Shadows Under All Text

[fatgaz]

Hi peeps, can someone pleeeeease help, every single peice of text either in windows or IE8 there is a shadow and the text looks blurry, it only happend when I turned my comp on this morn, I have not altered any settings and have tried the usual stuff as in, clear type, remove mouse shadow, unchecked smoothing etc, changed desktop and window background, taken out my graphics card and run on built in one to no avail, all bios info is fine but as soon as i go to log on my name is blurry and when im in windows all text has a shadow, any thoughts ?? im running windows 7 ulti, thanks in advance

[fatgaz]

also tried a sys restore back to a couple of days ago, still the same :(

[rojash]

Well. if you get the same effect with two different video cards, and it's not software, that pretty much leaves a problem with the monitor. Check that the connection is tight at the monitor end, and if that don't fix it, try a different video lead and/or monitor.

[Alston]

Have you run a Virus Scan.?

Al.

[fatgaz]

hi forgive me if i get your name wrong as its difficult to read, rojash I have just viewed my laptop through my montor and all is fine and am now using another vga lead but still same :( ......aliston I have not done a scan as of now, can an infection cause this shadowing ?

[pinkyboyid]

Some other things to try after running a virus scan:

- Start up in Safe Mode by pressing F8 repeatedly during power-on sequence and check if problem is still there or not. If it is not, then there is most likely must some issue with installed Windows drivers / programs
- If not already, try Changing the Screen Resolution to different sizes
- Create another Logon account and logon with that the new id to test with a new profile.
- If you have installed any programs very recently, try uninstalling and restart to check status.

[Alston]

Being infected by a mysterious virus can cause all sorts of strange things to happen. Hence the reason for my suggesting a Virus Scan...... Also a run through with Malwarebytes might help.

Al.

[fatgaz]

hi peeps, just thought i would let you know I fixed the prob, I uninstalled all progs and drivers for my graphics card turned off my comp took ouy my card gave it a but of a clean (although it wasnt that dusty) replaced it turned on my comp and hay presto everything back to norm, thanks once again for all your comments

gaz

[Alston]

Cheers....Al.