Windows 11

[sedrosken]

I have to scale 1080p to 130ish to keep it readable at 14", and I've found a lot of my clients get mileage out of the scaling due to similarly (though usually to a worse degree) poor vision.

 

[mubs]

As usual, you da man, Merc! Thanks a mil! I'm trying Small icons and 100% scaling. Will probably get used to this.

You know, I've searched on Google massively the last few days for various issues. It's amazing how much ignorance and crap there is out there. For the icon size issue, the only solution I found was the scaling adjustment. And here, bingo, you nailed it.

I don't work on PCs as much as I used to, and have forgotten a ton of stuff.

 

[Mercutio]

I have to scale 1080p to 130ish to keep it readable at 14", and I've found a lot of my clients get mileage out of the scaling due to similarly (though usually to a worse degree) poor vision.

I massively regret having a 4k 15" screen on my current laptop so believe me, I understand.

 

[mubs]

I have to scale 1080p to 130ish to keep it readable at 14", and I've found a lot of my clients get mileage out of the scaling due to similarly (though usually to a worse degree) poor vision.

Doesn't the scale go up in steps of 25 starting at 100? How are you setting it at 130? Unless it works differently on laptops.

BTW, Can't remember: who was Hawkeye in SF? The guy who used to scale it down and use tiny fonts on his screen?

 

[Mercutio]

Sounds like dd.

You can set custom scaling if you want. It's a better idea than using nonstandard screen resolutions.

 

[sedrosken]

See, I used to scale DPI lower so I could fit more on a screen, but this was like… fitting 1920x1200 into a 19 inch 1440x900 screen, nothing crazy. This was of course before my vision went completely to shit.

mubs, Windows supports setting an arbirtrary percentage for scaling now, and has at least for a couple years. Surface devices have such high DPI screens they come out of the box at 300% now. Windows will throw up a scare screen and say arbitrary percentages might break for some older applications, but in my experience it’s been fine. And you can override scaling application by application as needed.

 

[mubs]

Do you guys use your systems with Memory Integrity on or off?

 

[mubs]

My W10 build was running with Windows audio drivers. No probs. Now on W11, same machine, I installed Realtek's audio drivers for W11 provided by Asus. Every time I adjust volume up or down, there's a BING! Searched and tried a few suggestions, but they don't work. Any suggestions? Should I uninstall the Realtek audio driver and go back to Windows default driver? It's driving me mad.

 

[ddrueding]

Sounds like dd.

You can set custom scaling if you want. It's a better idea than using nonstandard screen resolutions.

Not me, once I had enough money to choose I started running 40"+ monitors. The last few have been 42" 4k with 150% scale. Before that I ran for a while with 2x 49" 5k ultrawide stacked vertically, still at 150%. That setup was interesting, but not as useful for monotasking. Now I'm considering a 16-21" 4k secondary for reference material.

 

[Mercutio]

Mubs, I've never heard of that. Maybe it is something in the full driver package that nobody bothers to install?

I use 3x 32" displays with the one on my left in portrait mode, plus my Samsung tablet as a drawing tablet/display. My 4k screen is set to 125% scale but the others are just 100%. My eyesight is terrible but I sit very close to my screens, maybe only 15 - 18" from them.

 

[ddrueding]

I'm at least 30" from my screens, I find the eye strain isn't as bad.

 

[Mercutio]

I just found Operese, someone's project to upgrade Windows 10 straight in to Kubuntu. It maintains user data folders, but the install can be kicked off directly from Windows, which seems pretty sweet to me.

There isn't even a working web site for it yet, but the project is interesting enough that I'm definitely going to keep tabs on it.