Blocky, hard to read icons on Windows Server

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Matt Russell

• January 21, 2021 06:03

Not sure why this is occurring only for PDQ Inventory & Deploy, all other apps icons look fine, and opening the console on my local Win 10 machine it looks fine. Server is running Windows Server 2016, and has all effects turned on. Running PDQ 19.2.137.0.

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  SelfMan

  • February 14, 2021 02:15

  Hi Matt,
  the reason is simple - the antialiasing is disabled. How are you working on the server? Physically connected Display+KB+Mouse or via RDP?

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  Matt Russell

  • April 09, 2021 05:13

  Hi SelfMan

  Thanks for your response. I don't believe antialiasing (ClearType) is disabled, as all the font looks anti-aliased, it's only the icons. I'm connecting via VNC, but I get the same with RDP.

  ClearType and smooth edges are both enabled on the server (same results setting adjust for best appearance).

  

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  SelfMan

  • April 09, 2021 06:17

  Hi!
  well, other reasons can be the number of displayed colors. When I am looking at the screenshots I can see the different sizes of the icons. Even when I compare it to mine, all of them are larger. The icon size is chosen by the application. I don't know the logic used.

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