>>That's more a function of the app than the OS. Windows can't do anything if you make your text boxes too small.
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>I don't see it that way at all. If my text fits in a Small Fonts display then the same should hold for a Large Fonts display.

Yes, it should. So test your app using large fonts and size your labels and text boxes appropriately. The OS shouldn't be dynamically resizing screen items, IMO.

>In fact I believe that pre-XP does this already BUT does it incorrectly.

Now I'm starting to wonder if we're talking about the same thing. No Windows OS has ever done this, AFAIK.