Professor Frink Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 We have new LCD monitors here, and due to the high resolution, I need to tell Internet Explorer to "Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages." Then, the default View > Text Size (medium) is too big, so I set it to smallest. But every once in a while, it goes back to medium. Is there a way to lock that in, like with a reg edit or something? And what makes it go back at all?On a related subject -- I have already tried the registry trick to set up High Resolution in IE:[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]"UseHR"=dword:00000001But then it makes Web images stretched and blurry. Is there anything to be done about that?Or perhaps there is another solution that someone else here uses? I need to do something, because with a resolution of 1280x1024, and the default IE settings, some web pages look terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Frink Posted August 13, 2004 Author Share Posted August 13, 2004 Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 There's more of 'em too waiting to know a solution to this.heh heh.... :hint: :hint: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xolox Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 jrzycrim gave me a tip that could help you aswell, check the post: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...ndpost&p=159680Hint: Windows XP allows you to set the write-permissions to every key in the registry.... So if anything get's reset, this could help.Check http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=245031 to see how you can batch these commands...Good luck!Hope this helped... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrzycrim Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 That's worth a try. This seems to be where IE font size is stored:[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\International\Scripts\3]"IEFontSize"=hex:02,00,00,00You probably could set a permission to deny 'Set Value' on the key where that value is stored. This will prevent other values in that same key to change as well, however:"IEPropFontName" and "IEFixedFontName". there may be other values that are not present in my registry.You might want to set these values as well before setting permissions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ropera Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 This is what I did:I set the native resolution on the monitor: 1280 x 1024On Display Properties > Appearance I set Font Size as LargeBecause I think that the font from the Title Bars is too big I entered Advanced and modified it down to 12 font.For Explorer you can Try changing the font: Tahoma and Palatino Lynotype are the two I find better to read.I also use the Clear Type Effects under the Appearance tab.I don't change the DPI settings because they srew some of my programs like Dreamweaver.Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Frink Posted September 1, 2004 Author Share Posted September 1, 2004 I'm having some trouble with this. I think I understand the general idea -- for example, let's say that I have all of the following files in WINNT:regini.exeexample.batexample.iniI create a batch file that uses regini to call an ini file:example.batc:\WINNT\regini.exe c:\WINNT\example.iniexample.ini\Registry\Machine\Software [1 5 8]In that example, on the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software, it sets the permissions as such:Administrators group -- Full Control Creator/Owner group -- Full Control Everyone group -- Read permissionHere is my problem. According to the following KB article:Use a Script to Change Registry Permissions from the Command Linethe different registry Hives are translated as follows:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = \Registry\Machine HKEY_USERS = \Registry\Users HKEY_CURRENT_USER = \Registry\User\User_SID (where User_SID is the current user's security identifier)But the main point of this exercise for me is an HKCU registry key:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\International\Scripts\3Doesn't the SID change with every install? If so, how am I supposed to set permissions on the key in my install? Unless the SID is the same at the cmdlines.txt stage.... I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Frink Posted September 2, 2004 Author Share Posted September 2, 2004 Any advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farsidehill Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 "But every once in a while, it goes back to medium. Is there a way to lock that in, like with a reg edit or something? And what makes it go back at all?"Doesn't anyone have a solution.?We can't be only three wanting this answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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