Recently my computer decided to upgrade to Windows 8.1. Microsoft decided that I should follow technological trend and not stay behind so after restart, surprise! My computer now has a cutting edge operating system and should make my days easier, and the entire world will be happy.
Curious to see what new Windows 8.1 has extra I decided to start Chrome, but then I noticed that my Chrome is blurry. I thought that my video card went crazy so I checked settings, but everything was fine. Then I applied classical Windows fix: restart my computer, but same problem. Now if that didn't fix it, nothing can be done related to Windows (from my experience a computer restart will solve 90% of my problems regarding Windows). Now I am a bit worried that I might have a virus, so I start a virus check, download anti-malware and anti-virus software but nothing, Chrome is still blurry. If there is no virus and Windows is healthy probably Chrome has a problem so I switched to Firefox. Foxy is happy, no blurry edges, nothing.
Today I got some time and by curiosity I found the solution: I deactivated Chrome's display scaling on high DPI settings and everything works fine now. That came in mind after realizing that Chrome is blurry only on my 1080p screen and not on other computers running Windows 8.1 that I have access to.
For easy of understanding I also attached a picture:
To deactivate scaling on high DPI go to Chrome icon on Desktop -> right click -> select Compatibility -> tick Disable display ... -> click Apply -> click OK -> restart Chrome -> be happy!
That's it.
See you next time!
