GMan, Yes, I do want to bumb the resolution down so here is a question for you. Every higher end monitor say's to get optimal results set to native resolution. How true is this? Would I lose much quality watching movies? I have info on native below, which you already know. This text in OE looks great, also I came across ClearType. I had to install it but still do not see some of the options...you tweak ClearType? I can not find the Appearness and Personalization tab??.....ClearType i's best used with native resolution also :) http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/c3a4da66-c335-45f5-a71f-d162d1b64ed41033.mspx Most things look fine at 1680x1050 and then there are other issues...sorry to drag this on but I'll get it eventually..this text looks awesome...if everything was this big/bright and no tab problems...so native resolution or not...I go with you... Rudy Liquid crystal displays (LCD) which are found on laptops and flat panel displays have a native screen resolution associated with them. That is the resolution in which the display was designed to operate. Screen resolutions are typically expressed in number of pixels in the horizontal direction of the display and the number of pixels in the vertical direction of the display. For example, a display which has a native resolution of 1280 × 1024 has 1280 pixels in the horizontal direction and 1024 pixels in the vertical direction. Various display devices react differently when displaying content using a device's non native resolution. When displaying at a resolution smaller than the native resolution, for example when displaying at 1024 × 768 when the native resolution is 1280 × 1024, most displays scale the output so that it fills the entire screen even though the signal from the display adapter does not fill the entire screen. Other displays will only use the number of pixels represented by the signal from the adapter. In that case the image will not fill the entire screen but the image will be at the native resolution for the display. - -- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/