GPO to set default Windows 7 Display scaling to 125%

We have some new Windows 7 laptops with 1080P LCD displays and it is a bit hard for the majority of the mostly older users to deal with the smaller menus and text.
We would like to set the default Display scaling to 125% so it is more readable and menus are easier to navigate and easier click on the X's for the majority of people.
A minority of users may want the 100% scaling, so we would prefer that the 125% setting is just the default a new user gets at their first login rather than an enforced setting that is automatically reapplied if the user adjusts it.
How can we use a GPO to change the default from 100% to 125% on these laptops without preventing users from changing it back if they want to?
It will be easier for us to help a small number of the users change it from 125% back to 100% than to have to help everyone else increase it from 100 to 125%.

Hi MyGposts,
According to your description, you would like to deploy GPO which could change the default scalling to 125 without preventing users from changing it back to100%. Right?
Basded on my research, the changes can be made by using the registry values below:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontDPI] "LogPixels"=dword:00000078
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\HardwareProfiles\0000\Software\Fonts]
"LogPixels"=dword:00000078
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\0001\Software\Fonts]
"LogPixels"=dword:00000078
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\Current\Software\Fonts] "LogPixels"=dword:00000078
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontDPI] * This has
to be deleted if
it already exists
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"LogPixels"=dword:00000078
Note: The above given values are in Hexadecimal.
Make the changes as given above and log off and log back in to get Medium settings as mentioned in "Make
it easier
to read
what's on
your screen"
You can refer to the above changing about registry keys and test it on a computer. And then deploy the changes via GPO, for your information, please refer to the following article:
Configure a Registry Item
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753092.aspx
Regards,
Lany Zhang

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