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\n> Go to Start/Control Panel/Display/Settings/Advanced.
\n>
\n> Click on the Quadro FX 3000 tab.
\n>
\n> Select Desktop Management/Zoom from the menu that pops up on the left.
\n>
\n> Press the Show Zoom Window.
\n>
\n> On the same panel where that button is, you can also set up a Hot Key
\n> for it.
\n>
\n> The varios zoming modes would be available from drop-down menus on
\n> the zooming window.
\n>
\n> My driver version is 6.14.10.6176 (6.1.7.6). I purposely used an old
\n> version, so I was sure to use the one known to work with the T221. If
\n> your driver version is a later one, the above steps may not map
\n> exactly to what you see on yours.
\n>
\n> CP
\n>
\n> --- In IBM_T2X_LCD@yahoogroups.com, "educationk12" <educationk12@>
\n> wrote:
\n> >
\n> > mmhmmm, and I still can only get it to zoom like it is spanning. I
\n> > went into the Nvidia setup and dotted the magnifying glass option,
\n> but
\n> > I don't know how to activate it. :( Any help for this dummy?
\n> >
\n> > MD
\n> >
\n> > --- In IBM_T2X_LCD@yahoogroups.com, "Carlos de la Puente"
\n> > <delapuente.carlos@> wrote:
\n> > >
\n> > > MD,
\n> > >
\n> > > nVidia has some pretty neat zooming functions.
\n> > >
\n> > > If you don't want to zoom the entire desktop, there's a zoom
\n> window
\n> > > option -- which will magnify just an area, with no spanning (you
\n> can
\n> > > actually combine them, and have a magnifying glass on a zommed
\n> > > desktop - with spanning; so, you can get up to 13x magnification).
\n> > >
\n> > > I had a typo when I said 16x; it's 10x. You can get up to 13x by
\n> > > having a zooming window at 10x, and desktop magnified by 30%.
\n> > >
\n> > > The zommed window is resizable and movable. The content being
\n> > > displayed can be chosen in different ways.
\n> > >
\n> > > You can move the window over an area and it will act as a
\n> magnifying
\n> > > glass. The window becomes transparent while in motion. The
\n> contents
\n> > > being magnified that way are static, like a snapshot.
\n> > >
\n> > > You can also display an area centered on the cursor position. The
\n> > > zooming window would be static somewhere in the screen, and it
\n> would
\n> > > display the area where your cursor is. One difference between
\n> this
\n> > > and the magnfying glass is that the contents are not static. You
\n> can
\n> > > therefore zoom a video and watch it (with a refresh rate of up to
\n> 30
\n> > > fps). This works great if you want to zoom a video widow that
\n> would
\n> > > look real tiny on 3820 x 2400, like youtube -- whose full screen
\n> > > sucks big time because it's Flash.
\n> > >
\n> > > There is also an option they call "fixed frame;" which is like
\n> the
\n> > > cursor one, but you frame the area you want to magnify, and
\n> that's
\n> > > what gets displayed in the zoom window. You can also watch videos
\n> > > that way.
\n> > >
\n> > > You can have hot-keys set up for both desktop and window zooming.
\n> > >
\n> > > CP
\n> > >
\n> > > --- In IBM_T2X_LCD@yahoogroups.com, "educationk12"
\n> <educationk12@>
\n> > > wrote:
\n> > > >
\n> > > > CP,
\n> > > >
\n> > > > I got your email and I thought I'd ask this group to see if
\n> they
\n> > > have
\n> > > > been having problems with spam.
\n> > > >
\n> > > > Has anybody on here seen an increase in spam after providing
\n> your
\n> > > > email address to this forum? I have a decent spam catcher, so
\n> I
\n> > > guess
\n> > > > I wouldn't know if this forum has caused more spam to occur
\n> onto my
\n> > > > own email account.
\n> > > >
\n> > > > It seems the nVidia Desktop Manager's zoom feature makes my
\n> monitor
\n> > > go
\n> > > > into spanning mode. I assume it is going from 1 pixel to a 4x4
\n> > > > situation, which I think is different than what Vista is
\n> suppose to
\n> > > do
\n> > > > but I could be wrong. I'm not too crazy about spanning, however
\n> I
\n> > > > didn't know this feature existed so thank you for sharing.
\n> > > >
\n> > > > Is there a way to zoom just a certain part of the screen as if
\n> you
\n> > > had
\n> > > > a real magnifying glass?
\n> > > >
\n> > > > MD
\n> > > >
\n> > > >
\n> > > >
\n> > > > --- In IBM_T2X_LCD@yahoogroups.com, "Carlos de la Puente"
\n> > > > <delapuente.carlos@> wrote:
\n> > > > >
\n> > > > > nVidia's Desktop Manager has a magnifier glass (up to 16x).
\n> > > Judging
\n> > > > > by the quality of the magnified image, it seems it does
\n> vector-
\n> > > based
\n> > > > > scaling.
\n> > > > >
\n> > > > > CP
\n> > > > >
\n> > > > > --- In IBM_T2X_LCD@yahoogroups.com, "educationk12"
\n> > > <educationk12@>
\n> > > > > wrote:
\n> > > > > >
\n> > > > > > This looks promising! I was thinking the same thing the
\n> other
\n> > > > > > day...like a real portable magnifying glass. I imagine
\n> there
\n> > > might
\n> > > > > be
\n> > > > > > some software programs out there that do this.
\n> > > > > >
\n> > > > > > Appears the latest ATI card that is to be released January
\n> 22nd
\n> > > has
\n> > > > > > beaten the 8800 card in all the tests, although the site
\n> that
\n> > > tested
\n> > > > > > it is in question. Which for me I am thinking that might
\n> get
\n> > > Nvidia
\n> > > > > to
\n> > > > > > hurry up and release the rest of their G80 lineup/Quadro
\n> > > DirectX10
\n> > > > > > cards. ATI R600
\n> > > > > >
\n> > > > > > http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36642
\n> > > > > >
\n> > > > > > MD
\n> > > > > >
\n> > > > > >
\n> > > > > >
\n> > > > > > --- In IBM_T2X_LCD@yahoogroups.com, "angryazul" <brian@>
\n> wrote:
\n> > > > > > >
\n> > > > > > > Thanks for all the advice re: my eyesight and the T221.
\n> I
\n> > > still
\n> > > > > > > haven't found one (or a vp2290b) in Manhattan that I
\n> could see
\n> > > > > > > firsthand, so if someone does know of one, I would
\n> appreciate
\n> > > > > seeing
\n> > > > > > > it very much.
\n> > > > > > >
\n> > > > > > > I was just reading about the magnification tool in Vista
\n> > > which is
\n> > > > > > > rather unremarkable except, when used with XAML apps,
\n> will do
\n> > > > > > > vector-based scaling. On the surface, this seems very
\n> well
\n> > > > > done. I
\n> > > > > > > would like it even more if would seamlessly blend the
\n> zoomed
\n> > > area
\n> > > > > back
\n> > > > > > > into the regular desktop--as if there were a convex
\n> bubble in
\n> > > the
\n> > > > > > > screen that would move with your cursor. But this at
\n> least
\n> > > is a
\n> > > > > start:
\n> > > > > > >
\n> > > > > > > http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2006/04/04/568648.aspx
\n> > > > > > >
\n> > > > > >
\n> > > > >
\n> > > >
\n> > >
\n> >
\n>