When connected to a Windows 2008 R2 remote desktop session, you cannot change the size of the text on your screen (font size / DPI settings). After reading several articles and not finding the MS hotfix at Microsoft kb 2726399, I tried a download
from Michel Stevelmans at michelstevelmans . com/change-text-size-remote-desktop-session. I used the download to change my setting to 125% and logged off/on as instructed, expecting to see a change to larger text - but there
was no change. I tried it a few more times but it seemed that the settings were deleted each time I logged off. So, unfortunately, I decided to use regedit to manually change the registry key [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics].
I changed the AppliedDPI from 60 to 78 (hexadecimal), logged off/on and now all my fonts were SMALLER than they previously were! That freaked me out so I then changed it to 90 (hex), logged off/on and my fonts were even smaller yet! Thinking I must have
selected decimal instead of hexadecimal, I tried it one more time changing it back to 60 (hex) and now my fonts are so small I can't even read them at all. Time to stop and cry out for help. What can I do to undo this mess and any ideas
on how to read text that is too small to comprehend?
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