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You can make the text and other items, such as icons, on your screen easier to see by making them larger. You do this by increasing the dots per inch (DPI) scale. You can also decrease the DPI scale to make text and other items on your screen smaller, so that more information fits on the screen.     1. Open Personalization by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, and ... Read more..

Shadows for Icon Labels. 1. Right click Computer > Properties 2. Advanced System Settings 3. Under Performance click Settings 4. Tick (Enable) or Untick (Disable) Use Drop Shadows for Icon Labels on the Desktop 5. Apply ----------------------------------------------- Microsoft Knowledge Base Article This article contents is Microsoft Copyrighted material. Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Terms of Use | Trademarks Read more..

Consider the following scenario: You are using a Windows Vista-based computer. The computer is connected to an external monitor by using an S-video connection. You configure the desktop area to extend across both displays. This configuration is known as "Extended desktop" mode. In this scenario, when you click Play in either the Pictures section or the Videos section of Windows Photo Gallery, a black screen appears to load. However, the pictures or the videos do not appear on the screen. CAUSE This ... Read more..

You cannot host a Visual SourceSafe 2005 Web service on a computer that is running Windows VistaView products that this article applies to.Article ID:933859Last Review:March 26, 2007Revision:1.0SYMPTOMSIf you install Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS) 2005 on a computer that is running Windows Vista, you cannot host a VSS Web service.Back to the topCAUSE This behavior occurs because of changes in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0. IIS 7.0 does not include the WebDAV component. The VSS Web ... Read more..

Article ID: 968761 - Last Review: March 9, 2009 - Revision: 1.0The DataSet designer does not allow custom data types to be used on the columns of data tables inside the data set.View products that this article applies to.Expand all | Collapse allSource: Microsoft SupportBack to the topRAPID PUBLISHINGRAPID PUBLISHING ARTICLES PROVIDE INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM WITHIN THE MICROSOFT SUPPORT ORGANIZATION. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS CREATED IN RESPONSE TO EMERGING OR UNIQUE TOPICS, OR IS INTENDED SUPPLEMENT OTHER KNOWLEDGE ... Read more..

Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions Service Pack 1 Beta release notes and a list of fixed issuesView products that this article applies to.Article ID:952283Last Review:May 6, 2008Revision:2.1NoticeBeta InformationThis article discusses a beta release of a Microsoft product. The information in this article is provided as-is and is subject to change without notice.No formal product support is available from Microsoft for this beta product. For information about how to obtain support for a beta release, see the documentation that is included ... Read more..

FIX: The Microsoft Software License Terms that are attached to the English version of the Visual C++ Redistributable Package in Visual Studio 2008 are incorrectView products that this article applies to.Article ID:956414Last Review:August 11, 2008Revision:1.0On This PageSYMPTOMSThe Microsoft Software License Terms that are attached to the English version of the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package (VCRedist_x86.exe, VCRedist_x64.exe, and VCRedist_ia64.exe) in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 do not let you redistribute these files. The incorrect license terms specify that you may install ... Read more..

Article ID: 957259 - Last Review: November 21, 2008 - Revision: 1.0FIX: Live semantic analysis incorrectly reports error messages on a computer that has Visual Studio 2008 SP1 installedView products that this article applies to.On This PageExpand all | Collapse allSYMPTOMSOn a computer that has Micrososft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) installed, live semantic analysis incorrectly reports error messages when you perform one of the following actions:You open a solution that contains breakpoints in the .aspx.cs files.Note If ... Read more..

Detection and deployment guidance for the March 11, 2008 security releaseView products that this article applies to.Article ID:950137Last Review:March 11, 2008Revision:1.3On This PageINTRODUCTIONAs part of an ongoing commitment to provide detection tools and deployment recommendations for security updates, Microsoft is delivering this detection and deployment guidance for all updates that are released during a Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) release cycle. This guidance contains recommendations that are based on the types of scenarios that may exist in various Microsoft operating ... Read more..

SYMPTOMS loadTOCNode(1, \\'symptoms\\'); When you add the Windows Sidebar Calendar gadget to the desktop of a Windows Vista-based computer, you may notice that the date displays incorrectly in the Windows Sidebar Calendar gadget. Note Although the Windows Sidebar Calendar gadget shows the incorrect date, the system clock still shows the correct date. This problem will occur if the following conditions are true:   The computer is set to use a time zone in which the daylight saving time change starts at midnight, ... Read more..

