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Re: Help with Internet formatting problem. [Re: Idiot]
#15222002 - 10/13/11 08:40 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Something I forgot to mention - the problem even affects Microsoft Word. I don't use Word too often, so I forgot about it being an issue. I'll have to take a screen shot next time it happens to show you. The top bar of Word is all messed up and boxy and the colors are messed up.
I did what you said, and I only have one hardware profile.
As for what's in my processes tab, I'm unfamiliar with about 90% of them. I know MsMpEng.exe is the virus software - Microsoft Security Essentials. And the svchost.exe has something to do with updates or something. I have like 8 of those..
I'm familiar with one or two other ones, like plugincontainer.exe and firefox.exe, but the rest are a mystery to me.
My windows firewall is on. I'd be a bit worried to get on the internet without it though.
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Re: Help with Internet formatting problem. [Re: BothHands]
#15223535 - 10/14/11 03:58 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Something I forgot to mention - the problem even affects Microsoft Word. I don't use Word too often, so I forgot about it being an issue. I'll have to take a screen shot next time it happens to show you. The top bar of Word is all messed up and boxy and the colors are messed up.
Ahhh...so it likely has nothing to do with CSS or browsers or your internet connection at all.
Could you post a list of all the processes that are running typically? It's a long shot, but who knows it contains a hint.
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Re: Help with Internet formatting problem. [Re: koraks]
#15223573 - 10/14/11 04:36 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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It almost looks like it is trying to install something. Does the Please Wait screen come up after you startup, even if you don't do anything?
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Re: Help with Internet formatting problem. [Re: Seuss]
#15223869 - 10/14/11 07:28 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Spoke with a co-worker that is much better at Winblows than I am. He thinks this is related to a corrupt registry. He recommends running "chkdsk /r" from the recovery console before doing too much troubleshooting. After that, assuming the problem persists, create a new user and login to that. He said this type of problem is often tied to the user rather than the OS. If the problem still persists with the new user, as a last resort, try a system file check (sfc), and when that doesn't help, reinstall.
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Re: Help with Internet formatting problem. [Re: Seuss]
#15224203 - 10/14/11 09:34 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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koraks said:
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Something I forgot to mention - the problem even affects Microsoft Word. I don't use Word too often, so I forgot about it being an issue. I'll have to take a screen shot next time it happens to show you. The top bar of Word is all messed up and boxy and the colors are messed up.
Ahhh...so it likely has nothing to do with CSS or browsers or your internet connection at all.
Could you post a list of all the processes that are running typically? It's a long shot, but who knows it contains a hint.
I figure it would be better to post a list of processes while I'm having the problem, and not now. But I'm reluctant to induce the problem again, because it takes hours to come right. I'm going to keep hibernating every night, and when the problem comes back up (power outage or restart after updates), I'll post the list, along with a Microsoft word picture.
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Seuss said: It almost looks like it is trying to install something. Does the Please Wait screen come up after you startup, even if you don't do anything?
No, the screen only comes up for about 20 seconds when the problem fixes. I've never seen that screen for anything else in my use of Windows that I remember.
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Seuss said: Spoke with a co-worker that is much better at Winblows than I am. He thinks this is related to a corrupt registry. He recommends running "chkdsk /r" from the recovery console before doing too much troubleshooting. After that, assuming the problem persists, create a new user and login to that. He said this type of problem is often tied to the user rather than the OS. If the problem still persists with the new user, as a last resort, try a system file check (sfc), and when that doesn't help, reinstall.
I have run a registry cleaner - CCleaner, and the problem remained. I have no idea what the recovery console is, or how to get there though. I don't know how to create a new user either. Or system file check...
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Re: Help with Internet formatting problem. [Re: BothHands]
#15224550 - 10/14/11 11:16 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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well to access recovery console, pop in your windows cd, then boot to it, then for the second option, select 'repair windows.' note: this option is not the same as selecting the first option which is 'install windows' and from there selecting the second option to 'repair windows'
once you select repair, it will bring you to a command line, then you need to know how to use the commands. when you type in chkdsk /f or chkdsk /r it will ask you which disk or partition you want to fix. I don't know if list disk is allowed in the recovery console, but the answer will almost always simple just be '1' without the quotes.
but it'd be much easier to just open up command line from the gui when you've booted windows and then type in chkdsk /r or chkdsk /f. it will say the chkdsk will be run the next time the computer starts. have you tried this yet??
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Re: Help with Internet formatting problem. [Re: imachavel]
#15224808 - 10/14/11 12:23 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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This sounds a lot like what you're experiencing.
Sounds stupid, but the fix there was
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This should work for the problem: Start->Control Panel->Accessibility Options->Display uncheck "Use High Contrast"
Apparently this affects app's(also affects MS Office) running under Windows XP using a background(untested on other versions).
Hope this helps
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Re: Help with Internet formatting problem. [Re: Idiot]
#15224818 - 10/14/11 12:26 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Hmm, "use high contrast" is already unchecked.
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