Google Search and Windows 8.1

majestic100

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Is anyone else experiencing same problem...............

Yesterday I updated my laptop to Windows 8.1. On using Google to search, the result was not as expected. All text is shown in a single column one word on top of the other!!! I've checked and installed 8.1 updates and I've reset IE11 but still the same. No matter what I search for, text is shown one word on top of the other. I've tried Bing and as expected, being a Microsoft product, this displays correctly
 

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System One

  • OS
    windows 8
Hi there
Video settings ? - Java / Net updates?

My only issue with IE11 is the BACK button needs to be pressed twice after Google and some other search engine queries to get back to the query list.

Cheers
jimbo
 

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    Linux Centos 7, W8.1, W7, W2K3 Server W10
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Is anyone else experiencing same problem...............

Yesterday I updated my laptop to Windows 8.1. On using Google to search, the result was not as expected. All text is shown in a single column one word on top of the other!!! I've checked and installed 8.1 updates and I've reset IE11 but still the same. No matter what I search for, text is shown one word on top of the other. I've tried Bing and as expected, being a Microsoft product, this displays correctly
Looking absolutely horrible, I don't know what they have done or why, may be it's another way to promote "B".
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire E1-571
    CPU
    i5-3230m
    Motherboard
    Acer Type-2
    Memory
    8GB DDR3 1333MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD 4000
    Sound Card
    High Definiton Audio Device
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    Generic
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 Pro 256GB
    PSU
    Generic
    Keyboard
    QWERTY
    Mouse
    ELANTECH Touchpad
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    12.68Mbps
    Browser
    IE11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
After the update to 8.1 my chrome text was blurred and not scaling correctly. In display properties, you can find a slider to "make text and other items smaller or larger". Simply changing the slider and changing it back fixed it for me.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    MSI GT-60
    CPU
    I7 4700MQ
    Graphics Card(s)
    770M
IronSheik.... Going to display the "change the size of all items" slider (smaller ->larger) is grey scaled out so can't do this. Only option is to tick check box "let me choose the scaling level for all my displays" . This doesn't make any difference either
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8
Resolved...................

In IE11 go to Tools/Compatibility View Settings and uncheck "Display intranet sites in Compatibility View" and "Use Microsoft compatibility lists". Google search now displaying results correctly
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8
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