Sorry to dig this up. I've messed with the registry hack but found it just made images blurry instead of the text. This problem has actually been an issue for me since windows 8, 8.1 and now 10.
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Entering the generic pro key worked! Thank you Navy!!!!!!

I wish I found this thread before I started!!!!

I have a laptop with preinstalled windows 8 home. I have a windows 8 pro pack key which I used to upgrade windows 8. I upgraded to windows 10 around...