Web Pages Fail to Open Correctly

[thyde9337]

When I try to use the internet a number of webpages are downloading with gaps in the text. The gaps do not occur on every webpage but they do occur on webpages from different sites, even some pages from Neowin Forums. They also occur when I use different browsers. There is one other strange characteristic. sometimes these blanks occur on a web page where I am required to make a selection from a number of alternatives, for example, the Windows XP on the Neowin opening page, however, if I click where the incomplete title is located, then the computer accepts this entry and makes the correct choice of website. For example, the title of this forum appears as "Cu t izing Wind w XP". My daughter tells me that, although the text is absent, the underlying hyperlink is still active. The response is bizarre since I seem to be clicking on the ghost of a word. The problem only occurs on my Dell Dimension 4500 computer. I am most concerned about the missing text since on many pages the text is incomprehensible with so many blanks. Please can anyone suggest a cause and a solution to the above problem?

I would be grateful for help on this forum since I have been unable to find any help elswhere.

thyde337

My System

Dimension 4500, 2.53GHz processor, 1024Mb, XP, 160Gb hard disk, 80Gb hard disk, Roxio CD

R/RW, Blueyonder Broadband & LAN, Dell Photo All-in-One printer. Iomega 500Gb hard disk,

Toshiba 1Tb hard disk.

Dimension 4100, 1GHz processor, 256Mb SDRAM, ME, 20Gb hard disk, Adaptec CD R/DW, HP Deskjet 840C, Scanjet 3300c, Blueyonder Broadband & LAN.

Inspiron 8600, 1.4 Ghz processor, 512Mb SDRAM, XP, 40Gb hard disk, Philips CDRW/DVD disk

drive, Blueyonder Broadband & LAN.

Netgear Router.

[thyde9337]

I have had a response from elsewhere which has helped with this problem. I have investigated a suggestion about faulty fonts and, using Tools<Internet Options< Fonts< , I selected two new default fonts. I then used Tools<Internet Options<Accessibility< and selected the three options to alter the appearance of web pages. The text now appears to be complete. The problem seems to indicate errors in the Fonts that were being used although I am not completely convinced since the errors in the displayed text were not consistent and after looking more closely at the errors they seemed to be mainly confined to words printed in Bold. However, this approach may help other people who have this problem.

thyde9337