I don't really know what happened, but when I started up my computer, some of the normal buttons were replaced with letters and numbers. The "close" button in the corner is now an "r" and the icon letters are very small and I can't read them. Anyone know how to fix this or what is causing it?
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TekTippy4U
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reboot into DOS and
CD WINDOWS
ATTRIB -h -r -a -s shelliconcache
DEL shelliconcache
ATTRIB -h -r -a -s ttfcache
DEL ttfcache
Scandisk C: (or Scandisk /all if you have multiple partitions)
Reboot into Windows an run Scandisk Again
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CD WINDOWS
ATTRIB -h -r -a -s shelliconcache
DEL shelliconcache
ATTRIB -h -r -a -s ttfcache
DEL ttfcache
Scandisk C: (or Scandisk /all if you have multiple partitions)
Reboot into Windows an run Scandisk Again
TT4U
Notification:
These are just my thoughts....and should be carefully measured against other opinions.
Backup All Important Data/Docs
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TekTippy4U
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very cool....
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