Hey everyone,
My XP sp2 has decided to screw me over. It was running fine until afew days ago. Now everytime i open most programs, in the place of the buttons where you normally see things like 'ok' 'next', 'cancel' and so on, i only see flat grey buttons with nothign on them. The buttons work but i obviously have no clue what im clicking on. also, when i right click on desktop and try to access properties, nothing shows up.
And when i type anything in notepad, the cursor moves ahead but no text appears. i can copy paste the text out into other places where it shows up but it doesnt in notepad.
the third issue is with ie6. it only loads part of the webpage. oftentimes just the top banner and nothing else. The same websites work just fine with firefox.
I have the last graphics drivers, i use avg free edition for antivirus and everything else is pretty much updated.
this thing has me stumped. Havent ever seen it and i help troubleshoot computers regularly for friends and family. But my amateur skills have run out and i need some expert guidance. Anyone?
My XP sp2 has decided to screw me over. It was running fine until afew days ago. Now everytime i open most programs, in the place of the buttons where you normally see things like 'ok' 'next', 'cancel' and so on, i only see flat grey buttons with nothign on them. The buttons work but i obviously have no clue what im clicking on. also, when i right click on desktop and try to access properties, nothing shows up.
And when i type anything in notepad, the cursor moves ahead but no text appears. i can copy paste the text out into other places where it shows up but it doesnt in notepad.
the third issue is with ie6. it only loads part of the webpage. oftentimes just the top banner and nothing else. The same websites work just fine with firefox.
I have the last graphics drivers, i use avg free edition for antivirus and everything else is pretty much updated.
this thing has me stumped. Havent ever seen it and i help troubleshoot computers regularly for friends and family. But my amateur skills have run out and i need some expert guidance. Anyone?