Vista - Font size is messed up in in-built Windows Games

Hi - all the text in the in-built Windows Games has decided to eat cake and
go massive. I *think* this co-incides with the installation of nVidia
Forceware (100.65) - which also crashes Dreamscene and F.E.A.R. at random
intervals. I've run an SFC /SCANNOW but this hasn't had any effect. has
anyone else had this problem?

Sometimes i have seen problems if this is not done.

before you installed did you turned off your anti-virus and
anti-spyware...etc...?

Before installing new drivers make sure you uninstall all NVIDIA
display drivers.


--
Bigsby
Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com

Yups did that - ran as Administrator too Humph.

"Bigsby" wrote:

>
> Sometimes i have seen problems if this is not done.
>
> before you installed did you turned off your anti-virus and
> anti-spyware...etc...?
>
> Before installing new drivers make sure you uninstall all NVIDIA
> display drivers.
>
>
> --
> Bigsby
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>
>

The I have similar problem text is jumbled half white half black. I am
running an 8800 GTX with 100.65 driver I tried the 101.41 but after numerous
crashes went back. I too turned off AV and uninstalled previous version. I
wonder if it is a problem in the games rather that the Video Driver. I
deselected them in the add remove panel and reselected them but it made no
difference.


"ionixuk" <ionixuk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AFE2D682-3C7C-4AE5-9C2A-28CC3269CCCC@microsoft.com...
> Yups did that - ran as Administrator too Humph.
>
> "Bigsby" wrote:
>
>>
>> Sometimes i have seen problems if this is not done.
>>
>> before you installed did you turned off your anti-virus and
>> anti-spyware...etc...?
>>
>> Before installing new drivers make sure you uninstall all NVIDIA
>> display drivers.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Bigsby
>> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>>
>>

Hm funny we're both using nVidia cards / drivers. I reported this against
100.65 to nVidia - maybe they'll notice something. When I'm not looking for
[Multiple Staffing Breakneck of the Infinite Charm Bracer-Monkey] I might
downgrade to the original and see what happens....

"SteveW" wrote:

> The I have similar problem text is jumbled half white half black. I am
> running an 8800 GTX with 100.65 driver I tried the 101.41 but after numerous
> crashes went back. I too turned off AV and uninstalled previous version. I
> wonder if it is a problem in the games rather that the Video Driver. I
> deselected them in the add remove panel and reselected them but it made no
> difference.
>
>
> "ionixuk" <ionixuk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:AFE2D682-3C7C-4AE5-9C2A-28CC3269CCCC@microsoft.com...
> > Yups did that - ran as Administrator too Humph.
> >
> > "Bigsby" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Sometimes i have seen problems if this is not done.
> >>
> >> before you installed did you turned off your anti-virus and
> >> anti-spyware...etc...?
> >>
> >> Before installing new drivers make sure you uninstall all NVIDIA
> >> display drivers.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Bigsby
> >> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
> >>
> >>
>

CONFIRMED!

I rolled back to the Microsoft default driver and the problem went away!

FYI the driver version is 7.15.10.9746 - not sure what that's equiv to in
nVidia terms. i'll write to them and let them know.

"SteveW" wrote:

> The I have similar problem text is jumbled half white half black. I am
> running an 8800 GTX with 100.65 driver I tried the 101.41 but after numerous
> crashes went back. I too turned off AV and uninstalled previous version. I
> wonder if it is a problem in the games rather that the Video Driver. I
> deselected them in the add remove panel and reselected them but it made no
> difference.
>
>
> "ionixuk" <ionixuk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:AFE2D682-3C7C-4AE5-9C2A-28CC3269CCCC@microsoft.com...
> > Yups did that - ran as Administrator too Humph.
> >
> > "Bigsby" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Sometimes i have seen problems if this is not done.
> >>
> >> before you installed did you turned off your anti-virus and
> >> anti-spyware...etc...?
> >>
> >> Before installing new drivers make sure you uninstall all NVIDIA
> >> display drivers.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Bigsby
> >> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
> >>
> >>
>

Thanks for the info I think I can live with it until the next set of drivers
which will hopefully sort it especially if you are on their case.

