Windows 10: Resolution & DPI scaling on 32inch monitor

I've got a 32inch monitor, using Windows10.

I'm unable to reduce app size and content to less than 100% scaling.

Apps are huge and take up lots of real estate on the screen but I am unable to make smaller.

Windows 10 version does not let you adjust below 100%

Unable to make resolution higher than 1920x1080.

Tried changing DPI through LogPixels and no success.

How can I make the screen useable and make the content of apps smaller?

:)

 

Dual monitors with different DPI settings do not give correct scaling

An issue with DPI scaling arises when using two different scaling factors. The screen with the lower DPI display is fuzzy/blurred (most easily seen in text).

Hardware and settings

These are the hardware and settings involved:

• 1x primary 3840x2160 27" monitor with DPI scaling set to 150% (because regular text is unreadable at 27").
• 1x secondary 1920x1080 24" monitor with DPI scaling set to 100%, displaying blurry text and images at these settings.

Workarounds

When I use the same DPI scaling on both monitors the display shows correctly. This gives two undesirable workarounds:

• Setting 100% DPI scale on the UHD screen fixes display, but makes text unreadably small on this monitor.
• Setting 150% DPI scale on the HD screen fixes display, but makes text so large I barely have any screen space left on this monitor.

Is there per chance a better solution to this problem? Is this a Windows bug or am I using DPI scaling in the wrong way?

EDIT: Here's the system info from dxdiag just in case.

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System Information

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Time of this report: 11/14/2015, 13:09:59

Machine name: -

Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (10.0, Build 10240) (10240.th1_st1.151104-1714)

Language: Dutch (Regional Setting: Dutch)

System Manufacturer: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

System Model: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

BIOS: BIOS Date: 07/09/14 21:30:44 Ver: 04.06.05

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.5GHz

Memory: 8192MB RAM

Available OS Memory: 8112MB RAM

Page File: 5936MB used, 3454MB available

Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS

DirectX Version: 12

DX Setup Parameters: Not found

User DPI Setting: Using System DPI

System DPI Setting: 144 DPI (150 percent)

DWM DPI Scaling: Enabled

Miracast: Available, with HDCP

Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported

DxDiag Version: 10.00.10240.16384 64bit Unicode

 

My computer resets the scaling EVERY time I turn my computer on. BLURRY PICTURES/OFF RESOLUTION/DPI SCALING ISSUE

Hi Rudy,

An outdated or incompatible driver can be one of the possible causes why you're experiencing blurry pictures, off resolution or DPI scaling. To resolve this issue, we suggest that you follow the methods below:

Method 1: Check for software updates

Improvements are continuously being added to Windows 10 and Office 2016 applications. If you are experiencing a specific issue, first check whether it has been resolved in the latest Windows release or cumulative update. To check Windows 10 updates,
see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article: See Windows 10 Update History

Method 2: Check for known issues

See the following articles for more information about known issues in these specific products.

Office 2016

Office apps appear the wrong size or blurry
on external monitors

Note: Office 2016 applications started being released starting in September 2016. Additional updates are scheduled to follow.

Internet Explorer

3165808 Internet Explorer 11 Window display changes between built-in device monitor and an external monitor.

Additionally, to work around scaling issues, you ,may also try the following steps:

Step 1: Log out and in

Log out and log back in to the system. This improves how applications and elements are displayed when the monitor configuration changes.

Step 2: Adjust display settings

Select Display > Change the size of text, apps, and other items, and then adjust the slider for each monitor.

Step 3: Change application properties

In Explorer or on the Start menu, right-click the application name, select Properties, select the Compatibility tab, and then select the Disable
display scaling on high DPI settings check box.

Step 4: Check whether applications are DPI-aware

To determine an application's support of DPI Scaling, follow these steps:

• Download and run Sysinternals Process Explorer.
• In Process Explorer, click the columns, and then add the DPI Awareness column to the view.
• Start the application that you want to check.
• In Process Explorer, locate the application, and then examine the DPI Awareness column.

DPI Awareness status definitions

Per-Monitor Aware: Per-monitor DPI-aware. These applications check for the DPI when they are started, and adjusts the scale factor whenever the DPI value changes. These applications are not automatically scaled by the system.

System Aware: System DPI-aware. These applications do not scale for DPI changes. They query for the DPI one time, and then use that value for the lifetime of the application. If the DPI changes, the application does not adjust
to the new DPI value. It will be automatically scaled up or down by the system when the DPI changes from the system value.

Unaware: DPI-unaware. These applications do not scale for DPI changes. They are always assumed to have a scale factor of 100 percent (96 DPI). These applications are automatically scaled by the system at any other DPI settings.

For more information, see the following MSDN topic: PROCESS_DPI_AWARENESS enumeration

For more information about how Windows scales applications, see the following Core Team Blog articles: Display Scaling
in Windows 10

We would appreciate an update about how it went.

 

DPI scaling fixed and cannot be altered

Hi Yuan,

That may be because your screen resolution is not set correctly . . .

Your resolution should be set to the item in the list marked (recommended) if you set your resolution to that item, is DPI Scaling then enabled?