The HAL screens don't look right -- the text overlaps lines and buttons and the background borders look like they're in the wrong places.

Solution

Related Product(s): All HAL Software

Cause:

The system is set to use large fonts. Windows® can be set to use small fonts, large fonts, or specially sized fonts for displaying text on your monitor. "Small" fonts are actually normal size and are based on the resolution of your monitor. "Large" fonts are actually 125% larger than normal. HAL is not designed to work with those large fonts, so when the system is set to use them, HAL's screens are not rendered correctly.

Solution:

Set the system to use small (normal size) fonts:

Shut down all open applications, including HAL.
Go to Start... Settings... Control Panel.
Double-click on DISPLAY. The Display Properties screen will appear.
Click on the tab labeled SETTINGS.
Click on the button labeled ADVANCED.
Select SMALL FONTS from the "Font Size" drop-down menu.
Click OK to save the settings and close the Advanced screen.
Click CLOSE to save the settings and close the Display Properties screen.
Restart the computer so that the new font size will take affect, then start HAL.

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Article details

Article ID:	19
Category:	Troubleshooting - Interacting With HAL
Date added:	2012-11-28 20:50:35
Views:	258
Rating (Votes):	(8)

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