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Blurry Images in IE on Wide Screen Dell Notebook



I have a new Dell notebook with wide screen display at work (dell latitude d810 running on ati radeon mobility X600). This notebook
was shipped with default 120 dpi font size to make the fonts more readable (wide screen display is really cool, but now and than you want to read something on it as well ;-).

Anyway, if you use the default dell settings you may experience the problem with blurry images in Internet Explorer. This effect is due to the automatic scaling in IE6 and above. IE tries to resize the images so that everything looks the same as when everything is at smaller dpi, but does a terrible job at it, resulting in blurry and unreadable images.

 Change the following registry setting from 1 to 0 in order to disable this "feature":

 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\UseHR

[1] Adjusting Scale to Higher DPI Screens (MSDN)

 

 

 


posted @ Monday, January 09, 2006 6:03 PM | Filed Under [ Blog ]

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Posted by Louis Haussknecht on 1/10/2006 6:47 AM
I also have the 810 and noticed the blurry images in IE.
Switching back 96dpi makes text so small, that reading it is very difficult.

I'll try your suggestion later. Hope this helps.
Gravatar # re: Blurry Images in IE on Wide Screen Dell Notebook
Posted by KK on 1/28/2006 3:32 PM
Tried it this morning on a new Inspiron 6000 with the ATI 128 Video card - worked great!
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Posted by Podders on 2/6/2006 9:09 AM
Excellent tip - worked a treat on Dell Laptop
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Posted by Gloria Smith on 2/6/2006 3:20 PM
I need help! I have a new Dell B120 and The picture quality is horrible. Can you help me?
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Posted by gmichel on 2/9/2006 12:31 PM
Location on my Inspiron 6000 is different but searching in the registry for UseHR and setting to 0 did the trick
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Posted by DM on 2/13/2006 8:12 PM
Superb! Worked a treat on my new Dell Latitude D610. Cheers!!
Gravatar # re: Blurry Images in IE on Wide Screen Dell Notebook
Posted by Trevor on 4/27/2006 1:45 AM
Tried resetting the scaling, but this did not help. Instead, I reset the font size to Normal(96 dpi), which worked.
Gravatar # re: Blurry Images in IE on Wide Screen Dell Notebook
Posted by AML on 5/4/2006 1:47 AM
This worked perfectly, but I didn't know exactly how to do the registry edit at first (Start>Run>Regedit then follow to HKEY_CURRENT_USER >Software> Microsoft > Internet Explorer >Main and double click on the UserHR and change the 1 to 0)
Gravatar # re: Blurry Images in IE on Wide Screen Dell Notebook
Posted by W2SHN on 5/14/2006 10:12 PM
thnx. this was the right tip to solve this ugly image effect (don't know who wants this setting anyway).
Gravatar # re: Blurry Images in IE on Wide Screen Dell Notebook
Posted by Alan on 7/9/2006 3:01 AM
Ah. Perfect. Not that I really want to use IE anyway, but when it's necessary, it's nice to have the images look as you'd expect them to.
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Posted by Jared on 7/14/2006 4:37 PM
Thanks, got my laptop minutes ago and just did this - works great!
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Posted by Marty Martin on 8/24/2006 4:54 PM
Brilliant! It worked like a charm on my Inspiron 9300. Cheers mate!
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Posted by Jon on 9/1/2006 6:39 PM
Thanks so much! Worked beautifully.
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Posted by Peter on 9/15/2006 4:26 PM
Thank you so much. IE looks a lot better now. But for it to work you must first restart the Notebook.
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Posted by Anurag Sinha on 10/5/2006 8:42 PM
Great..!!!! Just change the value of UserHR from 1 to 0 and restart you laptop. All the worries are gone. I did this on my Dell E1505 Laptop which has 15.4" WSXGA screen.
Gravatar # re: Blurry Images in IE on Wide Screen Dell Notebook
Posted by Travis on 10/19/2006 6:52 PM
Great tip, thanks for the Step-by-Step, AML.
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Posted by Jae on 11/8/2006 11:28 PM
the pictures look great now!! thanks! however is there any reason why the font now on some web pages is smaller??
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Posted by Joes on 11/14/2006 12:07 PM
Brilliant thanks - worked a treat.
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Posted by Bucky on 12/7/2006 3:45 AM
Igor, you make me of such happiness! Pleased to be no more blurry!
Gravatar # re: Blurry Images in IE on Wide Screen Dell Notebook
Posted by monte on 12/8/2006 4:44 PM
I do not have the UserHR option under 'Main' on a Windows 98 system...any suggestions?
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Posted by MPS on 12/9/2006 11:06 PM
Easy fix - and it works! Thanks!
Gravatar # re: Blurry Images in IE on Wide Screen Dell Notebook
Posted by Dan Sinnreich on 12/10/2006 8:42 PM
Thanks, this worked great on my new Dell Inspiron E1505 with the ATI Mobility Radeon x1400 video card.
Gravatar # re: Blurry Images in IE on Wide Screen Dell Notebook
Posted by Dan Sinnreich on 12/10/2006 8:44 PM
Thanks, this worked great on my new Dell Inspiron E1505 with the ATI Mobility Radeon x1400 video card.
Gravatar # re: Blurry Images in IE on Wide Screen Dell Notebook
Posted by JM on 1/17/2007 6:14 PM
P E R F E C T :)
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Posted by Jói - Iceland on 3/9/2007 9:43 AM
Takk Igor, þú ert snillingur!
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Posted by Jay on 5/10/2007 5:06 PM
I have an Inspiron 1705 with Vista Home Premium, and useHR is not in the Registry! Argh!
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Posted by Rena on 5/15/2007 12:53 PM
Thanks....I've been trying to figure this out for awhile now...Worked like a charm!!!

