Tip for XP Mode users: Enable Cleartype in your apps


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Virtual Windows XP, or XP Mode simply uses a RDP connection to a virtual machine to display apps. Problem is by default, Microsoft disables ClearType over RDP connections on a XP remote desktop server.

To get around this, open the virtual desktop and copy and paste this into Notepad, save as a .reg file, and merge:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations]

"AllowFontAntiAlias"=dword:00000001

(tip from here)

Screenshot:

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Thanks! I was wondering why my XP virtual machine looked like crap, even WITH ClearType supposedly turned on.

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