Need help with fixing fonts in XPS M1710

Discussion in 'Software' started by anmali, Mar 26, 2008.

  1. anmali

    anmali Private E-2

    Hello
    I have an XPS M1710 . My computer had a malware which I took care of using the steps given on this very website. (Thank you so much for saving me here) Anyways that malware somehow screwed some of my software part a bit including a software called "quickset" . When i was trying to repair quickset a window popped up asking if I want to change the fonts on my computer and by mistake i said yes . Now the fonts on my computer look pretty big even the fonts on the tabs. I have tried fixing this problem by repairing quickset again , by changing fonts through settings, also reinstalled quickset but didn`t help either..Does anybody know how to fix the problem or know how to get my fonts to their normal size ?? Any help would be really appreciated.
     
  2. dlb

    dlb MajorGeek

    Welcome to Major Geeks. Most font issues can be solved by a simple system restore to a date or time right before the problem started.
     
  3. anmali

    anmali Private E-2

    Thank you for replying, see my problem is that I have just cleaned the malware and right after that i tried fixing quickset and the font problem occurred... so if i go back to system restore i would have to deal with the malware stuff again ..... which i don`t think would be a good thing to do ... Any other ideas ?????
     
  4. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    Your Dell notebook has a 17" widescreen display
    Is your normal display 1280 x 1024 ?
    This might fix it:
    1. Right click on desktop and select properties
    2. Click on the settings tab (here you can see if the desk size is 1280 x 1024), then on the Advanced button
    3. For fonts, select small and the normal size is 96dpi (dots per inch)
    4. Click apply and see if that looks like the way the fonts used to be.

    If that is too small a font size, then go back in and see what the other choices are. I have large or other. I haven't tried other so I'm not sure what I'd get.
     

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