Text display problem HELP PLEASE

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Ray

Here's a link so that you can see what kind of problem I'm having. I've
tried everything that I can think of to fix it, but the only thing that has
worked was to create a new Windows User Account, and in it, everything looks
fine. If I have to, I guess I'll migrate to the new user account, but I
would rather fix the problem so that I won't have to.

Here's the link:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3170/2701487670_3c695ce505_o.jpg

Thanks!
 
What is "everything that you can think of?" I'd hate to venture into areas
already visited. Your problem is a font display problem obviously. What have
you done?
 
Well I've turned off True Type fonts, I've turned off any smoothing, I've
played with all of my display properties, I've tried running Windows in
different modes other than Aero, I've checked for viruses & worms by running
Kaspersky virus checker, I've run Windows Defender to look for any malware,
I've run a Registry Cleaner, and probably a few other things that I can't
remember and the problem still persists.
 
Silly me, the screen grab that I posted doesn't show the problem because you
weren't viewing it with my computer, I guess there isn't a way to show an
example of my problem unless you were looking over my shoulder at my screen.
Frustrating!!

I suppose that I could take a picture of my screen and post that! :)
 
Silly me, the screen grab that I posted doesn't show the problem because you
weren't viewing it with my computer, I guess there isn't a way to show an
example of my problem unless you were looking over my shoulder at my screen.
Frustrating!!

I suppose that I could take a picture of my screen and post that! :)
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Hit "Print Scrn"

Click the start orb

Type PAINT into start-search

Edit - Paste
 
That's how I got the image that I posted, except that I used Photoshop
instead of paint. The problem is, when someone views the image from another
computer, the text looks fine, it's my computer that has the problem.
 
That's how I got the image that I posted, except that I used Photoshop
instead of paint. The problem is, when someone views the image from another
computer, the text looks fine, it's my computer that has the problem.
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Better go back and look at Mark's reply about the user profile.
 
OK, if the screen capture looks clear on other computers, then the problem
is not in how windows is rendering the text, but in how your display is
displaying it. definitely software related. now you just have to figure out
the differences between your two profiles. I would log into the good
profile, go into device manger and see what the display adapter is listed
as, what the driver version number is, etc... then compare to the bad
profile. also, look for 3rd party software that may be loading in the bad
profile but not in the good one. I assume this is more than just IE related
?
 
Thanks KDE, I'll do what you suggest but I think it's going to be a real
challenge trying to find what software might be causing the problem. I'm
hoping that it's just the display driver. And yes, it's everything, not
just IE.
 
Ray said:
Thanks KDE, I'll do what you suggest but I think it's going to be a real
challenge trying to find what software might be causing the problem. I'm
hoping that it's just the display driver. And yes, it's everything, not
just IE.
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If it's happening in one user account and not another, it sounds like an ICC
profile issue to me, although that is a guess, as you have not described
what the problem is (in words).

ss.
 
Thanks to everyone who has helped me! I'm using the new profile that I
created and transferred all of my settings to it from my old profile and
everything looks good, I just hope it stays this way!
 
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