Wrio Jeas Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 The user is reporting strange font corruption. Sure enough, I logged on with TeamViewer and took a screenshot. Here's what I see: Anyone know what caused this and how to fix it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Not having seen that particular corruption I'll make a wild guess and say that something (possibly something the user ran in order to try to change his UI characteristics) messed up the [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics] key contents. Here's one I use to set Windows 8 and higher systems to settings I like... Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics]"AppliedDPI"=dword:00000060"BorderWidth"="-15""CaptionFont"=hex:f4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,\ 00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,67,00,6f,00,65,00,20,00,55,00,49,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00"CaptionHeight"="-255""CaptionWidth"="-225""IconFont"=hex:f4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,00,\ 00,00,01,00,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,67,00,6f,00,65,00,20,00,55,00,49,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00"IconSpacing"="-885""IconTitleWrap"="1""IconVerticalSpacing"="-1095""MenuFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,00,\ 00,00,01,00,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,67,00,6f,00,65,00,20,00,55,00,49,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00"MenuHeight"="-225""MenuWidth"="-225""MessageFont"=hex:f4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,\ 00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,67,00,6f,00,65,00,20,00,55,00,49,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00"MinAnimate"="1""PaddedBorderWidth"="0""ScrollHeight"="-225""ScrollWidth"="-225""SmCaptionFont"=hex:f4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,\ 00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,67,00,6f,00,65,00,20,00,55,00,49,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00"SmCaptionHeight"="-255""SmCaptionWidth"="-255""StatusFont"=hex:f4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,\ 00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,67,00,6f,00,65,00,20,00,55,00,49,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00"Shell Icon Size"="32" -Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrio Jeas Posted December 1, 2014 Author Share Posted December 1, 2014 Thanks, I'll give it a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aphelion Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 (edited) It's probably a font substitution issue (since the taskbar is messed up too.) Try restoring the attached keys. DefaultAllFontKeys.reg Edit: If that doesn't work try restoring the font links: HKLM.FontLink.backup.reg Edit 2: Last resort, http://www.withsteps.com/2621/windows-8-default-font-download-repair-kit.html Edited December 1, 2014 by aphelion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicAndre1981 Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 http://www.askvg.com/fix-unknown-characters-or-vertical-rectangles-are-showing-in-place-of-metro-icons-in-windows-8-start-screen-and-login-screen/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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