Windows 10 not scaling text correctly when gaming: 2017 edition - Microsoft Community

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i purchased hp omen 15t gaming uhd laptop , not scale text, apps, , other items correctly when gaming.  example, toontown rewritten launcher small in comparison screen , can barely read username check , see if correctly entered.  did not, however, experience scaling issues once in-game.  see picture below.

to try , fix issue, went toontown rewritten app's properties.  under compatibility, checked off setting: "override high dpi scaling behavior.  scaling performed by: system."  fixed size of launcher making larger, images , texts on client became blurry.

i experience scaling issue in league of legends well.  different toontown rewritten launcher, league client not affected scaling issue.  instead, experience text , image scaling issues in-game.  text scaling of chat menu , of people's usernames (i crossed username in picture below out privacy reasons) image scaling of minimap , cursor affected.  text small in chat menu cannot read easily.  additionally, in minimap, icons of players game details (turrets, nexus, et cetera) difficult see.  prior hp omen, used macbook play league of legends.  none of these scaling issues occurred , text , images seen.  see picture below.

to try , fix issue, went league of legends app's properties.  under compatibility,  i checked off setting: "override high dpi scaling behavior.  scaling performed by: system."  did nothing, tried overriding high dpi scaling behavior performed application , system (enhanced).  each of these did nothing.  then, tried disabling fullscreen optimizations, did nothing.  in league's in-game settings, changed display fullscreen windowed, did not anything.  scaling issues in league annoying, tolerable.

next, experience scaling issues in everquest.  tried changing same app compatibility settings did league of legends, nothing helped.  tried playing everquest in fullscreen mode , in windowed mode, neither helped.  scaling issues horrible in everquest frustratingly cannot play game.  everquest's launcher not have scaling issues, once in-game problems occur.  text small, have lean close computer screen , have squint.  see pictures below.

picture #1: server selection box while in game.  clearly, tiny , text.  image , text scaling entirely incorrect.  note size of window everquest running in, in comparison server selection box.

picture #2: loading screen in between server selection , character selection.  image of loading bar @ bottom of window , text inside of scaled incorrectly , illegible 

picture #3: in-game text , image scaling issues.  everquest allowed me adjust text size of "other chat", initally scaled incorrectly of other menus, seen in picture.  however, characters' names scaled correctly.  no matter how large make windows of menus, text remains same, illegible size.  images within menus scaled incorrectly.  text , images small cannot play game.

then, downloaded steam.  image , text scaling steam's launcher incorrect, toontown rewritten launcher, once inside app, scaling fine.

last, downloaded evolve stage 2 onto computer.  no image or text scaling issues occur, however, in-game or out of game.

i'm not sure these issues.  quite frustrating have these issues computer bought gaming , working.

thank taking time address concerns.

moved from: windows / gaming on windows 10

hi,

it's possible might driver issue. suggest update graphics card driver , see if helps. can through device manager > display adapters. if update not work through device manager, suggest try downloading/updating graphics card driver on manufacturer's website.

looking forward response.

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