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Enabling the "Use Windows XP Style DPI scaling" option in Windows 7

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Mar 15, 20267995 views
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On Windows 7, if you go to Display > Set Custom text size (DPI), the "Use Windows XP Style DPI scaling" option is disabled (greyed out). What do I need to do to enable this option?

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Fix for: Enabling the "Use Windows XP Style DPI scaling" option in Windows 7

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I think you will find that "XP style DPI scaling" is only relevant if you have the aero interface active. I've just confirmed on my machine - if I disable aero, the option becomes unavailable and when I then reactivate aero this reactivates the opti…

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