"ionixuk" <ionixuk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3BA2A535-F516-4813-9197-DD7A3E3039D1@microsoft.com...
> CONFIRMED!
>
> I rolled back to the Microsoft default driver and the problem went away!
>
> FYI the driver version is 7.15.10.9746 - not sure what that's equiv to in
> nVidia terms. i'll write to them and let them know.
>
> "SteveW" wrote:
>
>> The I have similar problem text is jumbled half white half black. I am
>> running an 8800 GTX with 100.65 driver I tried the 101.41 but after
>> numerous
>> crashes went back. I too turned off AV and uninstalled previous version.
>> I
>> wonder if it is a problem in the games rather that the Video Driver. I
>> deselected them in the add remove panel and reselected them but it made
>> no
>> difference.
>>
>>
>> "ionixuk" <ionixuk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:AFE2D682-3C7C-4AE5-9C2A-28CC3269CCCC@microsoft.com...
>> > Yups did that - ran as Administrator too Humph.
>> >
>> > "Bigsby" wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Sometimes i have seen problems if this is not done.
>> >>
>> >> before you installed did you turned off your anti-virus and
>> >> anti-spyware...etc...?
>> >>
>> >> Before installing new drivers make sure you uninstall all NVIDIA
>> >> display drivers.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Bigsby
>> >> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>> >>
>> >>
>>

On Mar 9, 8:13 pm, "SteveW" <notwiseto...@nowhere.net> wrote:
> Thanks for the info I think I can live with it until the next set of drivers
> which will hopefully sort it especially if you are on their case.
>
> "ionixuk" <ioni...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>
> news:3BA2A535-F516-4813-9197-DD7A3E3039D1@microsoft.com...
>
>
>
> > CONFIRMED!
>
> > I rolled back to the Microsoft default driver and the problem went away!
>
> > FYI the driver version is 7.15.10.9746 - not sure what that's equiv to in
> >nVidiaterms. i'll write to them and let them know.
>
> > "SteveW" wrote:
>
> >> The I have similar problem text is jumbled half white half black. I am
> >> running an 8800 GTX with 100.65 driver I tried the 101.41 but after
> >> numerous
> >> crashes went back. I too turned off AV and uninstalled previous version.
> >> I
> >> wonder if it is a problem in the games rather that the Video Driver. I
> >> deselected them in the add remove panel and reselected them but it made
> >> no
> >> difference.
>
> >> "ionixuk" <ioni...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >>news:AFE2D682-3C7C-4AE5-9C2A-28CC3269CCCC@microsoft.com...
> >> > Yups did that - ran as Administrator too Humph.
>
> >> > "Bigsby" wrote:
>
> >> >> Sometimes i have seen problems if this is not done.
>
> >> >> before you installed did you turned off your anti-virus and
> >> >> anti-spyware...etc...?
>
> >> >> Before installing new drivers make sure you uninstall allNVIDIA
> >> >> display drivers.
>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Bigsby
> >> >> Posted viahttp://www.vistaheads.com- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I found an easy fix, set the anti-aliasing to "Application Controlled"
in the nVidia Control Panel under "Manage 3D Settings." The default on
my system (4x) caused the same issue you describe here.

-Shawn

I've got the same issue with my fonts being messed up in Vista Games as well
as Vista Media Center. My Video card is an XFX GeForce 7950 GT using driver
version 158.18. It fells like it might be an issue with drivers and Direct X
10.0 but I can't nail it down.

"binarycrusader@gmail.com" wrote:

> On Mar 9, 8:13 pm, "SteveW" <notwiseto...@nowhere.net> wrote:
> > Thanks for the info I think I can live with it until the next set of drivers
> > which will hopefully sort it especially if you are on their case.
> >
> > "ionixuk" <ioni...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >
> > news:3BA2A535-F516-4813-9197-DD7A3E3039D1@microsoft.com...
> >
> >
> >
> > > CONFIRMED!
> >
> > > I rolled back to the Microsoft default driver and the problem went away!
> >
> > > FYI the driver version is 7.15.10.9746 - not sure what that's equiv to in
> > >nVidiaterms. i'll write to them and let them know.
> >
> > > "SteveW" wrote:
> >
> > >> The I have similar problem text is jumbled half white half black. I am
> > >> running an 8800 GTX with 100.65 driver I tried the 101.41 but after
> > >> numerous
> > >> crashes went back. I too turned off AV and uninstalled previous version.
> > >> I
> > >> wonder if it is a problem in the games rather that the Video Driver. I
> > >> deselected them in the add remove panel and reselected them but it made
> > >> no
> > >> difference.
> >
> > >> "ionixuk" <ioni...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >>news:AFE2D682-3C7C-4AE5-9C2A-28CC3269CCCC@microsoft.com...
> > >> > Yups did that - ran as Administrator too Humph.
> >
> > >> > "Bigsby" wrote:
> >
> > >> >> Sometimes i have seen problems if this is not done.
> >
> > >> >> before you installed did you turned off your anti-virus and
> > >> >> anti-spyware...etc...?
> >
> > >> >> Before installing new drivers make sure you uninstall allNVIDIA
> > >> >> display drivers.
> >
> > >> >> --
> > >> >> Bigsby
> > >> >> Posted viahttp://www.vistaheads.com- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> I found an easy fix, set the anti-aliasing to "Application Controlled"
> in the nVidia Control Panel under "Manage 3D Settings." The default on
> my system (4x) caused the same issue you describe here.
>
> -Shawn
>
>