Article ID: 967759 - Last Review: February 10, 2009 - Revision: 1.0Sort function of STL Gives Unexpected Output when Vector is a Type Derived from _com_ptr_tView products that this article applies to.Expand all | Collapse allSource: Microsoft SupportBack to the topRAPID PUBLISHINGRAPID PUBLISHING ARTICLES PROVIDE INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM WITHIN THE MICROSOFT SUPPORT ORGANIZATION. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS CREATED IN RESPONSE TO EMERGING OR UNIQUE TOPICS, OR IS INTENDED SUPPLEMENT OTHER KNOWLEDGE BASE INFORMATION.Back to the topActionC++ code which ... Read more..

If you sometimes have trouble seeing items on your screen, you can adjust the settings to make text and images on the screen appear larger, improve the contrast between items on the screen, and hear on-screen text read aloud. You can adjust these settings on the Make the computer easier to see page in the Ease of Access Center. 1. Open the Make the computer easier to see page by clicking the ... Read more..

When you install a third-party product that registers its own version of the Wmp.dll file on a Windows Vista-based computer, Windows Media Player stops responding. CAUSE This problem occurs because the third-party product uses its own installation directory to install the Wmp.dll file on the Windows Vista-based computer. When this occurs, the InstalledVersions corruption check that Windows Media Player performs is bypassed and Windows Media Player is blocked or stops ... Read more..

Windows has two features to help you use the computer without using a mouse or keyboard: Speech Recognition (which allows you to use voice commands to work with Windows) and On-Screen Keyboard (which allows you to enter text by selecting characters on the screen).     You can adjust turn on or adjust settings for these features on the Use the computer without the mouse or keyboard page in the Ease of Access Center. 1. Open the ... Read more..

Calling A .NET Managed Method from Native CodeView products that this article applies to.Article ID:953836Last Review:May 31, 2008Revision:1.0Source: Microsoft SupportBack to the topRAPID PUBLISHINGRAPID PUBLISHING ARTICLES PROVIDE INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM WITHIN THE MICROSOFT SUPPORT ORGANIZATION. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS CREATED IN RESPONSE TO EMERGING OR UNIQUE TOPICS, OR IS INTENDED SUPPLEMENT OTHER KNOWLEDGE BASE INFORMATION.Back to the topActionThis is a sample native console application which will query the registry to verify if a specific version of the .NET ... Read more..

Visual Studio 2008 IDE may crash while building a VC++ Project after modifying Linker propertiesView products that this article applies to.Article ID:956322Last Review:July 29, 2008Revision:1.0Source: Microsoft SupportBack to the topRAPID PUBLISHINGRAPID PUBLISHING ARTICLES PROVIDE INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM WITHIN THE MICROSOFT SUPPORT ORGANIZATION. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS CREATED IN RESPONSE TO EMERGING OR UNIQUE TOPICS, OR IS INTENDED SUPPLEMENT OTHER KNOWLEDGE BASE INFORMATION.Back to the topActionYou create a VC++ project and, in the linker options of the Project Properties, you ... Read more..

The Visual Basic compiler (Vbc.exe) may use 100 percent of the CPU resources when you build a .NET Framework 3.5-based application that has many assemblies and referencesView products that this article applies to.Article ID:953595Last Review:July 1, 2008Revision:1.0On This PageSYMPTOMSConsider the following scenario: •You build a Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5-based application in debug mode. For example, in the Web.config file for a .NET Framework 3.5-based Web application, you set the debug option as follows: debug=true•You use Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 as the ... Read more..

Description of the Word 2007 hotfix package: June 20, 2008View products that this article applies to.Article ID:954576Last Review:July 17, 2008Revision:1.0On This PageSUMMARYThis article describes the Microsoft Office Word 2007 issue that is fixed in the Word 2007 hotfix package that is dated June 20, 2008.This article describes the following items about the hotfix package:•The issues that the hotfix package fixes.•The prerequisites for installing the hotfix package.•Whether you must restart the computer after you install the hotfix package.•Whether the ... Read more..

Animation and fading effects on buttons, scrollbars and other elements inside window. 1. Right click Computer > Properties 2. Advanced System Settings 3. Under Performance click Settings 4. Tick (Enable) or Untick (Disable) Animate Controls and Elements inside Windows 5. Apply ----------------------------------------------- Microsoft Knowledge Base Article This article contents is Microsoft Copyrighted material. Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Terms of Use | Trademarks Read more..

Consider the following scenario. • You are running Windows Vista on a portable computer. • The portable computer is set to do nothing when the lid is closed. • You connect a CRT monitor that uses a different screen resolution. • You configure the desktop area to extend across the LCD screen and the CRT monitor. (This configuration is known as extended desktop mode.) • You move a desktop icon to the right side of the LCD screen. • You close the lid of the portable computer. In this scenario, when you open ... Read more..