Re: debugging app crashes under Vista
Doug Harrison [MVP] wrote:
On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:07:41 -0500, David Wilkinson <no-reply@effisols.com>
wrote:
I downloaded this Consolas font, but it would not install on my XP Pro
machine. The installer just aborted without saying why. Do you have to
have VS2005 in order to install this font?
Yep.
I have Consolas on my Vista
systems (which do not have VS2005) and you can use it in any app. I
looked at it in Wordpad and I liked the look, although ClearType always
looks slightly out of focus to me.
Have you tried the ClearType Tuner?
I have been generally disappointed with font appearance of my new
widescreen LCD (Samsung 225BW, 1680x1050). Maybe it is partly my
graphics card (Radeon 9800 Pro). What kind of card do you use?
I doubt it's the graphics card. There's a chance that switching from VGA to
DVI would help, assuming you're using the VGA connection right now.
Hi Doug:
I was able to copy the Consolas font from my Vista system; I really
don't see the point of requiring VS2005 to be installed. I'm going to
try Consolas for a while; I think I like it.
I have played with the ClearType tuner several times and think I have
gotten the best out of it that I can.
DVI did not make any difference that I could discern. As I mentioned to
David Ching, I was never totally happy with the text display on this
computer, even with my old CRT.
David Wilkinson