Acer Travelmate 800 Display issues

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<hilton.jon@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1109000301.712611.320900@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi folks
>
> I realise this isn't technically a laptop-specific issue and
> more of a general software problem, but I have only experienced the
> problem on my Acer Travelmate 800 and it has been there since I got it
> (so I suspect other people who have bought this laptop may have the
> same problem)
>
> The problem is that text and/or graphics are not always displayed
> correctly. For Example if I load AdAware 6, some of the text doesn't
> appear in the correct place (in front of the graphic behind it, the
> text is misplaced slightly) and similarly with other software the text
> is misplaced or bits of it are missing, or in some cases important
> things like checkboxes that should appear, are not there at all.
>
> The most recent example I've seen was using a piece of software called
> MASAI editor, where on all other PCs it works fine, on my laptop, when
> presented with three choices (all with a radio button to choose the one
> you want) they appear on top of each other! so you can't actually
> choose an option.
>
> This is most infuriating, anyone have any ideas what could cause this.
>
> I have looked in Display properties and tried various resolutions as
> well as changing font sizes etc in the Appearance properties but
> haven't found a solution yet.
>
> Kind Regards
> Jon
>

Right click on the desktop, Properties,Appearance, Settings, Advanced
button, General Tab, DPI Setting.

Try changing it.

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