsoft Store for Business to all Windows 10 PCs, including devices that...- News
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Improving the high-DPI experience in GDI based Desktop Apps
In recent years, High-DPI displays have become common. Having a lot more pixels to display your application on seems like a simple recipe for crisper graphics but, counterintuitively, the opposite is often the case. Many applications were written without taking the DPI of displays into account...- News
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Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16170 for PC
Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are excited to be releasing a new build from our Development Branch! Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16170 for PC has been released to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. As we mentioned earlier this week, you won’t see many big noticeable changes or new...- News
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- azure ad bug fixes build 16170 corporate credentials cortana development error codes fast ring feedback file explorer high dpi insider preview it professionals known issues night light onecore surface devices windows 10 windows update
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Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15019 for PC
Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are excited to be releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15019 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. FYI: This build does have some platform related bugs that will impact the ability to play popular games on your PC. These platform bugs are unrelated...- News
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- accessibility action center beam streaming bug fixes build 15019 game mode gaming high dpi hyper-v insider preview microsoft edge night light oobe settings troubleshooters updates user feedback virtual machine windows 10 xbox
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High DPI Scaling Improvements for Desktop Applications and “Mixed Mode” DPI Scaling in the...
As display technology has improved over time, the cutting edge has moved towards having more pixels packed into each physical square inch, and away from simply making displays physically larger. This trend has increased the dots per inch (DPI) of the displays on the market today. The Surface Pro...- News
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Paint.net Updated
Paint.net is free! About Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for PCs that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online...- kemical
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- adobe photoshop bug fixes community corel paint shop pro free software graphics high dpi image editing paint.net photo editing plugins software tutorials update user interface version 4.0.12 virtual machines windows windows 10 windows 7
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Windows 10 Disable display scaling on high dpi settings...
Very irritating issue here. I tried running a game "Assassin's creed:Syndicate" on my Asus ROG G551VW at a resolution of 1600x900 and it runs on partial screen even when I have fullscreen option checked. It will only occupy full screen if I run the game in 3840x2160 resolution but that's not...- Sankalp
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- assassin's creed asus rog community help compatibility display scaling fullscreen game issues game performance gaming high dpi lag laptop issues native resolution resolution resolution change software glitch technical support troubleshooting user experience windows settings
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Windows 8 Old game not playing even in proper compatibility modes?
I have been want to play an old racing game for some time now (Driver By GT Interactive) but it wont load. It was deigned for Windows 98 and 95 and i am running 8.1. I manually found the install file and installed it along with Direct X 6 and Direct X Media. I set the compatibility mode and...- mitchfishman5
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- 640x480 8bit color compatibility direct x display scaling driver game settings gaming gt interactive high dpi installation issues legacy software old game oldversion pc gaming racing game troubleshooting windows 8.1 windows 95 windows 98
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Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 10122 for PCs
Hi Everyone, Today we have a new build for PCs going out to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring – Build 10122. I usually start these posts with the fun stuff at the top but want to call out our only big known Issue here right away – if you’re using an AMD GPU you’re likely to run into frequent...- News
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- amd build 10122 continuum default apps fast ring feedback gpu high dpi insider preview insider program known issues microsoft edge performance slow ring tablet mode ui improvements updates windows 10
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New Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 10074 now available
Hi everyone from the Build 2015 conference happening right now in San Francisco! If you haven’t already, Link Removed about all the Windows 10 announcements we made today. If you’re at Build this week or at Ignite in Chicago next week – keep your eye out for me and say hello! Today we have a...- News
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- aero glass beta improvements build 10074 build conference cleansing install continuum cortana feedback high dpi insider preview known issues live tiles multi-tasking performance stability system sounds ux improvements visual refresh windows 10 windows store xbox app
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Building DPI Aware Visual Studio Extensions
Are you build Visual Studio extensions? Will you do me a favor? Please consider your user's DPI. My primary machine runs at 3K (2880x1620) and since my eyes are old, the DPI is at 200%. If you're not running a High DPI machine you may be wondering what's the problem? If you are, like Scott...- News
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- application design debugging dpi awareness extensions graphics high dpi image resizing manifest microsoft mvp multi-monitor retina display scaling issues software development usability user interface visual studio visual studio 2005 windows forms wpf
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Surface Pro 3 + Adobe CS 2014
Almost, but not quite If you still use a lot of desktop applications as I do, you know that some handle high DPI displays and the desktop scaling functionality in Windows 8+ better than others. To date, the worst offenders, by far, have been Adobe's creative apps, like Photoshop. But with this...- News
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- adobe creative suite desktop applications high dpi microsoft photoshop scaling issues software experience surface pro 3 windows 8
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Applications using Bitmap Font gets effected with rendering issues if during Windows 7 Setup High DP
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- applications bitmap font high dpi rendering issues setup windows 7
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Windows 7 Feature Focus: Display Improvements
Windows 7 includes a number of display improvements, including a Display Color Calibration wizard, improved support for high DPI displays, improvements to ClearType, and better support for external displays. Link Removed - Invalid URL- News
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- cleartype color calibration display external displays high dpi improvements windows 7
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My version of Win 7 (premium) has a recommended screen resolution of 1280x1024 I find this rather small What can I do to become bigger characters without losing screen visual quality- quidosidi
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- aesthetics display settings font size high dpi screen resolution user interface visual quality windows 7
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