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Thread ID: 28450	2002-12-19 23:16:00	Different Resolutions	Dan201 (896)	Press F1

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107623	2002-12-19 23:16:00	Hi, we have a computer that is shared by the whole family, however I would like to have 1024x768 screen resolution while leaving everyone else on 800x600. I have Windows XP Home. Does anyone know of anyway to have the screen resolution change according to the current user? Thanks in advance. Daniel	Dan201 (896)
107624	2002-12-19 23:22:00	My XP PC is at home and I'm stuck with NT4 here! So I can't test this first. I'm pretty sure that if you create accounts for each person that they can then select whatever resolution the wish.	crozier (2004)
107625	2002-12-20 02:24:00	No can do Microsoft say "this behaviour is by design" Its a system wide setting, similar to Modem setup and IP addresses etc.	godfather (25)
107626	2002-12-20 02:27:00	I wonder if they'll ever add that, like to the next version of doze! That would certainly come in handy, having login res @ 800x600 and everybody else just gets what res they want!	Chilling_Silence (9)
107627	2002-12-20 02:34:00	Are you sure it doesn't work, because it does with win98's profiles.	bmason (508)
107628	2002-12-20 02:36:00	support.microsoft.com	godfather (25)
107629	2002-12-20 03:32:00	So it's an official "advanced feature", is it? :D (For those who haven't come across this term before, it means: a cockup which has been documented, with an assertion that it was intended.)	Graham L (2)
107630	2002-12-20 04:19:00	I don't think it is possible. I've just spent a year at a college getting highly annoyed at it not being possible in Win2k. Most annoying when you sit down at a computer and it's at some very nice resolution but it's at 60Hz (argh, my eyes). Luckily I found a thing in the drivers which could let me limit it to certain resolution so people couldn't change it up from 1024	-=JM=- (16)
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