Problems Windows 10 with a 4K monitor: How to Fix it

monitor-4kOver the years, in parallel to how the devices we use on the PC have done, the software has not stopped growing and improving. This is something that for example we can see in Windows 10 itself , or in many of the applications we run daily.

This allows us, generally, to work in a much better way in the day to day at the office, in addition to making the most of the team at leisure. For example, right now many are opting for the use of 4K resolutions, either on their televisions, or monitors that connect to the computer.

Due to the support of the most used operating system, Windows 10, with this specific resolution, its use does not stop growing. This is something that for example we see in many of the 4K themes for Windows 10 launched by Redmond.

The use of 4K devices does not stop increasing over time

As you can imagine, before we can run on Windows 10 with a 4K resolution , we must have a compatible screen. Thus, the start-up process is very simple, since normally the system itself will detect it without problems. However, the inconveniences may come later, as we will comment below.

In this way the software of the Redmond, once connected the 4K monitor , should not be inconvenient when detecting the new resolution. This is something that could even be done by using a generic controller . The usual thing is that Windows 10 itself sets the screen scaling to 150% automatically.

This is done to ensure that text size and applications do not look too small on this screen. Well, at this point we will say that this is something positive if we refer to the native functions of Windows and most of its own built-in applications.



Windows 4K

However, on the contrary, many users who opt for 4K in Windows 10, find themselves in trouble when running desktop or Win32 applications . The reason for this is that many of these do not yet support these high screen resolutions.

It is true that we will be able to execute these programs without problem, but in many occasions we will see that the text and the information that is shown, is hardly readable. This will make us have to force our eyes to a great extent, which in the long run is not good at all.

Problems we may encounter when using high resolutions in Windows 10

In this way we will have to use alternative solutions to continue working with these Win32 applications in 4K. For example, if they allow it, we will have to change the size of the font used by the app itself from its internal options. But of course, not all desktop software allows this, and besides customizing it, the results are not always the desired ones.

To all this we can add the fact that older programs, those that are no longer updated, do not offer these settings at all. Therefore sometimes we will have to see the obligation to use the magnifying glass of the system when working with them, which is uncomfortable. But this is not only extrapolated to old programs , but some more current present this same problem. Thus, they are not yet able to function properly in these high resolutions .

Therefore we will see first hand that the texts and other elements of the interface are tiny. And that is not all, since it can also be the case that we find blurred texts, misplaced objects, etc; especially when working with more than one 4K screen. On the other hand, it is also important to know that we can always opt for using Windows 10 UWP applications, since these inconveniences disappear because they are capable of dealing with these high resolutions.