Also appreciate to AML, who broke down exactly where to go in the registry...great "for dummies" version :)
Gravatar # re: Blurry Images in IE on Wide Screen Dell Notebook
Posted by Smith on 8/7/2007 3:03 PM
I dont find the UserHR thing in my registry!!! How do I solve the blurry images problem?
Gravatar # re: Blurry Images in IE on Wide Screen Dell Notebook
Posted by MCR on 8/25/2007 10:46 AM
Thanks!!! I had been hunting for a web accelerator but figured the problem had to be IE specific because Firefox looks fine. This solved it prefectly on my Latitude D830.
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Posted by N Gordon on 9/25/2007 1:46 AM
I can hardly read anything on this site Is it you or me?
Gravatar # re: Blurry Images in IE on Wide Screen Dell Notebook
Posted by TCL on 12/15/2007 7:30 PM
This not only fixed the blurry images problem, but fixed some alignment issues I had when developing a website in IE7.

Thanks a lot!
Gravatar # re: Blurry Images in IE on Wide Screen Dell Notebook
Posted by Bob on 1/29/2008 5:17 PM
So we have Microsoft playing god again with users computers.

Reminds me of this I found:

http://www.i-marco.nl/weblog/archive/2006/06/24/time_breakdown_of_modern_web_d
Gravatar # re: Blurry Images in IE on Wide Screen Dell Notebook
Posted by Angela on 2/18/2008 10:21 PM
:D Thanks! Worked perfectly for me!
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Posted by Lynn on 3/7/2008 6:18 PM
THANK YOU! This has plauged me forever, but I never got around to doing much research on it because I always use Firefox. I just had to debug a site in IE though and was fed up that the images were still displaying wrong. The registry edit you suggested fixed it. Awesome! Even though this post is two years old, it still helped me out! :)
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Posted by Jordan on 3/8/2008 8:30 AM
Oh my! I love you!

Ever since I was fool enough to update my IE to version 7.0, it's had those hideous blurry images. Fortunately, I tend to use Firefox for just about everything... but I'm so thrilled to have that finally resolved.

Thanks!
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Posted by Umakanth Ravirala on 3/14/2008 7:24 AM
Hi,
I bought a new HCL laptop three weeks back and it worked fine till yesterday, yesterday night I deleted the cache in internet explorer.
After that the images in internet explorer are not getting displayed properly, they are blurred.

I tried to edit the registry, but there is not UseHR dword value in my registry.

Please give me the solution

Thanks in advance
Gravatar # re: Blurry Images in IE on Wide Screen Dell Notebook
Posted by Paul on 3/15/2008 10:18 AM
Thankyou, this has been doing my head in for a year now! Sorted.
Gravatar # re: Blurry Images in IE on Wide Screen Dell Notebook
Posted by Yesenia on 8/20/2008 1:08 AM


I can't find the UserHR either. I have an Inspiron 1521.

