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text looks blurry, running Windows XP home edition

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small text looks blurry ot fractured

small text looks blurry ot fractured

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You can enable ClearType system wide for all programs to make other programs like Firefox use it.

XP: Control Panel > Display > Appearance > Effects: "Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts"

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You can enable ClearType system wide for all programs to make other programs like Firefox use it.

XP: Control Panel > Display > Appearance > Effects: "Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts"

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Thanks, all's well now. I wish I had gone to Firefox sooner