picture display size

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Ok... tab goes onto the send button, not entering a tab
into this box... anyway. I have had my laptop for about a
month now, and im having trouble with internet explorer,
in that any pictures that its meant to display, it will
show them scaled up by around 120%. This means that on my
screen, any textual pictures are illegible, and it screws
up the sizing of the pages im trying to view. Im also a
website designer, so its very annoying that i cant see my
websites properly!!! I have contacted dell, and they just
say reinstall windows, and i cant find anything on here,
or google searches. Display drivers are the most recent,
and i have the most recent updates of IE6 as well. Any
ideas?
 
Luke said:
Ok... tab goes onto the send button, not entering a tab
into this box... anyway. I have had my laptop for about a
month now, and im having trouble with internet explorer,
in that any pictures that its meant to display, it will
show them scaled up by around 120%. This means that on my
screen, any textual pictures are illegible, and it screws
up the sizing of the pages im trying to view. Im also a
website designer, so its very annoying that i cant see my
websites properly!!! I have contacted dell, and they just
say reinstall windows, and i cant find anything on here,
or google searches. Display drivers are the most recent,
and i have the most recent updates of IE6 as well. Any
ideas?
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The reason for blurry images is that IE6 is set up to resize the
images based on the Display DPI setting. Many laptops are shipped with
higher DPI than the default and set IE6 to resize the image.

You can either set the DPI to the default (Normal - 96) or remove
IE6's UseHR registry key to deactivite image resizing. Here are the
relevant information (from Microsoft Knowledge Base):


Images Scaling in Internet Explorer (hi-res)
============================================

How to Activate Scaling
Internet Explorer 6 and later automatically adjusts the scale on
higher resolution systems when the DPI setting is higher than 96 DPI
and the "UseHR" registry value is added to the registry. These are
usually done by the manufacturers of higher resolution systems.

Set the DPI
These are the steps for changing the DPI setting on your system.

Right-click the Windows desktop to display the context menu.
Click Properties on the context menu to display the Display Properties
dialog.
Click the Settings tab on the Display Properties dialog to display the
Settings tab.
Click the Advanced button on the Settings tab to display the monitor
properties dialog.
Select a DPI setting in the Display frame of the monitor properties
dialog to change the DPI setting.
Restart your system to allow the changes to take effect.
Add the UseHR Registry Entry
The UseHR value is added to the Main key under "Internet Explorer" as
follows:


HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Right Click in the right pane and select New | DWORD value and set its data
to 00000001

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Thanks for this response.
It seems that anyone who uses Dell D600 hi-res notebook
with XP has this issue. Please change UseHR registry value
from 1 to 0.
 
I am having the identical problem with a brand new DELL
5150 running current IE 6.02. AS you say images
are 'stretched' and appear pixelated. I have also not
been able to resolve. Iam running 1600x1200 on a UXGA
notebook display and have tried various display res's
with out effect. Any help also appreciated.

MarkJ - Sydney OZ
 
MarkJ said:
I am having the identical problem with a brand new DELL
5150 running current IE 6.02. AS you say images
are 'stretched' and appear pixelated. I have also not
been able to resolve. Iam running 1600x1200 on a UXGA
notebook display and have tried various display res's
with out effect. Any help also appreciated.

MarkJ - Sydney OZ
Click to expand...

The reason for blurry images is that IE6 is set up to resize the
images based on the Display DPI setting. Many laptops are shipped with
higher DPI than the default and set IE6 to resize the image.

You can either set the DPI to the default (Normal - 96) or remove
IE6's UseHR registry key to deactivite image resizing. Here are the
relevant information (from Microsoft Knowledge Base):


Images Scaling in Internet Explorer (hi-res)
============================================

How to Activate Scaling
Internet Explorer 6 and later automatically adjusts the scale on
higher resolution systems when the DPI setting is higher than 96 DPI
and the "UseHR" registry value is added to the registry. These are
usually done by the manufacturers of higher resolution systems.

Set the DPI
These are the steps for changing the DPI setting on your system.

Right-click the Windows desktop to display the context menu.
Click Properties on the context menu to display the Display Properties
dialog.
Click the Settings tab on the Display Properties dialog to display the
Settings tab.
Click the Advanced button on the Settings tab to display the monitor
properties dialog.
Select a DPI setting in the Display frame of the monitor properties
dialog to change the DPI setting.
Restart your system to allow the changes to take effect.
Add the UseHR Registry Entry
The UseHR value is added to the Main key under "Internet Explorer" as
follows:


HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Right Click in the right pane and select New | DWORD value and set its data
to 00000001

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Reply to Newsgroup. I won't answer email
Protect Your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
 
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