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A user recently switched from a Windows 8 Lenovo desktop to a Windows 10 Dell and is experiencing unclear, slightly greenish text on their analog VGA monitor, despite using the correct resolution and adjusting ClearType settings. They suspect the issue might stem from Windows's native VGA driver not supporting ClearType, and seek advice on alternative drivers. The community suggests ensuring the monitor's refresh rate is proper, resetting the monitor, and recommends looking for updated video drivers from Dell or the GPU manufacturer, with no definitive solution provided yet.
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BlebNevus

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Just switched from a Lenovo desktop running Windows 8 to a Dell running Windows 10 -- keeping my trusty Samsung analog LED monitor with a VGA connection. On the new computer, letters in all applications (word processing, browsers, emails) seem slightly shaky, faint, vaguely greenish -- not the clear, crisp, black typeface I had on the old computer (and have on my laptop that also runs Windows 10). Seems like exactly what ClearType was designed for, right? Except it has no effect, regardless of which options I select on each of the comparison-type screens. I've also checked Windows display settings: It's using the recommended full resolution that the monitor can handle (1280 x 1024).

Would be grateful for any suggestions...
 

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Which monitor is it? Selecting the wrong resolution will result in a faint not correctable picture.
 

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Samsung SyncMaster 940BX. As I mentioned, though, Windows seems to have autoselected the correct resolution.
 

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Actually, Windows had set 60 as a default for some reason. I just figured out how to change it to 75 -- so thank you for that. Unfortunately, the change didn't affect the way type is displayed.
 

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60 should be alright, but you never know. I am about out of options. Have you tried resetting the monitor itself. I suppose you did.
 

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After starting this thread, I came across something interesting on another forum: Someone claims that Windows's native VGA driver doesn't support ClearType and therefore one must install a different driver. I guess that would explain why my CT adjustments aren't having any effect, but it seems odd that Windows would offer a feature that its own driver doesn't support. Does this sound plausible to you? If so, any idea where I would find - and how I would install - an appropriate replacement driver?
 

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Either on the support pages of Dell or the manufacturer of the videocard i.e. NVidia.
 

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