squares appear instead of letters to various places in windows.

Squares appear in various places, including the headings of the different programs, rather than letters.  By clicking on the element shows a correct operation.

Hello jonmarx,

Boxes instead of letters are appearing.

Open command prompt and run the following command SFC/scannow.



This will scan the system files and fix any errors that it can.

Here is a link to the command prompt.



When you open the prompt, right click and run as administrator.

You can also run a system restore if the problem is not too long.



This will bring the system back to when everything worked correctly without affecting any of your personal files.

Here is a link on how to do a restore.

By clicking on the White Star congratulations on the left is a way of saying thanks!

I would like to know how everything goes.

Nice day.

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