Chapter 15. Fix and Tweak Graphics and Video

This Chapter Is for You If...

• Your screen is blurry, even though you have your glasses on.

• Your desktop is bigger than your screen.

• You can access Vista only in Safe mode.

• Your windows don’t fit the screen.

• Your system struggles to draw windows.

• Movie files won’t play.

What You’ll Learn

In this chapter, I’ll show you:

• How to adjust color depth

• Which version of Vista does not come with the Aero interface

• How to upgrade your video driver

• How to adjust hardware acceleration

• How to tweak the interface for better performance

• How to make screen text bigger

• How to fix a problematic video driver

• How to install or fix a video codec

• How to fix a DVD playback problem

Fix Your ...

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