[Suicide Junkie]

Well, check the accessibility settings. There's usually a magnifier in there you can use.
Alternatively, you can reduce the desktop resolution to 800x600 say, and get the correspondingly jumbo pixels.

The settings on the router to look into:
- Broadcasting the SSID? You can turn this off after you get connected, and the laptop knows to look for it.
- Filtering connections? Might have to add the wireless' MAC to your allowed list.