Hail ClearType Font Smoothing!

My computing well-being has dramatically improved since I started using ClearType font smoothing on Windows XP. Many thanks to Guangrong for showing me that! Oh, and I'll forget to tell you the amt we chalked up using the Singtel wireless access last Friday yeah?

How to Make Fonts Look Really Nice in Windows XP

WinXP uses Tahoma for icon and window fonts by default, which is aesthetically a much better choice than MS Sans Serif used in previous versions of Windows. Use the Clear Type method of smoothing edges of screen fonts.

To do this

1. Right-click on the Desktop and choose properties


2. Select the Appearance tab and click the Effects button


3. Select the checkbox to "Use the following method to smooth the edges of screen fonts"


4. In the drop down list, select "ClearType"


5. Click OK twice to accept the changes.

It even feels good working on a PC that has fonts looking this good. Even typing on the keyboard feels smoother.

Try it!

Windows 2000 / XP file and print sharing

To enable Win9x clients to use a printer shared from a Windows 2000 / XP machine:

1. Enable the Guest account on the WIndows 2000 machine


2. Right-click on the printer, choose properties, and in the Security tab, add Guest to the list of users allowed to print to the printer