Kendall -

You've found the settings in IE7 for text size, and I presume you've looked at settings for text and icon sizes at Start|Settings|Control Panel, Display.

An additional setting that sometimes helps is in the Display set, on the "Appearance" tab, where there should be two buttons marked "Effects" and "Advanced."

I'm not optimistic about how much you can accomplish there, but sometimes it's possible to get things a little "different" looking, and you might be able to get it so you like it better than what you've got. I don't know any way to recommend what will work, other than trial and error. On some machines the options there don't seem to change much of anything, but on others they can make some visible difference.

Also at Control Panel, Display, on the Settings Tab, at the "Advanced" button, there's an adjustment for "DPI" that may help. A higher setting "compensates" somewhat for a high screen resolution that makes icons and such too small to read. The settings offered are determined by how Windows identifies your monitor, so there should be only one or to choices; but there's a "Custom" setting too where you can punch in odd settings. On CRT monitors usually the choices offered are about the only ones that work. I don't know how strictly that's true if you have one of the newer flat panel displays.

John