Problem

I cannot view complete simulation settings window after doing Pspice > Edit simulation profile.The simulation settings window comes up as shown below

How can I resolve this problem?

Solution

This problem usually comes on Windows 7 OS.Please follow below mentioned steps to resolve this:

1.Change DPI settings in Windows 7.

Please follow the Windows 7 forum link

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/443-dpi-display-size-settings-change.html

You can also go to the control panel, Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Display and select the radio button next to smaller.

This describes how user can change the DPI settings.In Windows 7 < 100% is not allowed.Hence follow steps for Option 2 : Manually Change DPI settings in registry editor.Listed below are the steps:

Change DPI Manually in Registry Editor

a) Open the Start Menu, type regedit in the search box and press enter.

b) If prompted by UAC, then click on Yes.

c) In regedit, navigate to the location HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

d) In the right pane of Desktop, right click on LogPixels and click on Modify.

NOTE: If you do not have the LogPixels DWORD value, then right click on a empty space in the right pane of Desktop, click on New and DWORD (32-bit) Value, type LogPixels, and press Enter.

e) In the edit/modify window, select (dot) Decimal, type in the registry data value from the table below for the DPI setting that you want to use, and click on OK.

f) Close regedit.

g) Log off and log on, or restart the computer to apply.

2. Problem can come because of incorrect bitmap MS Sans Serif font size in Windows7.

The Registry setting HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts\MS Sans Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24 is set to SSERIFF.FON on a system which started at 125% DPI. The setting is set to SSERIFE.FON on a system which started at 100% DPI. Notice that one character of the file name changes from F to E.It is required to change SSERIFF.FON to SSERIFE.FON .The actual font files used might be different on Windows systems for other languages or code pages. See the table below for the file names:

While fixing the MS Sans Serif font,you can also fix the MS Serif and Courier fonts.These are the registry settings MS Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24 and Courier 10,12,15 values in the same registry key.See the table below for file names :

Note: The registry changes do not take effect until the system has been restarted. You MUST reboot after making the registry changes.

Below are the contents of Font Fix.reg file to make the changes for an English system:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts]
"MS Sans Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24"="SSERIFE.FON"
"MS Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24"="SERI FE.FON"
"Courier 10,12,15"="COURE.FON"

Please find attached with solution registry file for same.

**DISCLAIMER:**

EDITING THE REGISTRY

EDITING THE REGISTRY SHOULD ONLY BE DONE BY AN EXPERIENCED USER FAMILIAR WITH 'regedit'. INCORRECT EDITING CAN CAUSE CATASTROPHIC PROBLEMS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO SAVE THE CURRENT REGISTRY FIRST BY OPENING 'regedit' AND SELECTING FILE > EXPORT.

*** EDIT AT YOUR OWN RISK! ***