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Windows 10 Display Scaling

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This is truly a miserably broken and problematic feature of Windows 10, especially for users of software such as Global Protect or other similar software.   This is truly a miserably broken and problematic feature of Windows 10, especially for users of software such as [[Global Protect]] or other similar software.   It applies to people running dual monitors.  It specifically impacts people that run dual monitors that are physically different sizes, or people using a laptop and extended display option onto a physically larger monitor.  It can impact people with one physically small monitor (like a netbook display), and a desktop LCD monitor that both have the same native display resolution.   It applies to people running [[dual monitors]].  It specifically impacts people that run dual monitors that are physically different sizes, or people using a laptop and extended display option onto a physically larger monitor.  It can impact people with one physically small monitor (like a netbook display), and a desktop LCD monitor that both have the same native display resolution.   Option #1 can be accomplished sometimes with a right click, but otherwise requires editing the windows registry and creating manifest files for each application.  === Something to try: Possible Global Workaround using Windows Registry (unverified) ===A moron named Kevin Arrows claims there is a global workaround, however he fails to comprehend the meaning of global. If you read through his suggestion he claims that you can "[https://appuals.com/disable-display-scaling-on-high-dpi-devices-in-windows-10/ disable display scaling on high DPI in Windows 10 for all programs]" but his solution requires a per-application action and therefore is still cumbersome and misleading.  If you have to do this for each application then it is not a global fix and provides no greater advantage than the method described by Microsoft.  # open regeditFor full disclosure here be aware that the author of this page despises Windows 10 and finds the vast majority of contemporary I.T. professionals incompetent mediocrity.  The moment you reach a plateau of knowledge to where you become reasonably competent then you realize that you need to rid your life of Windows 10 and buy a Macintosh or run an alternative operating system on your PC.  I mean, who in their right mind would run an operating system from a company that continually spies on you, is very much broken and unreliable as well as being the least secure contemporary operating system in the world?  Windows 10 is truly perpetuated by clueless business executives and brainwashed tech graduates working for crap wages.# HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion # New and click on DWORD (32-bit) value* Broken DPI Scaling on Mixed Resolutions # call it "PreferExternalManifest" * Broken DPI Scaling on Identical Resolutions of different physically sized monitors# set its value to a Decimal value of "1"* Broken DPI Scaling on Laptop to Desktop Display spanning The mouse cursor is not aligned with the active object being clicked.  Mouse alignment or calibration wrong with dual displays.  Mouse cursor off. Windows 10 scaling default above 100% causing problems clicking applications or navigating web sites. Settings custom scaling level -#Click on Start Menu > Settings > Display#On Display screen scroll all the way bottom and find “Advanced Display Settings” click on that#On Advanced display settings screen scroll all the way bottom and find “Advanced sizing of text and other items” click on that#Click on “Set custom scaling level” and make sure its set to 100%#Click ok and Apply changes if you changed anything on that screen. #Additionally, Right-click on desktop and select Display settings#Adjust slider labeled "change the size of text, app, and other items" to 100% [[Category:Computer_Technology]][[Category:Microsoft]][[Category:Windows]]
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