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Windows Vista Help

  

Change screen resolution:

  1. Open Display Settings by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, clicking Personalization, and then clicking Display Settings.

  2. Under Resolution, move the slider to 1024 by 768 pixels. Under Color select Highest (32 bit), and then click Apply.

Disable smooth edges of screen fonts

  1. Open Appearance Settings by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, clicking Personalization, and then clicking Window Color and Appearance. If the Appearance Settings dialog box is not displayed, at the bottom of the page, click Open classic appearance properties.

  2. Click Effects.

  3. In the Effects dialog box, uncheck Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts, and then click Apply.

Change color scheme

  1. Open Appearance Settings by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, clicking Personalization, and then clicking Window Color and Appearance. If the Appearance Settings dialog box is not displayed, at the bottom of the page, click Open classic appearance properties.

  2. In the Color scheme list, select Windows Vista Basic, and then click OK.