herbalist Posted July 19, 2009 Posted July 19, 2009 I'm trying to change the screen resolution for just one user account on Win2K, unofficial service pack 5. The user for the account I want to change uses a wheelchair and sits farther from the monitor and needs 800x600. The rest have been set at 1024x768. When I change the resolution for that user, they all change. Am I missing something or is 2K incapable of using different resolutions for each user? Google searches keep leading to installing software for doing this.Rick
Colonel O'Neill Posted July 20, 2009 Posted July 20, 2009 I'm pretty sure it's a system wide setting...You could run a batch file for his account at log-in to set the screen resolution to 800x600.
beats Posted July 20, 2009 Posted July 20, 2009 I'm pretty sure it's a system wide setting...Yes, it is.
herbalist Posted July 23, 2009 Author Posted July 23, 2009 A batch file it'll have to be. Wasn't expecting this from 2K when 98 has no problem running different resolutions for each user.Thanks.
Colonel O'Neill Posted July 24, 2009 Posted July 24, 2009 Maybe it got moved to a Group Policy? I never knew that feature existed.
cluberti Posted July 24, 2009 Posted July 24, 2009 Screen resolution is stored in the registry in HKLM for NT-based machines up through Vista, although Win7 seems to allow different configurations per user as of Win7 RTM. More testing should be done to confirm this, but after building a Win7 RTM machine on a box with 3 monitors, the changes I made for one user were not replicated to other (existing OR new users), and seemed to be per-user as it used to be in Win95 and 98.
JustinStacey.x Posted July 24, 2009 Posted July 24, 2009 This is one of the things I love about 95 and 98... doesn't work in Windows 2000!
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