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Wiindows98 second edition: better "skin" or Graphical Iinterface Display for large flatscreen?
Recently got rid of 19" CRT monitor and replaced with 21 inch Samsung Flat
panel monitor. Everything is fine, Icons and labels look good. However the display is not as bold and clear for the Windows98 Titles, menus and dropdowns that I see on my WindowsXP machine using the same Flatpanel. I've tried a utility called Display Set but all it does is let you change colors and fonts of the existing Windows98 displays. I'm sure there is some kind of graphic interface that would give the Windows98 display more snap and clarity. I've got an updated NVidia card( NVIDA TNT2VANTA. Video88PCI-16). I'm looking for a recommendation for a "skin" or something that would produce a nicer display. TIA -- Tom Duprex |
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Wiindows98 second edition: better "skin" or Graphical Iinterface Display for large flatscreen?
Make sure the screen size you are using (eg 1024x768) is correct for the
display. Flat panels work best when the video display settings match their default pixel dimensions. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Tom Duprex" wrote in message ... Recently got rid of 19" CRT monitor and replaced with 21 inch Samsung Flat panel monitor. Everything is fine, Icons and labels look good. However the display is not as bold and clear for the Windows98 Titles, menus and dropdowns that I see on my WindowsXP machine using the same Flatpanel. I've tried a utility called Display Set but all it does is let you change colors and fonts of the existing Windows98 displays. I'm sure there is some kind of graphic interface that would give the Windows98 display more snap and clarity. I've got an updated NVidia card( NVIDA TNT2VANTA. Video88PCI-16). I'm looking for a recommendation for a "skin" or something that would produce a nicer display. |
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Wiindows98 second edition: better "skin" or Graphical Iinterface Display for large flatscreen?
Jeff:
My Screen Area on the Settings Tab of Display properties is at 1280 X 1024. My desktop looks great and crisp. Upon closer examination it appears that the text on the desktop has no shadow to it. It is basically white. When I'm in an application, Internet explorer, Word, Excell, etc. the menus and toolbars are a black text with a white shadow on that Windows98 gray background. Its this white shadow on this higher resolution screen that is makes the test a little fuzzy. Is there a way to simply control the text shadow. I mentioned the utility "Display Set" because it offers a simple way to control colors, bold, italic, etc of menus, of the active window, inactive window, the borders on the windows, etc. but does not have the capability to tweak the shadow of the text. In contrast, on my XP machine the menu text is just black. I suspect that the folks at Microsoft designed XP to display on higher resolution screen and did away with the text shadow. Old 98 was using crts and probably this text formatting did well. I never had a problem on a 19 inch tube monitor. Anyway, it would be nice to have my 98 machine's display unfuzzed, if there's a tool out there that can do it. Thanks for the response. "Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... Make sure the screen size you are using (eg 1024x768) is correct for the display. Flat panels work best when the video display settings match their default pixel dimensions. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Tom Duprex" wrote in message ... Recently got rid of 19" CRT monitor and replaced with 21 inch Samsung Flat panel monitor. Everything is fine, Icons and labels look good. However the display is not as bold and clear for the Windows98 Titles, menus and dropdowns that I see on my WindowsXP machine using the same Flatpanel. I've tried a utility called Display Set but all it does is let you change colors and fonts of the existing Windows98 displays. I'm sure there is some kind of graphic interface that would give the Windows98 display more snap and clarity. I've got an updated NVidia card( NVIDA TNT2VANTA. Video88PCI-16). I'm looking for a recommendation for a "skin" or something that would produce a nicer display. |
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Wiindows98 second edition: better "skin" or Graphical Iinterface Display for large flatscreen?
The white shadow is not a part of Windows. It is an artefact of the
display, either as a result of driving the display at a resolution that doesn't match the actual pixel resolution, or as a result of the display technology. You could try asking in an XP group about why it doesn't happen in XP, but it may be due to a trick which adapts text display to the requirements of the hardware. Otherwise, change the background to white. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Tom Duprex" wrote in message ... Jeff: My Screen Area on the Settings Tab of Display properties is at 1280 X 1024. My desktop looks great and crisp. Upon closer examination it appears that the text on the desktop has no shadow to it. It is basically white. When I'm in an application, Internet explorer, Word, Excell, etc. the menus and toolbars are a black text with a white shadow on that Windows98 gray background. Its this white shadow on this higher resolution screen that is makes the test a little fuzzy. Is there a way to simply control the text shadow. I mentioned the utility "Display Set" because it offers a simple way to control colors, bold, italic, etc of menus, of the active window, inactive window, the borders on the windows, etc. but does not have the capability to tweak the shadow of the text. In contrast, on my XP machine the menu text is just black. I suspect that the folks at Microsoft designed XP to display on higher resolution screen and did away with the text shadow. Old 98 was using crts and probably this text formatting did well. I never had a problem on a 19 inch tube monitor. Anyway, it would be nice to have my 98 machine's display unfuzzed, if there's a tool out there that can do it. Thanks for the response. |
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Wiindows98 second edition: better "skin" or Graphical Iinterface Display for large flatscreen?
Jeff:
White shadow is not a part of Windows was a key piece of information. I somehow assumed these flatscreens automatically adjusted. Using the display controls, all I did was hit the AUTO button (I have a Samsung Syncmaster 921n) and the shadow virtually disappeared. I had swapped this screen for the older crt. It used to be hooked up to my XP system and it didn't occur to me that it would need to be "reset" when I put in on the Windows98 system. Thanks for working this issue out with me. "Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... The white shadow is not a part of Windows. It is an artefact of the display, either as a result of driving the display at a resolution that doesn't match the actual pixel resolution, or as a result of the display technology. You could try asking in an XP group about why it doesn't happen in XP, but it may be due to a trick which adapts text display to the requirements of the hardware. Otherwise, change the background to white. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) |
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Wiindows98 second edition: better "skin" or Graphical Iinterface Display for large flatscreen?
Thanks for letting us know that you got it sorted out.
-- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Tom Duprex" wrote in message ... Jeff: White shadow is not a part of Windows was a key piece of information. I somehow assumed these flatscreens automatically adjusted. Using the display controls, all I did was hit the AUTO button (I have a Samsung Syncmaster 921n) and the shadow virtually disappeared. I had swapped this screen for the older crt. It used to be hooked up to my XP system and it didn't occur to me that it would need to be "reset" when I put in on the Windows98 system. Thanks for working this issue out with me. |
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