XP/2000: Text too small on high DPI notebook screens and monitors

Contributed by David Kirk     
Tagged: Windows  

Windows XP and 2000 by default do not support high-DPI screens. Here’s what you need to change it.

New high-DPI screens and monitors are being released; however, XP and windows 2000 doesn’t support this very well. Here are the changes you need to make.

1. Right click on a blank area of the desktop
2. Select Properties
3. Click the Settings tab
4. Select Advanced
5. Select the General tab
6. Select the appropriate DPI setting
7. Click OK
8. Reboot
9. Click Start
10. Click Run
11. Type regedit in the textbox and click OK
12. Navigate to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

13. Click Edit menu
14. Select New
15. Select DWORD
16. Rename the new New Value #1 to UseHR
17. Double click and change the value to 1
18. Click OK
19. Reboot