Make more readable screen text size in palettes on high-resolution screens?

Does anybody know of a way to make the text in palettes in Creative Suite programs more readable?
From my experimenting, the size never changes after messing with Windows "DPI setting" in the Control Panel>Display dialog (96 dpi, 120 dpi, custom); and one of my users needs to have the text be more legible if we're going to upgrade to higher-resolution, higher quality screens.
Buying certain magnification programs is apparently out of the question, since I made the stupid mistake of buying 64-bit computers (although I haven't researched all the magnification programs yet). Even so, they seem likely to be rather clunky to use, only magnifying where your mouse points, rather than certain sections of the screen only (like the palettes in InDesign or Photoshop), or programmatically enlarging text that Windows won't touch.
Do newer versions of CS adjust per Windows Display instructions? (We're on CS 1.) Or do they always remain at the same 72-dpi-looking size, per Mac? (That's my current theory about how it's working.)
I could always downgrade the monitor's displayed resolution, but for some reason that wasn't desirable...
Sorry, I try to keep it short, but there's always so many possibilities and information to pass along. Thank you in advance.

I think the Photoshop UI text adjustment must be in newer versions.
I'm not seeing it (I could be missing it...)
I'll fill out the form you mention. Good idea.
And thanks for the responses.

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