Different Resolutions for different Accounts ?

[Pinkeyes]

Stand alone machine.

2 accounts, one needs a *much* lower resolution for a visually impaired user.

Can this be done ?

 

[bledd]

download the video res changer from here..

http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/10/SESSID=20204b2dc0e342d0febcec1e8dd214ec/

put the file into C:\windows\system32 folder

now in each users startup folder make a bat file (file in notepad, saved as file.bat)

that contains this..

1365VidChng.exe 800x600x32@85 -q

for the impared..


and this
1365VidChng.exe 1280x1024x32@85 -q

for the normal user



-change the @85 to whatever you want the refresh rate to be.. (on tft's it should be set to 60)

 

[Pinkeyes]

Many thanks Bledd

 

[marc2003]

it's crazy how windows 2000/xp don't support this by default. 98 did ffs.....

will vista?

 

[Energize]

You can increase the text dpi instead of increasing the resolution you know.

 

[HangTime]

As a visually impaired user I can confidently say that that changing text dpi isn't always sufficient for some purposes. For example a 17" running 1280x1024 with larger text is less pleasant to use than 1024x768 for me.

 

[CF93]

Damnit! I asked almost exactly the same thing months ago and no-one was able to come up with an answer that worked.

Thanks Bledd, sounds like exactly like what I've been looking for too for aaaaaaages!

 

[csmager]

it's crazy how windows 2000/xp don't support this by default. 98 did ffs.....

will vista?

Yep, it will apparently. And it was slated to be able to increase the DPI without making it completely unusable and ugly (a la 2000/XP). We'll see.

 

[bledd]

Damnit! I asked almost exactly the same thing months ago and no-one was able to come up with an answer that worked.

Thanks Bledd, sounds like exactly like what I've been looking for too for aaaaaaages!

i can't help everyone