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by neal1lb

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win98se. the control box(minimize,maximize,close buttons)on the title bar of every program has changed. Instead of the _ , x , and screen, i have numbers 6,0,8. Also the icons on task bar are blurry and the arrows for start menu
items are not arrows anymore. I am not low
on resources, and I have removed the
shelliconcache file. I have also disabled
and/or removed any screen savers and have
changed windows background several times.
I have run the system file checker with no
errors and have replaced the marlett.ttf
file. I have also run antivirus, removed
files in the windows\temp and internet temp
folders as well as run scandisk and defrag.
Any ideas
Thanks

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by stuff

I haven't seen this before in W98 but in windows 95 it happened when the system ran low on video memory, I guess this doesn't happen so much any more as PC tend to be higher spec'd these days.

You might also want to try replacing the video card drivers, or even the video card.

Chris

by baziite

Whenever I get dispaly problems the first thing I do is to try booting into safe mode .To do this just hold down the F8 key before windows starts to boot and select "Safe Mode" from the startup menu . If the same problem is not present in Safe mode then Within safe mode you can go to display properties ( right click on an unused area on your desktop ) and just APPLY the current settings then restart the PC . The problem should disappear the next time you restart .

If the problem is present in Safe mode then you probably have a Dispaly hardware issue .

good Luck !!!

by neal1lb

the problem is not present in safe
mode. however simply applying current
settings does not correct whatever
is happening here. I have reinstalled
device drives with no luck and reinstalled the marlett.ttf font with
no luck. I have also run scanreg /fix
at the command prompt with no luck.

by dkpalmer

In Win95 this was often caused by problems with the marlett.ttf font getting corrupted - see Q 134861. Not sure if this is still true in Win98 but the symptoms sound the same. Also could be an issue if you have too many fonts installed. See Q131943 - there is a limit and installing too many fonts can cause problems with system display fonts.

by tuqan

First I would check the system for a virus using a couple of different Virus programs. I personally use three. (McAfee, Norton & Ontrack). Secondly, I would run DirectX Diagnostics on the video card. After this I would uninstall the Video Card drivers completely from the HD after setting video to Standard VGA and rebooting. After reinstalling the video Drivers from the OEM disk I would then update those drivers. Lastly I would run Windows Setup in its entirety ie. no custom install. This wayallow it to overwrite whatever system files are corrupt and put back whatever you took out in your attempt to repair the problem.

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