{"id":9148,"date":"2013-10-30T13:57:33","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T21:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=9148"},"modified":"2014-02-15T21:59:49","modified_gmt":"2014-02-16T05:59:49","slug":"how-to-fix-a-blurry-low-resolution-screen-after-updating-to-windows-8-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2013\/10\/how-to-fix-a-blurry-low-resolution-screen-after-updating-to-windows-8-1\/","title":{"rendered":"How to fix a blurry, low resolution screen after updating to Windows 8.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I pulled the trigger and updated to Windows 8.1 and first thing I was greeted with was a blurry, low resolution screen. \u00a0 What the?\u00a0 Do I did a bit of digging and found the fix.\u00a0 It has to do with DPI scaling which I would bet is related to handling tablets screens.\u00a0 Annoying. However, the fix is pretty easy.\u00a0 Go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.askvg.com\/fix-bold-blurry-or-hard-to-read-font-problem-in-windows-8-1\/\">ASKVG <\/a>for the full explanation of the fix.\u00a0 Below are the key steps you need.<\/p>\n<p>The users who are facing blurry, bold or hard to read font problem in Windows 8.1, just need to enable this new option and their problem will be fixed forever.<\/p>\n<p>So if you are also facing this problem, just check out following simple steps:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Right-click on Desktop and select &#8220;<strong>Screen resolution<\/strong>&#8221; option.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Now click on &#8220;<strong>Make text and other items larger or smaller<\/strong>&#8221; link.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Make_Text_Large_Small_Windows_8.png\" src=\"http:\/\/media.askvg.com\/articles\/images4\/Make_Text_Large_Small_Windows_8.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> It&#8217;ll open &#8220;<strong>Display<\/strong>&#8221; settings page. You can also directly open &#8220;Display&#8221; window by selecting &#8220;Personalize&#8221; option from Desktop context menu and then click on &#8220;Display&#8221; link given at the bottom of left-sidebar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> Now enable &#8220;<strong>Let me choose one scaling level for all my displays<\/strong>&#8221; option and apply the changes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Enable_Common_Scaling_Windows_8_1_Display_Screens.png\" src=\"http:\/\/media.askvg.com\/articles\/images5\/Enable_Common_Scaling_Windows_8_1_Display_Screens.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> Restart your system and your problem will be fixed.<\/p>\n<p>Since Windows 8.1 is under development, it seems this new feature is not working properly in many computer systems. 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