Magnifier Problems

Started it up in error and now it loads every time and even after I unticked
load at startup. Then I had a BSOD and then BSOD's on every reboot. I
turned it off at the main power and finally a reboot without a BSOD.....I
dont need this ease of access control and just want to get rid of it at
startup

Hi, Will.

WOW! I see what you mean!

I've STARTED the Magnifier, and now I can't see ANY option to STOP it!
(Sorry for the ALL CAPS shouting, but this is frustrating, isn't it?)

I did finally get the magnifier stopped. I'm not sure how. But something
has also changed my font for reading here in Windows Live Mail. I don't
know the name of this font because my Tools | Options still show that I'm
using Courier New. But it looks very thin and washed out - and very hard to
read.


OK. After a couple of hours of trying things...

1. Turn off the Magnifier by going to Ease of Access | Make the computer
easier to see. Scroll down to Make things on the screen larger. UNcheck
the box that says, Turn on Magnifier, then click Apply. Give it a few
seconds to settle down. It left a single magnified window on my screen; I
clicked the X to close that window and I was back to normal.

2. I still don't know if it was related to Magnifier or to some of my
attempts to turn the Magnifier off, but the font problem was because I had
somehow turned off Clear Type. A fellow MVP finally reminded me to go to
Display Properties and keep digging until I found the Effects button and
then I could turn Clear Type back on. (It's buried much deeper in Vista
than in WinXP, probably because it is ON by default and does not need to be
accessed very often.)

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)

"will_s" <> wrote in message
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> Started it up in error and now it loads every time and even after I
> unticked load at startup. Then I had a BSOD and then BSOD's on every
> reboot. I turned it off at the main power and finally a reboot without a
> BSOD.....I dont need this ease of access control and just want to get rid
> of it at startup

will_s;596800 Wrote:
> Started it up in error and now it loads every time and even after I
> unticked
> load at startup. Then I had a BSOD and then BSOD's on every reboot. I
> turned it off at the main power and finally a reboot without a
> BSOD.....I
> dont need this ease of access control and just want to get rid of it at
> startup

R. C. White;597340 Wrote:
> Hi, Will.
>
> WOW! I see what you mean!
>
> I've STARTED the Magnifier, and now I can't see ANY option to STOP it!
> (Sorry for the ALL CAPS shouting, but this is frustrating, isn't it?)
>
> I did finally get the magnifier stopped. I'm not sure how. But
> something
> has also changed my font for reading here in Windows Live Mail. I don't
> know the name of this font because my Tools | Options still show that
> I'm
> using Courier New. But it looks very thin and washed out - and very
> hard to
> read.
>
>
> OK. After a couple of hours of trying things...
>
> 1. Turn off the Magnifier by going to Ease of Access | Make the
> computer
> easier to see. Scroll down to Make things on the screen larger. UNcheck
> the box that says, Turn on Magnifier, then click Apply. Give it a few
> seconds to settle down. It left a single magnified window on my screen;
> I
> clicked the X to close that window and I was back to normal.
>
> 2. I still don't know if it was related to Magnifier or to some of my
> attempts to turn the Magnifier off, but the font problem was because I
> had
> somehow turned off Clear Type. A fellow MVP finally reminded me to go
> to
> Display Properties and keep digging until I found the Effects button
> and
> then I could turn Clear Type back on. (It's buried much deeper in Vista
> than in WinXP, probably because it is ON by default and does not need
> to be
> accessed very often.)
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@xxxxxx
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)
>

Hi Will,

This will show you how to do what RC described in his post if you need
more details on how to turn of Magnifier.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/12...-turn-off.html

Shawn


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"Brink" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> will_s;596800 Wrote:
>> Started it up in error and now it loads every time and even after I
>> unticked
>> load at startup. Then I had a BSOD and then BSOD's on every reboot. I
>> turned it off at the main power and finally a reboot without a
>> BSOD.....I
>> dont need this ease of access control and just want to get rid of it at
>> startup
>
> R. C. White;597340 Wrote:
>> Hi, Will.
>>
>> WOW! I see what you mean!
>>
>> I've STARTED the Magnifier, and now I can't see ANY option to STOP it!
>> (Sorry for the ALL CAPS shouting, but this is frustrating, isn't it?)
>>
>> I did finally get the magnifier stopped. I'm not sure how. But
>> something
>> has also changed my font for reading here in Windows Live Mail. I don't
>> know the name of this font because my Tools | Options still show that
>> I'm
>> using Courier New. But it looks very thin and washed out - and very
>> hard to
>> read.
>>
>>
>> OK. After a couple of hours of trying things...
>>
>> 1. Turn off the Magnifier by going to Ease of Access | Make the
>> computer
>> easier to see. Scroll down to Make things on the screen larger. UNcheck
>> the box that says, Turn on Magnifier, then click Apply. Give it a few
>> seconds to settle down. It left a single magnified window on my screen;
>> I
>> clicked the X to close that window and I was back to normal.
>>
>> 2. I still don't know if it was related to Magnifier or to some of my
>> attempts to turn the Magnifier off, but the font problem was because I
>> had
>> somehow turned off Clear Type. A fellow MVP finally reminded me to go
>> to
>> Display Properties and keep digging until I found the Effects button
>> and
>> then I could turn Clear Type back on. (It's buried much deeper in Vista
>> than in WinXP, probably because it is ON by default and does not need
>> to be
>> accessed very often.)
>>
>> RC
>> --
>> R. C. White, CPA
>> San Marcos, TX
>> rc@xxxxxx
>> Microsoft Windows MVP
>> (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)
>>
>
> Hi Will,
>
> This will show you how to do what RC described in his post if you need
> more details on how to turn of Magnifier.
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/12...-turn-off.html
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> Brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> '*Vista Forums*'
> (http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=2980)
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Thanks to both of you

"R. C. White" <> wrote in message
news:7AD7102C-2378-49BF-A6DB-...
> Hi, Will.
>
> WOW! I see what you mean!
>
> I've STARTED the Magnifier, and now I can't see ANY option to STOP it!
> (Sorry for the ALL CAPS shouting, but this is frustrating, isn't it?)


The sad part is in Windows Help it doesnt show you anythiung


Hopefully it is now off for good

will_s;597718 Wrote:
> "Brink" <> wrote in messag
> news:...> > >
> >
> > > will_s;596800 Wrote
> >
> > > R. C. White;597340 Wrote
> >
> > > Hi Will
> >
> > > This will show you how to do what RC described in his post if yo
> > nee
> > > more details on how to turn of Magnifier
> >
> > > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/12...r-turn-off.htm
> >
> > > Shaw
> >
> >
> > > -
> > > Brin
> >
> > > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.
> > > '*Vista Forums*
> > > (http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=2980
> > > *Please post feedback to help others.* > >
>
> Thanks to both of yo

Your welcome Will

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I too found that Magnifier had turned off ClearType and didn't restor
the fonts when it exited. As a result most of the fonts in m
applications had been degraded

To turn ClearType back on, I did a search in Help for ClearType, an
followed the link to "Making text easier to read using ClearType". Fro
there, I followed the instructions to turn on ClearType

As an alternative to that approach, do the following: right-cllick o
the desktop and select 'Personalize', then 'Windows Color an
Appearance'. On the next window select 'Open classis appearanc
properties'. Then on that window click the "Effects" button and mak
sure that ClearType is selected in the drop down list box

Of course, Magnifier should restore the ClearType settings when it i
closed, but I guess there wasn't time to add that feature [grim smile]

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