Re: Screen display problem

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: Screen display problem
Date	2015-06-11 19:49 +1000
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"felix_unger" <me@nothere.biz> wrote in message 
news:ctsdetFisrvU1@mid.individual.net...
> On 10-June-2015 1:14 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>
>>
>> "felix_unger" <me@nothere.biz> wrote in message 
>> news:ctpf3uFqr8oU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> On 09-June-2015 2:41 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "felix_unger" <me@nothere.biz> wrote in message 
>>>> news:ctmnahF5anaU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>> On 09-June-2015 6:28 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "felix_unger" <me@nothere.biz> wrote in message 
>>>>>> news:ctlllgFr0lpU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>> On 08-June-2015 5:27 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>>> felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> wrote
>>>>>>>>> Can some computer guru please tell me why one of my PCs is 
>>>>>>>>> displaying like this?.. http://ausnet.info/pc
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Your system has been infected by that steaming turd of malware.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have AVG on it and it has never found anything, but I ran 
>>>>>>> Malwarebytes, and it found nothing also. any other ideas?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Use the specific removal instructions for that steaming turd of 
>>>>>> malware.
>>>>>
>>>>> what malware??
>>>>
>>>> That one you showed the screen shot of.
>>>
>>> you've misunderstood. obviously I didn't get the message across very 
>>> well.
>>
>> Obscenely badly in fact.
>
> not really that bad,

Obscenely bad in fact.

> you just made assumptions

You were stupid enough to just post that image and
didn’t say anything about what was wrong with it.

>>> The problem is that the browser pages are not displaying properly. Those 
>>> are just random pages to illustrate.
>>
>>> http://ausnet.info/pc
>>
>>> if you look at the first image you will see there is nothing much on the 
>>> screen but text- no images, buttons to press, background, etc.,. look at 
>>> the second one compared to how google normally looks. see there is no 
>>> google logo, and there is text in little boxes where buttons should be, 
>>> etc., and the third image same problem- text in boxes, no 
>>> buttons/backgrounds, etc.,
>>
>> OK, you should have said that the first time.

> it was obvious.

Pigs arse it was.

even 'someone as stupid as you' (to use your
> terminology) should have noticed that web pages don't display as in those 
> pics

OK, you get to go and fuck yourself, again.

>>> you can easily check how those pages should look by loading them in your 
>>> browser.
>>>
>>> http://www.auslogics.com
>>>
>>> http://www.google.com.au
>>>
>>> http://heraldsun.com.au
>>
>> The problem is clearly that text displays fine, but none of the graphics 
>> do.
>>
>> Its less clear why two browsers fail the same way but chrome works fine.
>>
>> Maybe it’s the magnification used that produces the different result with 
>> chrome.
>>
>> What happens with other than browsers with say word
>> documents that have some graphics embedded  or with
>> whatever you use that displays jpgs etc.
>
> no problems. It's just the browsers. does chrome use silverlight?
>
>>
>>>>> I'm thinking maybe Silverlight is the problem as that is common to 
>>>>> both browsers, and the issue only started after I was using netflix, 
>>>>> which requires Silverlight.
>>>>
>>>> If you did buy that BoostSpeed 7 or it came with the Dell, its possible
>>>> that it does pop up because of some problem with Silverlight.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It happens in both IE and FF so I guess it must be system related, 
>>>>>>>>> not browser settings. Or faulty video card maybe? I have checked 
>>>>>>>>> every setting I can find, but don't seem to see anything amiss. I 
>>>>>>>>> don't recall it being like this before.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> it's an old Dell PC running winXP btw. thanks

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  Re: Screen display problem "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-08 17:27 +1000
    Re: Screen display problem "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-09 06:28 +1000
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