I'm, desperately hoping for some expert advice on this strange problem, If
someone knows what Windows systems files should be restored/replaced to try
to solve this, I's sure appreciate it. We are stumped, so would be happy to
learn from your expertise.

"Tuttle" <nospamhere@notarealaddressnospam.gs> wrote in message
news:ePLEUfqtIHA.5500@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> WinXP Home Edition Version 2002 SP2, current with Windows Updates, on a
Dell
> laptop.
> IE7, MS Office 2000, Opera 9.27, etc.
>
> I have a strange text rendering issue in some applications. I suspect that
> it is caused by some bad code, maybe corruption of some important file, in
> Windows itself. But, I really don't know.
>
> There are also recurring issues regarding rendering when I type a question
> mark or an angle bracket (?, < or >) in various applications.
>
> The fact that there are similar issues (not identical) in several
> applications makes me think that this is not just a problem with IE7 or
MS
> Office on this PC, but may be some more fundamental problem with Windows
or
> some rendering code. Maybe some key file is corrupted? There were bad
> sectors on the hard drive recently - disk image was restored to
replacement
> disk, but perhaps some important file was damaged on the previous disk and
> so the damaged file is now on the new disk?
>
> Below are symptoms in various applications.
>
>
> MS Outlook 2000
>
> When replying to HTML messages some of the reply text I type is unreadable
> in the message compose window, even though when the message is sent the
> recipient does in fact have all the text I typed and it is all readable.
>
> When typing the reply, if I type some text and then type a question mark
or
> an angle bracket (?, < or >) then all the previously-typed text on that
line
> turns invisible (white text on the white background of the reply).
>
>
> MS Excel 2000
>
> When typingin a cell, if I type a question mark or an angle bracket (?, <
or
> >) then that character is invisible. When I then click Enter, the entire
> cell contents (all the previously-typed text and the question mark or an
> angle bracket) turns invisible. The contents are still there, as I can
copy
> the cell and paste contents into a text editor. In all cases, font color
> remains set as "automatic".
>
>
> IE7 forms - and OPERA forms
>
> http://www.google.ca/
> I type some text in the seach box, then type a question mark ? or an angle
> bracket <
> or >. All the text preceding that character goes invisible.
>
> Doing same text inn Opera browser, the question mark or angle brackets
will
> be invisible, but the previously-typed text remains visible
>
>
> IE7 - web pages
>
> Some web page text is invisible, as though it's white on white background.
> Often the unreadable text is just a few words within a line when the rest
of
> the line or paragraph are readable. These invisible words appear as white
> "gaps" in the text. If I highlight the text a few times, sometimes I can
get
> part of it to display temporarily.
>
> Some examples:
>
> http://www.nobeliefs.com/washingtonn...ekielBread.htm
> In the first paragraph, which begins "While walking past the bread
section",
> the second and third lines are invisible.
>
>
http://www.google.com/search?q=Blue+...ox&rlz=1I7SUNA
> The first search result (as of today it's the first) is Blue Moon: Dexter
> Gordon -Dexter Gordon Plays: The Bethlehem Years. Underneath, the URL is
> shown in green, but everything in the URL after
> www.freshsoundrecords.com/record- is invisible.
>
> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2196530/bio
> Under Trivia, the first line that begins "Shot by girlfriend Claudine
> Longet", the rest of the text on that line (after Claudine Longet) is
> invisible.
>
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07...balloon_stunt/
> Second paragraph, beginning "Kent Couch", near the phrases 'What the heck
am
> I doing? Are you crazy or what?'. there is always some text invisible in
> IE7, but the specific invisible text varies according to browser width and
> font size setting. In IE7, the phrase "Are you crazy or what?" is always
> invisible, as is the question mark after "doing?"
>
> On this PC, even in Opera those two question marks are always invisible.
> This makes me think that this is not just a problem with IE7 or MS Office
on
> this PC, but may be some more fundamental problem with Windows or some
> rendering code. Maybe some key file is corrupted?
>
>
>