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Numbers and other characters not appearing, entire computer
I started up my PC today, and have since restarted to see if that would help, and numbers and many characters are not being displayed.
Here's an image
You can see in the address bar that ". : /" characters do not show, as well as the blacked out shapes that show instead of the letters and numbers of the web address.
Many many options are not showing in any computer settings windows (the list of updates, for example).
As well as the date and time not showing in the taskbar along with the numbers of the calendar.
Googling doesn't help me find any specific help for this; in fact, I can't find anything that even describes this problem.
I don't have a system image to restore to, though I do have a USB with a clean, very small Win7 on it. I'd really rather not have to reinstall Windows entirely, though.
I'm going to restart my PC again, perhaps a few times, and keep checking through settings for a fix, but if anyone has any advice, that'd be great.
edit- It may be pertinent to add that more times than not, recently, Windows Explorer will crash over and over until I force shut down my PC (power button hold).