Internet Explorer title bar all question marks...again!!!!! (????????????????????????)
Dave
noticed several other things.
I am having a strange problem with a Windows XP machine running IE6.
When I open a webpage, the only thing that appears in the title bar of
Internet Explorer is question marks. It looks like this:
"??????????4?????$???????"
I don`t notice anything unusual in the registry, and it seems to
function properly otherwise. The machine is running anti-virus, and the
definitions are up to date. We did install a program that uses Active X
to run just before this started happening, but we have installed this
program on many machines before without having this problem.
I also notice that when I visit different pages, the number of question
marks change, and there are a few strange characters along with the
question marks. And, if I open "My Computer" and type in an internet
address in the address bar, the title bar works just fine and there are
no question marks.
Any ideas?
MAP
"Dave" wrote:
Hi Dave,I had this happen to me once and a simple reboot cured it.But if you
have been having this for several days you must have rebooted by now.
I don't know what caused it
MAP
Dave
It is almost as if Internet Explorer is unable to understand the <title>
tag properly, or like a font is not installed that needs to be. Or maybe
even that IE is trying to display the title bar in a different language.
Dave
"TurboPasswords Bar" enabled. I just clicked it off, and all was well
after closing and opening Internet Explorer again.
treaders
I have a similar problem with the Internet Explorer title bar except
that I have square boxes in my title bar that look like this:

Any ideas how to resolve this issue. I have tried turning off all the
Toolbars that I have loaded but this did not resolve the issue.
Thanks,
Ben
Dave Wrote:
> Problem fixed! It turns out this person had an explorer bar called
> "TurboPasswords Bar" enabled. I just clicked it off, and all was well
> after closing and opening Internet Explorer again.
>
> Dave wrote:-
> Thanks. Yes, I `ve tried rebooting several times. It is really
> strange.
> It is almost as if Internet Explorer is unable to understand the
> title
> tag properly, or like a font is not installed that needs to be. Or
> maybe
> even that IE is trying to display the title bar in a different
> language.
>
> MAP wrote:
> -
>
> "Dave" wrote:
>
> -
> I actually posted a message about this a few days ago, but now have
> noticed several other things.
> I am having a strange problem with a Windows XP machine running IE6.
> When I open a webpage, the only thing that appears in the title bar
> of Internet Explorer is question marks. It looks like this:
> "??????????4?????$???????"
> I don`t notice anything unusual in the registry, and it seems to
> function properly otherwise. The machine is running anti-virus, and
> the
> definitions are up to date. We did install a program that uses Active
> X
> to run just before this started happening, but we have installed this
> program on many machines before without having this problem.
> I also notice that when I visit different pages, the number of
> question marks change, and there are a few strange characters along
> with the question marks. And, if I open "My Computer" and type in an
> internet address in the address bar, the title bar works just fine
> and there are no question marks.
> Any ideas?
>
> -
>
> Hi Dave,I had this happen to me once and a simple reboot cured it.But
> if you have been having this for several days you must have rebooted
> by now.
> I don't know what caused it-
>
> -
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treaders
Ramesh, MS-MVP
as it Appears in Taskbar:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/WinXP/Q_21423139.html
Windows XP: Internet explorer taskbar title:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/WinXP/Q_21419123.html
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Ramesh, Windows XP MVP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org
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