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Fix Blurry Icons & Fonts on Windows 11
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Right-click your desktop and select Display Settings. On the window, ensure that under Scale, the option is set to 100% and that the Resolution is set to your native monitor resolution.
Adjust the Windows Display Settings
Right-click your desktop and select Display Settings.
On the window, ensure that under Scale, the option is set to 100% and that the Re…
On the window, ensure that under Scale, the option is set to 100% and that the Resolution is set to your native monitor resolution.
Open up the Advanced Display Settings under Related Settings
Open up the Advanced Display Settings under Related Settings.
Make sure to use the highest available refresh rate
Make sure to use the highest available refresh rate.
Update Display Adapter or Graphics Card Driver
If this did not fix your issue, then your blurriness could be caused by outdated display drivers. Search for Device Manager in your start menu search or your settings, depending on which version of Windows you use. Expand Display Adapters, right-click your Graphics card, select Update Driver, and Search automatically for drivers.
This will take a moment to ensure that your display driver is up to date
This will take a moment to ensure that your display driver is up to date. In case you are using multiple GPUs, ensure to repeat this step for each one of them. If you are using an NVIDIA graphics card, you can also use the GeForce Experience application. In the Drivers tab, select Download, and the application will automatically download and install the latest driver.
Windows Software Update
You can now close the window and search for Update in your start menu search to open up your search for updates system settings window. Download the latest update and restart your PC to install it.
Change the DPI Scaling in the Registry Editor
If this did not fix your issue, you must make a few adjustments in the Registry Editor. Use the shortcut Windows key & R, to open up this dialogue box, or right-click the Windows icon and select Run. Type regedit and hit enter.
After a second, your registry editor will open up
After a second, your registry editor will open up. Navigate to: HKEY Current User > Control Panel > Desktop, and select the desktop folder.
On the right hand side, select Win8DpiScaling on the bottom here, and go to Modify
On the right hand side, select Win8DpiScaling on the bottom here, and go to Modify.
As you can see, the value is set to 0, which means that it’s turned off
As you can see, the value is set to 0, which means that it’s turned off. Simply enter the value 1 and select Ok.
Right-click some empty space in the desktop folder and select to create a new DWO…
Right-click some empty space in the desktop folder and select to create a new DWORD 32 bit value.
Ndame it LogPixels
Ndame it LogPixels. Lastly, right-click the DWORD and set the value data to 78, and base to hexadecimal.
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