if you have windows xp:1 right-click your windows desktop background, then choose properties.
2 under the settings tab, select a screen resolution of at least 1024 by 768 pixels (or 2048 by 768 pixels for a dual-monitor setup), and a color quality of medium (16 bit) or highest (32 bit). we recommend 16-bit color for better performance.
3 under the appearance tab, select normal for font size.
4 under themes, make sure that you select one of the windows standard themes (that is, the themes that are included with your windows system).
if you have windows 2000:1 right-click your windows desktop background, then choose properties.
2 under the settings tab, select a screen area of at least 1024 by 768 pixels (or 2048 by 768 pixels for a dual-monitor setup), and set your colors to high color (16 bit) or true color (32 bit). we recommend 16-bit color for better performance.
3 click the advanced button, then select small fonts for font size. click ok.
4 under the appearance tab, make sure that you select one of the windows standard schemes (that is, the schemes that are included with your windows system).
if you are using a matrox dual-head display card, to be able to preview video (such as in premiere's monitor window) on your second monitor, you must set the resolution and color display settings on your secondary monitor to the same as your primary monitor.