Green Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 At the beginning of last month my Windows XP installation began to look strange. It's basically because the task bar is leaning! Like half the task bar is pushed in, and the other half pushed out. It looks very weird, and is also affecting my browsing. When I browse websites? The google results pages look tilted, as if the text are about to fall off of a cliff! It looks as if my taskbar and browser windows have a "crook" or "tilt" in them. It's still readable and I can still browse, read, and type easily. But I can't do any graphics work because this "irregularity" makes things look out of whack, ugly, and not display properly. The computer I have is a Gateway e4100 I purchased from e-bay last fall. This problem started up in April of this year. I bought a new tower from the same seller. Problem persisted. I bought a new tower from another seller, problem persisted. I have switched out hard drives. Problem persists. I have switched monitors, crt for flatscreen. Problem persists! So is this Windows Xp telling me I need to get Windows 7 or what's going on here? Below are two screenshots. One is of how Windows Xp should look, and the other is how my "affected" installation currently looks. Any ideas suggestions, what exactly is happening here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted May 2, 2013 Report Share Posted May 2, 2013 Welcome to the Windows Forum. I looked at your screenshots, but I do not see what is wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Posted May 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2013 You'd probably actually have to be actually at my computer to see the problem. Anyways, I think this might be a graphics card issue. Since the graphics card is what controls how windows displays on your monitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted May 2, 2013 Report Share Posted May 2, 2013 Have you looked at the settings on the monitor to see if you have a way to straighten it on there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Posted May 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 Have you looked at the settings on the monitor to see if you have a way to straighten it on there Yes. Not a monitor problem. Checked it with my crt and flatscreen. Same issue. And my settings are specific and I never mess with them after I get them set the way I want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 Have you tried a system restore to a time before this (whatever it is - I don't see the problem) happened? Better would be reinstall from your full system backup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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