Definition so high I can't read stuff, what fix?

Warning, opinion and rant to follow.

This makes me go bananas, when people pay for a high resolution monitor and then run it at low resolution and everything looks jaggy and awful.

A monitor has one optimal resolution, the one with biggest numbers. Use it.

If text is too small, adjust text size.

In Windows 7, for example:
Control Panel ->Display

My computer shows two settings – 100% and 125%

Also, individual programs allow you to zoom in. WOrd, Firefox, Internet Explorer, etc, they all have a zoom setting which enlarges text without distorting everything else.

@jaytkay Yeah, sure…. Completely useless though.
And in case it’s relevant I use XP

Two settings will affect the text size.

DPI: Control Panel, Display, Settings, Advanced, General, DPI
Font Size: Control Panel, Appearance and Themes, Display

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/display_use_large_or_small_fonts.mspx?mfr=true

I don’t know why it’s asking for a Windows disk though, hopefully someone else can chime in with that.

Display properties => Settings => Advanced => DPI Setting => Large Size [120DPI – 125% normal size]

This occasionally screws things up in Internet Explorer but you can always just switch to Firefox or whatever.

Larger fonts don’t seem to make all that much difference, the problem is that the lines are too thin.

@Zyx The DPI will affect lines (& text & pictures & everything else).

@jaytkay Yeah well like you said earlier, screw that.