tiny popups instead of reghular once that show only 10% of info

[Nick]

Hi All,

I installed Microsoft Antispyware in a regular way on a
regular Windows XP platform and every single window
that the application shows is tiny with only 5% or so of
the graphics showing. All links and buttons are not
visible at all.
When I click on the icon in the taskbar it brings up main
antispyware window which an 1 x 1.5 inches big. That's all

Same thing happens with popups. They are 1 x 1.5 inches
big with no useful information just beginnings of
sentences and no buttons.

Here's what I can see on the popup:

Microsoft Antispy
An Unkno
Attemtin

That about it. As you can see there is not way of knowing
what this popup is trying to tell me.

This doesn't seem like a "Flying Popup" bug that people
talked about earlier but something different;
My taskbar is in the regular spot at the bootrom of the
screen

Any suggestions?

 

[John]

What are your current monitor settings - resolution, theme, adapter refresh
rate, display dpi setting, font size in the appearance tab, and actual fonts
being used?

 

[Bill Sanderson]

I'd look at your font size setting and change it to the default of 96dpi??
Non-standard font settings seem to be a problem with this beta, as well as
non-standard date formats.

 

[Nick]

It was set at 96dpi.
After I re-selected the font size
popups showed up but, instead of being regular size, they
are now approximately 80% bigger than regular.
At least I can read what they say now.

Thanks for your help

Nick

 

[Guest]

1600x1200, Windows XP (Modified), 60 Hz, 96 dpi, Normal
Font size,
standard fonts unchanged:
Message Box - Tahoma 8,
Tooltip - Tahoma 8,
Active Title Bar - Trebuchet MS 8

 

[John]

Just for information, try your resolution at 1024x768 and 1280x1024 just to
see what happens and let us know.

Thanks!

JohnF.

 

[Nick]

That was the first thing I tried 1280x1024, but popups
were still tiny and corrupted.

Re-selecting 96dpi from font tab fixed the problem
somewhat. Full size popups now show up . There are
regular size inside a bigger white box so I at least can
read what the popup is asking about. White box is appr.
80% bigger that the popup graphics.

Nick

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Interesting. I'm not sure from your description whether they are bigger
than what I see or not--or are you comparing to what you see on other
machines?

Well - I'm glad fiddling in that area got you some relief anyway.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Any updates to your video driver available from the vendor? A couple of
folks have found some improvement in some oddball symptoms via that route.