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re: Question about 'What's the difference between Windows 2000 and Windows XP?'
Thursday, August 12, 2004 at 11:53 pm
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Posted by Brent (3 messages posted)


There is a few answers to this question. If you are talking about physical pixel size, it varies with your current screen resolution, and the size and shape of your monitor. If you are talking about logical pixel size, the default is the same for both Windows 2000 and Windows XP: 96 dpi. This setting can be changed through Control Panel->Display->Settings Tab->Advanced->General Tab. A factor that tends to complicate the issue is the aspect ratio. Typically (for CRT monitors, not flat panels) the aspect ratio is 4/3. If the resolution you are using is not 4/3 then the pixels are not square, but rectagular. Say for example you had a standard 19" monitor. A resolution of 800x600 (800/600) = 4/3 aspect ratio which would have square pixels. 1280x1024 would produce 5/4 (which I believe is common for flat panels) and make the pixels smaller vertically. I hope that was helpfully, without being overly informative.


On Thursday, August 12, 2004 at 10:51 pm, arvindhc wrote:
>I have a question about What's
>the difference between Windows 2000 and Windows XP?
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>Is there any differnce between the pixel's size between the Xp and WIndows 2000.


Written in response to:
Question about 'What's the difference between Windows 2000 and Windows XP?' (arvindhc: Thursday, August 12, 2004 at 10:51 pm)

Responses to this message:
*There is a much simpler answer: (Ricer46: Friday, August 13, 2004 at 5:21 am)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-Question about 'What's the difference between Windows 2000 and Windows XP?' (arvindhc: Thu, Aug 12, 2004, 10:51 pm)
*re: Question about 'What's the difference between Windows 2000 and Windows XP?' (Jaguar: Thu, Aug 12, 2004, 11:45 pm)
-re: Question about 'What's the difference between Windows 2000 and Windows XP?' (Brent: Thu, Aug 12, 2004, 11:53 pm)
*There is a much simpler answer: (Ricer46: Fri, Aug 13, 2004, 5:21 am)
*re: Question about 'What's the difference between Windows 2000 and Windows XP?' (sudesh: Thu, Aug 17, 2006, 8:57 am)
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