Problems with computer text display: please help

**KoosHopeloos** · 10-13-2007, 08:52 AM

L.S.,

I seem to have a strange problem... My icons are not displaying correctly (see desktop and quicklaunchbar) and text is displaying strange (see desktop and Firefox-image). Any clue what might be caussing this?

ebackhus · 10-13-2007, 10:45 AM

Looks like a borked icon cache. Visit www.microsoft.com and download the TweakUI PowerToy. it has a tool that lets you rebuild the icon cache from scratch.

**KoosHopeloos** · 10-14-2007, 03:54 AM

@ ebackhus: downloaded and did the repair icon cache, which worked like a charm!

One problem still remains: the text display. It looks like it got anti-alias now switched on...

**koala** · 10-14-2007, 06:59 AM

Go to Control Panel > Display > Appearance tab > Effects button. Check the 'smooth edge of screen fonts' option. Try the ClearType and Standard settings to see which you prefer.

**KoosHopeloos** · 10-15-2007, 02:30 AM

@ koala: I did what you suggested, but it didn't solve my problem

. I have never seen this before...

**KoosHopeloos** · 10-15-2007, 12:46 PM

Problem solved... For some reason the resolution if my screen was changed without me knowing/noticing... But setting it straight solved it...

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10-15-2007, 12:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
KoosHopeloos TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 555 OS: Windows XP Pro & Windows Vista Ultimate browsing the web with FF, Opera, Safari and IE.	Re: Problems with computer text display: please help Problem solved... For some reason the resolution if my screen was changed without me knowing/noticing... But setting it straight solved it... __________________ KoosHopeloos, straight to you from .nl via the world wide web!