Firefox and Chrome, letters appears inside eachother

donkristo

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Hi!
I have this computer here I'm trying to fix for a customer. The problem is that some text appears to stack up so it might seem like 3 letters are in the place of one.
As you can see in this picture.


I think this problem might be related to windows cleartype, but i can't figure out how.
Text looks normal in IE.

Anyone got any ideas on how to fix this problem?
 
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Have you run through different screen resolutions and refresh rates?
 

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Have you run through different screen resolutions and refresh rates?

I just tried to change resolution, change refresh rate and both at the same time, but it's still the same.
 

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Does it happen with other fonts?
Have you reset the zoom?
 

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Windows 7 Pro 64bit build 7601 SP1
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Intel Core I5 3570K 3.4Ghz w/ Zalman CNPS9900NT RT
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MSI Z77A-G45 Gaming
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G.Skill F3-12800CL9D-8GbXL ; 4Gx2
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EVGA Geforce GTX 770 Superclocked
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Creative Sound Blaster Z
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Yes and yes. I've tried to use different font in the browsers, but I don't know how to change language in windows (don't think this would help since the problem is still there when changing language in browser). Also tried to enable and disable the zoom on font, and the zoom utility. Not sure which one you mean.
Still no luck..
 

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OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit + all other OS'
Yes and yes. I've tried to use different font in the browsers, but I don't know how to change language in windows (don't think this would help since the problem is still there when changing language in browser). Also tried to enable and disable the zoom on font, and the zoom utility. Not sure which one you mean.
Still no luck..

Yeah, that's why I edited the language comment I made. I was speaking of the view tab in the menu there is a reset option for firefox. For chrome you just adjust the zoom percentage back to 100. But sounds like that's not the cause.

What about the DPI setting?
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 7 Pro 64bit build 7601 SP1
CPU
Intel Core I5 3570K 3.4Ghz w/ Zalman CNPS9900NT RT
Motherboard
MSI Z77A-G45 Gaming
Memory
G.Skill F3-12800CL9D-8GbXL ; 4Gx2
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA Geforce GTX 770 Superclocked
Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster Z
Monitor(s) Displays
Dual ViewSonic VX2770Smh-LED Black 27"IPS-Panel
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Kingston Hyper X 240GB SSD Win8 Pro 64bit 6GB/s Sata III
Intel 335 Series SSD 240GB Win8 Storage 6GB/s Sata III
Intel 320 Series SSD 600GB Storage 3GB/s Sata II
Western Digital Scorpio Black 1TB - Docked via Esata
PSU
Coolermaster GX 750W
Case
Corsair Vengence C70
Cooling
Coolermaster 120mm and Enermax 140mm
Keyboard
Corsair Vengence K70
Mouse
Logitech G500
Internet Speed
22mbps+
Browser
Firefox, Chrome, IE
Other Info
Swan M50W 2.1 speakers
APC UPS
Thermaltake BlacX HDD Dock
Samsung BD Optical Drive
Netgear WNDR4500
Yes and yes. I've tried to use different font in the browsers, but I don't know how to change language in windows (don't think this would help since the problem is still there when changing language in browser). Also tried to enable and disable the zoom on font, and the zoom utility. Not sure which one you mean.
Still no luck..

Yeah, that's why I edited the language comment I made. I was speaking of the view tab in the menu there is a reset option for firefox. For chrome you just adjust the zoom percentage back to 100. But sounds like that's not the cause.

What about the DPI setting?

Tried to change DPI aswell, same thing.
Even tried reinstalling the GPU-drivers, no result.
But I think it might be related to cleartype or w/e it's called. When I edit the settings in there, the letters that merge into eachoter change.
 

My Computer My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit + all other OS'
Yes and yes. I've tried to use different font in the browsers, but I don't know how to change language in windows (don't think this would help since the problem is still there when changing language in browser). Also tried to enable and disable the zoom on font, and the zoom utility. Not sure which one you mean.
Still no luck..

Yeah, that's why I edited the language comment I made. I was speaking of the view tab in the menu there is a reset option for firefox. For chrome you just adjust the zoom percentage back to 100. But sounds like that's not the cause.

What about the DPI setting?

Tried to change DPI aswell, same thing.
Even tried reinstalling the GPU-drivers, no result.
But I think it might be related to cleartype or w/e it's called. When I edit the settings in there, the letters that merge into eachoter change.

Have you tried recalibrating then?
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 7 Pro 64bit build 7601 SP1
CPU
Intel Core I5 3570K 3.4Ghz w/ Zalman CNPS9900NT RT
Motherboard
MSI Z77A-G45 Gaming
Memory
G.Skill F3-12800CL9D-8GbXL ; 4Gx2
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA Geforce GTX 770 Superclocked
Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster Z
Monitor(s) Displays
Dual ViewSonic VX2770Smh-LED Black 27"IPS-Panel
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Kingston Hyper X 240GB SSD Win8 Pro 64bit 6GB/s Sata III
Intel 335 Series SSD 240GB Win8 Storage 6GB/s Sata III
Intel 320 Series SSD 600GB Storage 3GB/s Sata II
Western Digital Scorpio Black 1TB - Docked via Esata
PSU
Coolermaster GX 750W
Case
Corsair Vengence C70
Cooling
Coolermaster 120mm and Enermax 140mm
Keyboard
Corsair Vengence K70
Mouse
Logitech G500
Internet Speed
22mbps+
Browser
Firefox, Chrome, IE
Other Info
Swan M50W 2.1 speakers
APC UPS
Thermaltake BlacX HDD Dock
Samsung BD Optical Drive
Netgear WNDR4500
Recalibrate the monitor? It's on a laptop, so I'm not sure how to do that. Could you help me?:)
 

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Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit + all other OS'
I meant the clear type settings, sorry.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 7 Pro 64bit build 7601 SP1
CPU
Intel Core I5 3570K 3.4Ghz w/ Zalman CNPS9900NT RT
Motherboard
MSI Z77A-G45 Gaming
Memory
G.Skill F3-12800CL9D-8GbXL ; 4Gx2
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA Geforce GTX 770 Superclocked
Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster Z
Monitor(s) Displays
Dual ViewSonic VX2770Smh-LED Black 27"IPS-Panel
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Kingston Hyper X 240GB SSD Win8 Pro 64bit 6GB/s Sata III
Intel 335 Series SSD 240GB Win8 Storage 6GB/s Sata III
Intel 320 Series SSD 600GB Storage 3GB/s Sata II
Western Digital Scorpio Black 1TB - Docked via Esata
PSU
Coolermaster GX 750W
Case
Corsair Vengence C70
Cooling
Coolermaster 120mm and Enermax 140mm
Keyboard
Corsair Vengence K70
Mouse
Logitech G500
Internet Speed
22mbps+
Browser
Firefox, Chrome, IE
Other Info
Swan M50W 2.1 speakers
APC UPS
Thermaltake BlacX HDD Dock
Samsung BD Optical Drive
Netgear WNDR4500
Yeah, I've recalibrated them several times, and even tried without clear type
 

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Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit + all other OS'
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