Every so often I must accidentally hit a combination of keys that results in numbers and letters showing at the top of my screen and are permanently in the foreground. How do I remove this display?

Jan 10, 2023 · Once the computer boots up, run a SFC scan. You can follow the steps below: -Win + R to open run box -Type: cmd ----

Jun 6, 2024 · There is a floating white square at the bottom middle of my windows screen. I've tried restarting all my applications to get rid of it. SOLVED: I went to task manager and right clicked on Windows explorer and hit restart.

Dec 27, 2023 · A number in small grey box has appeared at the bottom of my screen. It is present on every single screen, including the home page, and even on the sign in page. I initially thought that it was the temperature but not I am unsure. It block outs important…

When running certain apps on Windows 10 desktop or Windows 10 Mobile, some characters display as a square or rectangular box, or as a box with a dot, question mark or “x” inside, while the same app running on earlier Windows or Windows Phone versions did not have this problem.

Jul 31, 2020 · Please open "Explorer", rightclick on "My computer" and select "Preferences", then go to Advanced --> Performance --> Settings. There, under "Visual effects", make sure the "Smooth edges of screen fonts" is ticked.

Mar 8, 2020 · About the screen texts, apps and other programs show the font right, so it must be something explorer-related. Here is a couple of things i tried already. open the computer, reconnect...

Apr 13, 2025 · By default, every computer uses Insert mode, which places new letters to the right of the cursor as you type. If you hit the Insert key, however, you turn on Overwrite mode, which causes you to ...

Jan 13, 2012 · Once I've restarted my computer the texts were different. The letters have been replaced with symbols such as the close symbol, maximize symbol, restore symbol, the Windows logo, circles, diagonal lines and boxes indicating an unused letter.

Feb 3, 2017 · For some reason tooltip/hover text and some other text (often for settings) is highlighted pink. This is shown in the screenshot. I believe in previous versions of windows you could change this in "advanced apperance options" however that was...