My settings change by themselves

[Denise]

Hi,

I have customized my settings. Several time a week, my settings change.
Fonts and their sizes are different, shadows under icons are no longer there,
the size of buttons and scroll bars change, etc. It happens while my
computer is doing different things and even when it's been idle for 1/2 hour.
I've save My Favorite Theme but after my settings change and I click on My
Favorite Theme, it doesn't change things back to my settings. The biggest
problem with this happening is that all characters on the keyboard have
different spaces, for lack of a better word. An example, albeit a bad
example, is that if I typed the word "different," it could look like di f f e
ren t.

I've run many anti-virus/malware/torjan/worm/spyware programs, in regular
mode, in Safe Mode and in Safe Mode with Networking and the results show that
my computer is clean.

Is there a specific reason why my settings would change? What would cause
the characters that I type to have a strange placement orientation?

I've run Everest Home, HD-Tune, MemTest, and CPU-Test and except for a very
slow rate when copying or moving files, everything else was good.

--
Denise

~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going.

 

[Denise]

RE: My settings change by themselves

The only remedy for this problem and other problems that I was having with my
X64 os was a reformat. I no longer require a fix for it, unless it starts to
do it again but, since no one responded with a fix for it, there is probably
is none, except a reformat.
--
Denise

~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going.


"Denise" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have customized my settings. Several time a week, my settings change.
> Fonts and their sizes are different, shadows under icons are no longer there,
> the size of buttons and scroll bars change, etc. It happens while my
> computer is doing different things and even when it's been idle for 1/2 hour.
> I've save My Favorite Theme but after my settings change and I click on My
> Favorite Theme, it doesn't change things back to my settings. The biggest
> problem with this happening is that all characters on the keyboard have
> different spaces, for lack of a better word. An example, albeit a bad
> example, is that if I typed the word "different," it could look like di f f e
> ren t.
>
> I've run many anti-virus/malware/torjan/worm/spyware programs, in regular
> mode, in Safe Mode and in Safe Mode with Networking and the results show that
> my computer is clean.
>
> Is there a specific reason why my settings would change? What would cause
> the characters that I type to have a strange placement orientation?
>
> I've run Everest Home, HD-Tune, MemTest, and CPU-Test and except for a very
> slow rate when copying or moving files, everything else was good.
>
> --
> Denise
>
> ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going.

 

[XS11E]

RE: My settings change by themselves

Denise <Denise@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> The only remedy for this problem and other problems that I was
> having with my X64 os was a reformat. I no longer require a fix
> for it, unless it starts to do it again but, since no one
> responded with a fix for it, there is probably is none, except a
> reformat.

I read your original post and have to assume (yeah, I know!) that
nobody had/has a fix. I can only make one suggestion, since the
problem might be malware if it comes back take a look at an on line
scan, I've had good results with Panda AV. You can go to
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/ActiveScan.htm and click on the
"Scan my computer now" link.

On line scanners have at least one advantage over others in that they
are updated constantly, it may have been updated only minutes before
you start your scan.

Having scanned and nothing having turned up the other suggestion I
could make is to check your video driver and make sure you have the
latest from the manufacturer's website. DO NOT DO THIS unless the
problem occurs, updated drivers can fix problems or can sometimes cause
problems.




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