Turn off ClearType

This policy setting prevents the text on the screen from being rendered using the ClearType technology that enhances the readability of text on LCD displays.

If you enable this policy setting, applications hosting MSHTML will not render text using the Microsoft ClearType rendering engine.

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, applications hosting MSHTML will render text using the Microsoft ClearType rendering engine.

Supported on: At least Internet Explorer 7.0

Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Value NameUseClearType
Value TypeREG_SZ
Enabled Valueno
Disabled Valueyes

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