Guest Gerard Verhoef Posted July 19, 2008 Posted July 19, 2008 Hi Suddenly some websites are hardly readable, the font seems to be changed and I can only read it if I chose (very) lager characters or set zoom to 150%. Before this sudden change there was no problem. I can't thinks of any changes I made to the system in between, though there might have been a windows crash. The wiki site is one of the sites with this problem (http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoofdpagina). Using Firefox3 on the same computer shows the same site in perfect condition. I run winxp sp3 with ie7 (latest updates). Thanks for reading. Gerard Verhoef
Guest TaurArian Posted July 19, 2008 Posted July 19, 2008 Re: font problem IE7 "Gerard Verhoef" <Gerard_Verhoef@Hotmail.com> wrote in message news:OC48PbZ6IHA.2220@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... | Hi | | | Suddenly some websites are hardly readable, the font seems to be changed | and I can only read it if I chose (very) lager characters or set zoom to | 150%. | Before this sudden change there was no problem. I can't thinks of any | changes I made to the system in between, though there might have been a | windows crash. | | The wiki site is one of the sites with this problem | (http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoofdpagina). | | Using Firefox3 on the same computer shows the same site in perfect | condition. | | I run winxp sp3 with ie7 (latest updates). | | Thanks for reading. | | Gerard Verhoef Xposted for your convenience For IE7 assistance, please post to :microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general newsgroup. Web interface - http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general Newsreader - http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general -- TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2009 - Update Services http://taurarian.mvps.org ====================================== How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 Computer Maintenance: Acronis / Diskeeper / Paragon / Raxco
Guest sf Posted July 19, 2008 Posted July 19, 2008 Re: font problem IE7 On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:58:56 +0200, Gerard Verhoef <Gerard_Verhoef@Hotmail.com> wrote: >Hi > > >Suddenly some websites are hardly readable, the font seems to be changed >and I can only read it if I chose (very) lager characters or set zoom to >150%. >Before this sudden change there was no problem. I can't thinks of any >changes I made to the system in between, though there might have been a >windows crash. > >The wiki site is one of the sites with this problem >(http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoofdpagina). > >Using Firefox3 on the same computer shows the same site in perfect >condition. > >I run winxp sp3 with ie7 (latest updates). > Interesting problem. Usually it's the other way 'round.... fonts (the entire page) look terrible in FF but use the view page in IE tab option and everything comes into focus. -- I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond. Mae West
Guest Don Varnau Posted July 20, 2008 Posted July 20, 2008 Re: font problem IE7 > "Gerard Verhoef" <Gerard_Verhoef@Hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:OC48PbZ6IHA.2220@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > | Hi > | > | Suddenly some websites are hardly readable, the font seems to be changed > | and I can only read it if I chose (very) lager characters or set zoom to > | 150%. > | Before this sudden change there was no problem. I can't thinks of any > | changes I made to the system in between, though there might have been a > | windows crash. > | > | The wiki site is one of the sites with this problem > | (http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoofdpagina). > | > | Using Firefox3 on the same computer shows the same site in perfect > | condition. > | > | I run winxp sp3 with ie7 (latest updates). > | > | Thanks for reading. > | > | Gerard Verhoef - - - - - "TaurArian" <taurarianREMOVECAPS@gmail.com> wrote in message news:u4FKztZ6IHA.2348@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Xposted for your convenience > > For IE7 assistance, please post to :microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general newsgroup. > > Web interface - > http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general > > Newsreader - > http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general - - - - - Hi, The page http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoofdpagina looks OK to me with IE7, IE8 and Fx. First, clear the Temporary Internet Files. Next... Start IE7 without add-ons from: Right-click the IE icon on the desktop. Choose Start without add-ons. or Programs> Accessories> System tools> Internet Explorer (no add-ons) If the problem goes away, you have an incompatible browser add-on installed. Start IE normally (add-ons enabled) then close it. Go to IE> Tools> Manage add-ons. Disable all add-ons then re-enable them one at a time until the troublesome add-on shows itself. Leave that one disabled or uninstall it or see if there's an updated version which won't cause problems with IE7. Next... the troublesome program may not be a browser add-on. 936214- How to troubleshoot compatibility problems that affect IE7 in Windows Vista: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936214 (Also applies to XP) If you have recently updated video drivers you might try rolling back to the previous version - from Display Properties> Settings> Advanced> Adapter> Properties> Driver. Hope this helps, Don [MS MVP- IE]
