Topic: Orange text?

[welshy.]

Hiii, i've just bought a new pc and theres a few snags firstly is this lol



alot of bold stuff appears orange? any help please ohh and merry crimbo!

[Simon]

Hi Welshy, and  to you too!

I know you are using Firefox, but I think this might still work.  Go into Internet Explorer > Tools > Internet Options, and on the General tab, click the Colours button.  You can either change the colours to what you want, i.e. for Unvisited Links, or tick the box to select Windows Colours.

Let us know if that helps! 

[welshy.]

It's not just firefox it happens on, like the bold text of my firewall pop ups etc

[Simon]

So is it all bold text then?     Are you using a theme with Vista, or just the default one?  Try right clicking an empty area on the Desktop > Personalise and you can change various colour settings in there.

[welshy.]

Noo lol, just saying it's not just firefox.



see the bold text on my firewall as well :l and no I'm using XP and it's a fresh install on a new pc i built.

[Rik]

Have you checked the theme settings? (Right-click on a blank area of the screen, Properties > Appearance > Advanced.)

[welshy.]

Yup

[Rik]

Are there any updates available for the video driver?

[Simon]

I'm pretty certain it's a theme or display setting.  Can't think what else it could be!   

[Rik]

Welshy says he's checked the theme setting, Simon. As it's only text, I'm not sure it could be a display issue? All I could then think of was display driver, or possibly some weird fault in the cable/interface, but again I would expect to see signs in more than text.

[Simon]

I have found that some of the settings in Display Properties > Appearance > Advanced can alter odd things unexpectedly.  That was the only reasoning behind my theory.

[Rik]

Oh, I agree with you, but if it's been eliminated, we're looking for something else - I'm just not sure what. Cleartype might be the cause if it only appeared on the screen, but not the screen grab, but it doesn't appear to be that.

[welshy.]

I've checked all of appearance also it's a fresh install of XP with all new parts + drivers, also another problem has arrived, if i play games on full out settings after 10 mins the screen starts to ripple 

[Rik]

Is the graphics card getting enough power and is its fan working correctly?

[welshy.]

Fan seems fine, and it's 450 PSU