Resolved changing to 800x600

The icons on my desktop are very small, and I wish to change my resolution to 800x600. Specifically how would I do that. Thank you very much. abm

 

Right click on your desktop. Chose Properties. In Properties click on Settings. You should see an item for screen resolution. Left click on the little pointer and drag so that your resolution is set to 800x600. Click on apply and you should be all set.

 

Hi, abm,

No need to lower yr screen resolution, you can change almost anything including the size of your icons, in Display.

Control Panel>Display>Appearance>Advanced> (item), using arrow to expand drop down menu>desktop>Icon

 

Right-Click Method

1. Start up the computer and log on to your account.
2.Right click on the desktop, and select "Properties ".
3.Click on the "Settings" tab.
4.Slide the slider labelled "Screen resolution" left to make the resolution less, and right to make it go higher.
5.Click the "OK" or the ** "Apply" button to apply your changes:
o "OK" closes the window as well as applying.
o "Apply" simply applies and leaves the window open, so you can make further changes.

 

Hi again abm,

I see you list yourself as a beginner and who among us wasn't one before we started learning, right?

I have looked at your other posts and I think it's fabulous you are moved to learn.

First mandate here is to identify and ponder your premise: that the solution to making yr icons bigger is lowering yr resolution.

I doubt anyone would ditto this as a solution if they focused on yr initial post. It is as if you felt you needed a sledge hammer to kill and ant and someone posted sources for the sledgehammer. XP is better than that!

Not sure what kind of monitor you have, but if it's an LCD, liquid crystal display flat screen, it was not made for very low resolutions. Nor are many things these days.

Next, familiarizing yourself over time with more and more of the options XP give us, is an adventure. "Display" is no exception.

You can do custom colors & themes (I need those), resize yr menus, your fonts, choose different fonts, title bar details....all manner of things! You make your computer YOURS.

And changing the size of your icons....along with, if you choose, their titles, is among the infinite choices XP give us in "Display. "

I have provided a walk thru in my first post, above. I hope you will be moved to follow up & explore that.

 

Leave your resolution as it is and change the DPI settings. As everyone has stated right click your desktop and select Properties. Click the Settings tab then the Advanced button. Select the General tab and change the DPI setting to Large size (120 DPI) in the drop down box then click Apply > OK. Click OK to exit Display Properties.

This will increase the size of your icons.