Display Properties - Font size - Flat Screen Resolution

Good afternoon!
I received a new ViewSonic 15" flat screen monitor for a gift and while it takes a while to get use to my main problem is getting the font to be bigger, especially in my Outlook Express, and my various Instant Messenger tool bars. The optimum resolution they recommend to have for the color is 1024 x 768 pixels and when I do that it makes all the fonts extremely hard to read even with my prescription glasses. The crispness of the font is a little off also as a little bit blurry. Any suggestions to improve my viewing capacity under this resolution? I've changed the font sizes under appearance in the Display Properties. Thank you in advance if someone can help me out.

 

If that resolution is not good for you, change it. Put it on whatever makes it easiest for your eyes.

ClearType may help with the bluriness, http://www.microsoft.com/typography/cleartype/default.htm