I just got my Dell Inspiron 8600 15.4 widescreen and when I use Internet Explorer most of the graphics and words look grainy. I'm thinking this is because of the widescreen but I am unsure and I'm wondering if there is a quick fix for this. Everything else besides using IE looks fine.

Thanks

 

I have that exact same laptop, and my screen looks perrrrrrrrrrrrrfect.


has yours been dropped or jarred in any way that may mess up the screen?

also, check your power supply, it may be in between runnin on battery and runnin on ac power.

 

hey TypeSKid...no drops or anything...I just got the laptop last week and its been liek that since day one. What resolution are you running?

 

lcd's sometimes look funny because of scaling when not at their native resolution. I would change it to that native resolution, and also try installing the latest graphic driver

 

monkeymato:

I think I might know what you're talking about here. The Dell may have been shipped with the DPI set higher, so the text is easier to read and bigger.

Check your Display Properties Advanced settings and see if the DPI is at 100%.

Let me know if that helps!

 

Try display properties-->appearance-->effects--> cleartype fonts?

 

btw, do you have a WXGA, WSXGA+, or WUXGA display?

 

1280 x 800 and mine looks perfect...

 

I would say check your resolution and color depth. Be sure it's at least 16-bit or higher.

 

you are the man! you fixed my problem thank you soo much. I knew I could find the right answer here.

BTW its the WUXGA

 

You're welcome!

 

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