Vista has a mind of its own.

[BethMarie]

I am really tired of Vista deciding what it wants to do with no input from
me. This time all the font sizes in the display windows decided to grow
larger. It was fine when I turned off the PC, but when I turned it on the
next day all the font sizes had grown by at least 100%. I tried to change the
size of the font, but that did not work.

In reality I would like to get rid of Vista and go back to XP--there I
didn't have to worry what it was thinking up to do today

 

[Donald L McDaniel]

I am really tired of Vista deciding what it wants to do with no input from
me. This time all the font sizes in the display windows decided to grow
larger. It was fine when I turned off the PC, but when I turned it on the
next day all the font sizes had grown by at least 100%. I tried to change the
size of the font, but that did not work.

In reality I would like to get rid of Vista and go back to XP--there I
didn't have to worry what it was thinking up to do today

In the first place, NO OS "thinks", nor do they make "rational
decisions". They "make decisions" (if that is what you want to call
the process) based on numerical and logical conditions, not being
thinking creatures as we are. They can ONLY do what the programmers
or users have configured them to do. Nothing more, and nothing less.

i.e., ("Garbage in, Garbage out.")

IF the desktop resolution is changing each time you reboot, I suggest
that something is wrong with either your installation, or the way YOU
have configured the machine.

OR, you have a faulty video card, or one which is not fully Vista
compatible.

OR faulty drivers.

I guess the familiar is easier to use than the unfamiliar for some
simple-minded folk. If you are having that much trouble with Vista,
go back to XP.

No one will know, nor will anyone care.


Donald L McDaniel
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[BethMarie]

In the first place, NO OS "thinks", nor do they make "rational
decisions". They "make decisions" (if that is what you want to call
the process) based on numerical and logical conditions, not being
thinking creatures as we are. They can ONLY do what the programmers
or users have configured them to do. Nothing more, and nothing less.

i.e., ("Garbage in, Garbage out.")

IF the desktop resolution is changing each time you reboot, I suggest
that something is wrong with either your installation, or the way YOU
have configured the machine.

OR, you have a faulty video card, or one which is not fully Vista
compatible.

OR faulty drivers.

I guess the familiar is easier to use than the unfamiliar for some
simple-minded folk. If you are having that much trouble with Vista,
go back to XP.

No one will know, nor will anyone care.


Donald L McDaniel
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I do not appreciate your dismissive answer at all. It is rude. I know all of what you said, but this happens all of a sudden even in the middle of doing something. So please DO NOT RESPOND TO THis.

 

[C.B.]

The tone of his answer was directly proportional to the attitude of
your post. You asked for it and he gave it.

C.B.

 

[Gordon]

I do not appreciate your dismissive answer at all. It is rude. I know all
of what you said,

Then if that is so, tell us what steps you have taken to try to resolve
this, before posting your vague and generalised anti-Vista rantings...

 

[Ronc]

I am really tired of Vista deciding what it wants to do with no input from
me. This time all the font sizes in the display windows decided to grow
larger. It was fine when I turned off the PC, but when I turned it on the
next day all the font sizes had grown by at least 100%. I tried to change
the
size of the font, but that did not work.

In reality I would like to get rid of Vista and go back to XP--there I
didn't have to worry what it was thinking up to do today

After using Windows 9x for 10 years and then switching to Vista, I feel your
pain. Although I did not experience your font size issue, permanent
customizations that were easily made in Win98 seem to no longer "stick".
The web page window size issue has been driving me nuts for the past 12
months. I set the window size and after reboot it's back to where it was to
start (too small). I've googled the issue, read dozens of "fixes", none of
which work permanently on the final Vista build.

I once experienced a "feature" in which moving the scroll wheel on the mouse
would change the screen resolution but it hasn't done it in quite a while.
I'd like to know how to do it, mainly so that if it happens again I'll know
how to turn it off.

 

[Donald L McDaniel]

Something tells me that you really didn't understand anything I said.
Which is why I was "dismissive", as you call it. If you can't
understand that Vista does not think, you certainly can't understand
any help anyone has to offer you.

but this happens all of a sudden even in the middle of doing something. So please DO NOT RESPOND TO THis.

Beth, it's obvious that you don't like Vista. Why continue using it if
you don't like it?

I've spoken the truth to you, without pulling any punches. I've also
offered you a few pointers to help you find the problem. I'm sorry
you didn't appreciate the help I had to offer.

By the way, Beth, I was not attempting to be rude to you. If it
appears that way to you, please forgive me.

I admit that I am not a very "diplomatic" person. I will never tell
someone just what they want to hear. I will always get right to the
crux of a matter.

IF it offends you, then I can only apologize.

It's very important that folks know that computers are NOT
intelligent, as human beings are, and as machines, they cannot make
arbitrary "decisions" as human beings can. Then, they will stop
blaming the OS, and start looking for the REAL problems.

But folks who continually anthropomorphize their machinery are doomed
to repeat their mistakes over and over.


Donald L McDaniel
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[Donald L McDaniel]

Agreed. Also, yes, for some reason your screen resolution is changing. I
think that happens to all of us from time to time, but not regularly as
in your case. How long have you had the problem. If it arose recently,
then a system restore to an appropriate point might sort it.

The only time my screen resolution changes is when I change it myself.
Vista NEVER does anything "on its own", since it HAS no "own".

It, as an inanimate OS, on an inanimate machine, has no such ability
to make arbitrary "decisions". In fact, it cannot make "decisions", as
human beings do, since it has no consciousness, no personality, no
spirit, no will, and no humanity -- just numbers and logical
conditions based on those numbers, which cannot, in any way, "suddenly
decide" to change your screen resolution.

If this is "rude", then so be it.


Donald L McDaniel
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[Ronc]

If you want to make further
changes, click Custom DPI. You can follow the instructions there.

You chose an interesting example that illustrates another baffling problem
I've gotten used to on my Vista machine. Both in Win98 and in Vista I
always set my DPI to 120. In fact the Vista DPI scaling applet you
described always reads 120 and not 96 ever since the first time I changed
it. The problem is that I frequently dock/undock my computer which
automatically changes the screen resolution since my monitor is larger, as
it should. The problem is that sometimes I need to reboot my computer after
docking (don't get me started... that's a whole nother issue). The first
time I reboot my true DPI gets smaller even though it still says 120 and to
fix it I reboot a second time. Now, finally the true DPI once again agrees
with the stated selected DPI and everything is fine until the next time I
need to reboot after docking. I would be more than happy to set up every
detail of my viewing options for every hardware profile I expect to
encounter. But no, Microsoft has chosen to eliminate the concept of
hardware profiles in Vista which we were used to seeing in previous versions
and let the chips fall where they may.

 

[Ronc]

Try this:
http://www.cerratoenterprises.com/iissamples/dpi scaling.jpg

This is how it always looks but sometimes requires a second boot to display
the larger size.