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Fonts/words look fuzzy and aren't sharp when I go online

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Wording on pages seem fuzzy and not sharp at all.

Wording on pages seem fuzzy and not sharp at all.

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hi melmemdj, this is probably caused by microsoft update kb3013455 which can cause font rendering issues on vista:

After you install security update 3013455, you may notice some text quality degradation in certain scenarios. The problem only occurs on systems that are running Windows Vista SP2 or Windows Server 2003 SP2. Microsoft is researching this problem and will post more information in this article when the information becomes available.

reference: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/3013455

one option may be to roll-back this particular update for now until there is a fix by microsoft or you could also look if there is a graphics driver update available on the website of the vendor (intel/amd/nvidia) which might also resolve this problem in some cases.

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hi melmemdj, this is probably caused by microsoft update kb3013455 which can cause font rendering issues on vista:

After you install security update 3013455, you may notice some text quality degradation in certain scenarios. The problem only occurs on systems that are running Windows Vista SP2 or Windows Server 2003 SP2. Microsoft is researching this problem and will post more information in this article when the information becomes available.

reference: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/3013455

one option may be to roll-back this particular update for now until there is a fix by microsoft or you could also look if there is a graphics driver update available on the website of the vendor (intel/amd/nvidia) which might also resolve this problem in some cases.

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melmemdj said

Wording on pages seem fuzzy and not sharp at all.

I uninstalled that update and everything is so much clearer!! Thank you so much!!!!