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Old 09-19-07   #1 (permalink)
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Default AA the desktop? :D (dumb question)

how do i enable anti-aliasing on my desktop? on my texts and windows etc?
i said its a dumb question because I'm pretty sure there is some option i just need to enable for it to be all pretty and smooth.
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Cleartype?

http://www.microsoft.com/typography/...ner/Step1.aspx

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how do i turn this on? is it only laptops? because i got a LCD screen here too, like an a LAPTOP you know, and i wanna have clear type
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Just right click on the desktop and goto properties\Appearance\Effects\ The second drop down box will give you the option, Standard or ClearType.
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works a charm I tell yah.
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ClearType reduced my friend's eye strains when she reads texts on her computer.

I use it and without it, every text is ugly. D:

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woot! WHAT A BIG CHANGE! weeeeeeee thx guys
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