Windows Too Large (Sometimes)

[Guest]

I've noticed some weird behavior with some applications (i.e., Vista on-line
Help, Firefox, Thunderbird, Visual C# 2005, etc). When I launch the
application the window is too big for the screen, and everthing inside is two
times too large. Then sometimes, for no apparent reason the window jumps back
to a normal size including the contents, but it usually jumps back to double
size soon afterward.

I don't know if this is related, but I noticed after installing Vista Beta 2
that I did not have to set the screen DPI to 120 (I have a 1920 x 1200, 23"
display, with a Radeon 9550 controller). On Windows XP I had to set the
display to 120 DPI so I could read comfortably). In Vista, I checked the
display settings and it's set to 96 DPI. I haven't tried it at 120 DPI yet.

I only noticed this bahavior after enabling Aero, but I can't say if it's
related.

Does Vista has some sort of built-in smarts for sensing the display and
adjusting things automatically? Has anyone else seen similar problems?

 

[Mario Rosario]

Cannot say I have ... But I don't have a 23" display either, until 2008
maybe. I'm tired of paying $1200 for state of the art monitors each time I
upgrade.

 

[Leo Jei \(beBoy\)]

Vista has introduced auto-scaling on per application basis, which means it
is potentially to enlarge (zoom) the application to 2x large. I'm not sure
what causes it, or is it a bug.... but it's definitely a problem. I'll
forward it to the private newsgroup and will let you know the answer - if
any.
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Leo Jei (beBoy)
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Cannot say I have ... But I don't have a 23" display either, until 2008
maybe. I'm tired of paying $1200 for state of the art monitors each time I
upgrade.