Here is the solution that worked for me, running with scaling set to my desired 125%:
Open notepad and paste in the following three lines:
REG ADD "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop" /v DpiScalingVer /t REG_DWORD /d 0x00001018 /f
REG ADD "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop" /v Win8DpiScaling /t REG_DWORD /d 0x00000001 /f
REG ADD "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop" /v LogPixels /t REG_DWORD /d 0x00000078 /f
Save the file as DPI_FIX.cmd someplace easy for you to find. Open the Group Policy Editor (enter gpedit.msc from the search bar). In User Configuration, click on Windows Settings then Scripts (Logon/Logoff). Double click Logon in the right pane. In the Scripts tab, click Add, then Browse, then navigate to your .cmd file, click Open, click OK, click Apply, click OK. Then sign out or reboot. Login to your account the first time after adding this script so it will be applied. It may not take effect the first time (if so sign out or reboot again). After that, it should work every time.
*Kudos to EShirou at Tenfourms for originally providing this solution.
Other things I tried that did NOT work:
- Changing drivers.
- Creating the above .cmd file and adding it to the the Startup folder or the Task Scheduler (it only worked on every OTHER sign in / reboot).
- I couldn't even download the "blurry fix" .exe as the site would not load for me, but I do not want to risk running a strange .exe file every time I start the computer.
3Have you tried moving the slider underneath the text that says "Change the size of text, apps, and other items" down from 125% to 100%? You'll probably have to log out and back in. – Mokubai – 2015-08-20T20:40:40.820
@Mokubai Yes I have. But I am on a 15 inch laptop so doing that makes everything tiny on my screen. I used 125% in windows 8.1 too and it was fine. The update to windows 10 messed things up and I am not sure how or why. – Micro – 2015-08-20T20:47:05.427