XP VM blurry on HiDPI laptop screen

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  1. rupsdb

    rupsdb MDL Novice

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    #1 rupsdb, Dec 24, 2020
    Last edited: Dec 24, 2020
    Running XP on VirtualBox 6.1/Win10 Pro. Laptop screen resolution is 1920x1080

    Scaling set at 150 % (recommended) for Win10

    Related VM settings
    With current value, apps, and fonts in guest OS blurs. But if ScaleFactor is set as 1, the guest OS appears too small.

    How to fix it?
     
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  2. terminal2000

    terminal2000 MDL Novice

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    #2 terminal2000, Nov 29, 2021
    For XP the only way is to use 200% scaling. That way it would do 1 pixel to 4 pixels perfect matching.
    Clear type looks wrong then so you have to disable that too.

    Overall it would look like a very low resolution LCD screen, but still sharp.