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> From: A Computer User
> Sent: May 8, 2005
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: Making the taskbar bigger
>
> Leo,

> My wife & I both recently purchased new laptops (one small &
> one huge) and find that the icons in the Taskbar & Systray
> are so small as to be almost unreadible for our baby boomer
> eyes. Dell tells us there is no adjustment for them, that
> Microsoft has them that way and we can\'t do anything about
> it. Surely not! Can you help.

Surely not indeed :-).

My approach would be to adjust the DPI setting of yoru monitor
to make *everything* bigger ... the taskbar and such will follow
along. Here's an article that'll show how:
http://ask-leo.com/how_can_i_make_the_text_on_my_screen_larger.html

Thanks for asking,

Leo

Article 163 | Category: Windows

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