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Change display settings and font size in Windows Server

Anonymous
2024-05-03T00:53:24+00:00

Hi all,

I am accessing a Windows Server 2022 desktop through Remote Desktop RDP. Unfortunately only part of the screen is visible at a time unless I select Smart Sizing, but if I do, the resolution is so high the text is borderline unreadable. I go into display settings and I get a message that "Display settings can not be set in a remote session."

So I am stuck with two choices: Turn off smart sizing and only access a fraction of the screen at a time, having to scroll all the way down to the bottom just to use the taskbar, or use smart sizing and view the screen with a microscope. Isn't there ANY alternative to this? I can through the view menu make the icons bigger but the text is still tiny. How can I make the text appear bigger? I have set display settings in the RDP app but it makes no difference.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-05-03T05:58:34+00:00

    Hello,

    Here are some solutions:

    • Using the Remote Desktop app (via the Microsoft Store)

    While setting up the connection, simply configure the Display Settings to the desired resolution. Additionally, "Change the size of the display" should be set to 100% to disable any remote DPI scaling. When entering full screen, the display is automatically stretched locally.

    • Using the native Remote Desktop Connection client (mstsc)

    On "Display configuation" settings, you can change the "Remote Desktop Connection” display by moving the slider from "Small to Large".

    By moving the "Slider" all the way to large, the display settings will automatically set to "Full Screen".

    • Using .rdp file:

    According to official documentation, you could edit .rdp file and add parameter desktopscalefactor:i:value where value is scale factor (100, 125, 150, 175, 200, 250, 300, 400, 500), 100 is default.

    Docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/clients/rdp-files

    • Changing the scaling:

    Regards,

    Karlie

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-11-13T19:41:47+00:00

    The desktopscalefactor property is now deprecated

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-11-13T19:45:19+00:00

    the only option is to change the local scale settings

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-11-13T19:49:54+00:00

    I assume you are a system administrator, so it is better to use some tools like Remote Desktop Manager from Microsoft

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/rdcman

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