Guest Gerard Verhoef Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 Re: font problem IE7 Don Varnau wrote: >> "Gerard Verhoef" <Gerard_Verhoef@Hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:OC48PbZ6IHA.2220@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> | Hi >> | >> | Suddenly some websites are hardly readable, the font seems to be changed >> | and I can only read it if I chose (very) lager characters or set zoom to >> | 150%. >> | Before this sudden change there was no problem. I can't thinks of any >> | changes I made to the system in between, though there might have been a >> | windows crash. >> | >> | The wiki site is one of the sites with this problem >> | (http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoofdpagina). >> | >> | Using Firefox3 on the same computer shows the same site in perfect >> | condition. >> | >> | I run winxp sp3 with ie7 (latest updates). >> | >> | Thanks for reading. >> | >> | Gerard Verhoef > > - - - - - > > "TaurArian" <taurarianREMOVECAPS@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:u4FKztZ6IHA.2348@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Xposted for your convenience >> >> For IE7 assistance, please post to > :microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general newsgroup. >> Web interface - >> > http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general >> Newsreader - >> http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general > > - - - - - > > Hi, > The page http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoofdpagina looks OK to me with IE7, > IE8 and Fx. > > First, clear the Temporary Internet Files. > > Next... Start IE7 without add-ons from: > Right-click the IE icon on the desktop. Choose Start without add-ons. > or > Programs> Accessories> System tools> Internet Explorer (no add-ons) > > If the problem goes away, you have an incompatible browser add-on installed. > Start IE normally (add-ons enabled) then close it. > > Go to IE> Tools> Manage add-ons. Disable all add-ons then re-enable them > one at a time until the troublesome add-on shows itself. Leave that one > disabled or uninstall it or see if there's an updated version which won't > cause problems with IE7. > > Next... the troublesome program may not be a browser add-on. > 936214- How to troubleshoot compatibility problems that affect IE7 in > Windows Vista: > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936214 (Also applies to XP) > > If you have recently updated video drivers you might try rolling back to the > previous version - from Display Properties> Settings> Advanced> Adapter> > Properties> Driver. > > Hope this helps, > Don > [MS MVP- IE] > > Thanks for your reply, It took some time to get through the suggested solutions. I eveb sert the video driver bacj. Indeed I upgraded it not too long ago, but that was before the problem occurred. Nevertheless in case I was mistaken, I set the driver back to an old version. But: nothing succeeded I'm afraid. Since it seems to affect only one site I really do frequent much and since I can get around it by zooming or using FF3, I leave it for a while. Unless a fresh idea pups up. Thanks for your thorough and elaborate suggestions though. Gerard
Guest twokitty2 Posted August 20, 2008 Posted August 20, 2008 Re: font problem IE7 I have had the same problem on my HP laptop, running Vista Home Premium SP1, IE7. Until a few days ago, Wikipedia sites displayed normally. Yesterday was the first I noticed the change - the font was a very small italic script-like font - it was very difficult to read. I switched to Firefox 3 and the page displays normally. I double checked on my desktop, running XP Pro SP2, and the Wikipedia sites are just fine. Just to check if I was missing something, I downloaded IE8 and had the same result, so I rolled back to IE7. Unfortunately, it appears that I can't uninstall IE7 because it was shipped with and is integrated with Vista. I'd welcome an answer as to why/how this happened, just to satisfy my curiosity. I'll probably stick with Firefox just so I won't have to go back and forth with the font and accessibility settings on IE7. "sf" wrote: > On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:58:56 +0200, Gerard Verhoef > <Gerard_Verhoef@Hotmail.com> wrote: > > >Hi > > > > > >Suddenly some websites are hardly readable, the font seems to be changed > >and I can only read it if I chose (very) lager characters or set zoom to > >150%. > >Before this sudden change there was no problem. I can't thinks of any > >changes I made to the system in between, though there might have been a > >windows crash. > > > >The wiki site is one of the sites with this problem > >(http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoofdpagina). > > > >Using Firefox3 on the same computer shows the same site in perfect > >condition. > > > >I run winxp sp3 with ie7 (latest updates). > > > Interesting problem. Usually it's the other way 'round.... fonts (the > entire page) look terrible in FF but use the view page in IE tab > option and everything comes into focus. > > > -- > I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond. > > Mae West >
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