IE6 display font corrupted, but OK when selected or printed

[MartyRay]

something very strange happened a couple of days ago;
please help!

after downloading a series of critical updates to IE6, the
screen display font for portions of many (but not all)
html files -- within both Outlook 2000-SR1 and IE6 w/SP1 -
- appears to be corrupted.

however, when I use the mouse cursor to "select" and
highlight that text, it becomes readable. within IE6, if
I choose Print Preview, or if I print the webpage, it
reads just fine. in Outlook, if I print the email
message, it again reads just fine.

what did I mess up and how can I fix it?

please and thanks.

MartyRay

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

something very strange happened a couple of days ago;
please help!

after downloading a series of critical updates to IE6, the
screen display font for portions of many (but not all)
html files -- within both Outlook 2000-SR1 and IE6 w/SP1 -
- appears to be corrupted.

however, when I use the mouse cursor to "select" and
highlight that text, it becomes readable. within IE6, if
I choose Print Preview, or if I print the webpage, it
reads just fine. in Outlook, if I print the email
message, it again reads just fine.

what did I mess up and how can I fix it?

please and thanks.

MartyRay

You may need new video drivers. Check the site for your video board
manufacturer. Meanwhile you can do the following:
1. Use the default mouse pointers.
2. Turn down your color depth. (Right click the desktop and choose
Properties | Appearance | Settings) Some people find that increasing color
depth helps.
3. Turn down your graphics hardware acceleration. (For Win 98, Start |
Settings | Control Panel | System | Performance | Graphics button) You will
see little, if any, performance degradation.
4. Turn off your desktop wallpaper.

If these make the problem go away you need new video drivers.

If you have an ATI video board, try adding these lines to System.ini

[display]
DevBMP=0 <--- That's a zero

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