Tweak Library – Enable font smoothing on the welcome screen

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Enable font smoothing on the welcome screen (all users)

This setting lets you enable font smoothing on the welcome screen, that is, logon screen.

Tweak for : Windows XP, Windows 2003

Description:

Windows XP has Clear Type feature, which makes fonts more readable on LCD and low resolution screens. This feature can be made enabled for individual user or as the default for all users. If you want to change then set the registry entry.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. Then, create a string value name “FontSmoothing”, if this value does not exist. Now, right-click and modify the value data box with “2”.

Click “OK” and close the registry editor.

After logoff or system restart, changes take effect.

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Enable font smoothing on the welcome screen.reg

The '.reg' file will enable font smoothing on the welcome screen.

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Disable font smoothing on the welcome screen (Default).reg

The '.reg' file will disable font smoothing on the welcome screen.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

FontSmoothing

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

Font smoothing is enabled on the welcome screen.

Font smoothing is disabled on the welcome screen.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Go to [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop\], in the open area right-click on "FontSmoothing" and click on 'Modify'.

Finally, enter the value "2" Without quotation in the text box and click on 'OK'. Once you are done. After a restart or logoff, the changes take effect.