As computers and specifically video cards and displays get better there is one common complaint amongst users.  It’s the standard “It’s too small! I can’t read the screen!”  I personally run two 1920x1200 Acer displays and my laptop has a built-in display running the same resolution.  On the 24” Acer monitors that resolution isn’t bad at all, however on a smaller portable 17” Laptop screen things get a bit interesting.

What most folks do is simply decrease their screen resolution to make things bigger.  However, the drawback here is that the video card and displays themselves don’t always support smaller formats well or at all so things tend to look disproportionate or out of focus, creating even more complaints.  Here is a simple solution, built in to Windows, that helps with this problem while still using the higher, crisper, and cleaner resolutions:

1.      Open the screen resolution window (Right-Click on the Desktop for the context menu)

2.      Select the option at the bottom called “Make text and other items larger or smaller”

3.      From here you can now change the default sizing of the screen.  Essentially this increases how text, buttons and Windows objects appear on the screen.

I really like this solution, specifically because it does make certain buttons a bit larger.  Having the larger minimize, maximize and close buttons is helpful.  This is also a great procedure to use if you are dealing with a tablet or touchscreen interface running Windows as some of the built-in buttons are a bit small, especially for those of us with larger fingers!

Hope this helps someone!

-Brent