Just got a new flat screen monitor much larger - now how can I get the games, etc. to become larger? I went to the area that enlarges the fonts, but that doesn't seem to help games, mail etc.   I am not young - and it is difficult to read such small print!Have you tried going to the desktop properties and then clicking the "settings" tab?
from here you can adjust the amount of pixels.

good luck If this is an LCD monitor they usually prefer to run at their own native resolution. Unfortunately that means smaller icons, etc. as you are describing. That's the price of "progress". You can try making THINGS larger, but they will be less sharp appearing.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/personalize/resolution.mspxYou don't necessarily have to change the resolution, you could right click the desktop and GO to properties, click the APPEARANCE tab, click the "advanced" button, and where it says "item:" just selet the TYPE of item you want to make bigger (like the icons, click icon). You can also right click the desktop and go to properties, click the settings tab, click the "advanced" button, and where it says "DPI setting:", you can change it from normal size, to large size. Hope that helps . (phew)