Please help!
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Posted by Saroj on 8/24/2008 7:15 AM
I cant find this registry userHR, I have Dell Inspiron 1525 with Windows Vista Home Premium.

Please Help .. . .
Gravatar # re: Blurry Images in IE on Wide Screen Dell Notebook
Posted by biswajit on 9/10/2008 4:54 AM
I cant find this registry userHR
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Posted by ajay on 9/11/2008 12:17 PM
hey plz give me clear way of that UserHR plz plz...i.e, step by step clearly....
Gravatar # re: Blurry Images in IE on Wide Screen Dell INSPIRATION 1501 Notebook
Posted by KARNAM murali on 9/17/2008 3:23 PM
Blurry images appearing only at net browsing
Gravatar # re: Blurry Images in IE on Wide Screen Dell Notebook
Posted by murali on 9/17/2008 6:38 PM
Blurry internet images appears on my DELL INSPIRATION 1501 note book kindly advice me to come out of this
Gravatar # re: Blurry Images in IE on Wide Screen Dell Notebook
Posted by Fay on 10/18/2008 12:06 AM
I also do not have userHR in my registry
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Posted by Nirav on 10/18/2008 2:33 AM
Dear Friend,
I think the suggestions are very helpful to all the users.I too have my images on webpage blurred after I visited www.corbis.com.Last time it had the same problem and I had to format my c drive.But I would like to solve it.I tried to go to microsoft,-IE-Main,but there is no UserHR in my sublocations. Pl advise where to find and what If I dont have that subfolder of UserHR.
I look forward to your reply.

Regards,
Gravatar # re: Blurry Images in IE on Wide Screen Dell Notebook
Posted by Kartik... on 10/26/2008 10:12 PM
i cant find user HR.... i move through regedit to main folder but henceforth user HR is not their .. i use office xp ... please help....
thanks
Gravatar # re: Blurry Images in IE on Wide Screen Dell Notebook
Posted by steve on 10/31/2008 6:33 PM
if you don't have UseHR in your registry, right-click and add it. Select New - DWORD. Then modify it so the name reads UseHR (correct case and spelling a must!) then you can change the value to 1 or 0.
Gravatar # re: Blurry Images in IE on Wide Screen Dell Notebook
Posted by Haresh on 11/2/2008 11:44 PM
hi.
i didnt have UseHR in the registry
I added a new one.
and changed it to 0.
i restarted the laptop.
but its still not working
I am using 96 dpi settings
i have a lenovo 9QQ widescreen. recently bought.
can anyone help
Gravatar # re: Blurry Images in IE on Wide Screen Dell Notebook
Posted by Sharat on 12/13/2008 2:15 PM
I have similar problems in Dell LatitudeD630. Can some one help... How to change DPI to 96?
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Posted by Dr. Crack on 1/24/2009 4:12 PM
Worked beautifully eventhough I had my doubts. Don't forget to reboot Laptop. Mine is a Dell XPS M140.
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Posted by venkatesh on 1/30/2009 5:33 AM
i'm using dell studio 1435. i tried the above mentioned , but i can't find - UseHK in Main --


Gravatar # re: Blurry Images in IE on Wide Screen Dell Notebook
Posted by venkatesh on 1/30/2009 5:33 AM
i'm using dell studio 1435. i tried the above mentioned , but i can't find UseHK in Main


Gravatar # re: Blurry Images in IE on Wide Screen Dell Notebook
Posted by ramu on 8/29/2009 5:31 PM
Not able solve the prblm plz help .. i cant find UseHR file
Gravatar # re: Blurry Images on all pictures on internet
Posted by laura on 10/9/2009 10:37 AM
i have just bought a hp Pavilion note book and when iam on the internet all the pictures on all sites are blurry how do i fix this?
Gravatar # re: Blurry Images in IE on Wide Screen Dell Notebook
Posted by Arun on 11/8/2009 3:38 PM
I have Vostro 1500 and iamge is blurry on IE. I have format my laptop and installed latest IE but still same problem. Please help me.
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