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19 July 2007

XP screen resolution switcher →[More:]I have heard before of a program for Windows XP that will let you set the screen resolution on a per user basis - for example, I could use 1024x768 and another user could have 800x600.

I am in desperate need of this program and the Google does nothing - does anyone know the name and/or where I might find it?

A million thanks!

post by: IndigoRain at: 21:18 | 5 comments

There are several programs that try to do this. Not all are stable with all video cards and their drivers. You may find that some don't work well with particular video cards at all.

posted by paulsc 19 July | 21:39

Are you using "Fast User Switching", meaning can you log in by clicking a picture, or do you have to use ctrl-alt-del and type a password to log in? I'd bet a dollar that there's no way in hell it'll work w/ FUS turned on, but frankly I'm a bit surprised that per-profile screen resolution is not the default behavior w/ FUS turned OFF; I'd never stopped to think about it.

posted by Triode 20 July | 02:02

You could use something like MultiRes with a logon script?

Might work.

posted by seanyboy 20 July | 02:18

Actually, you don't need the logon script. If you add the resolution changing batch file to your startup folder, all should be good.

posted by seanyboy 20 July | 02:37

Weird, my computer changes it automagically even with FUS activated.

posted by Memo 20 July | 02:42

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