symbols in windows 8 are displayed as square blocks

Initially, he had no problem with windows 8, when I installed it in my computer laptop DELL Inspiron i5. But after a few days, all the symbols (like upward and down arrows in the scroll bar, passing user arrow button) into square blocks (except him minimize, maximize, close) and I can't fix it. Please help me. Thanks in advance.

Initially, he had no problem with windows 8, when I installed it in my computer laptop DELL Inspiron i5. But after a few days, all the symbols (like upward and down arrows in the scroll bar, passing user arrow button) into square blocks (except him minimize, maximize, close) and I can't fix it. Please help me. Thanks in advance.

Hello, try the fix provided in this article:

http://www.askvg.com/fix-unknown-characters-or-vertical-rectangles-are-showing-in-place-of-Metro-icons-in-Windows-8-start-screen-and-login-screen/

Hope this helps :)

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