Hi Larry.

Check and try the following. Make a note of the present settings you have incase you need to revert back to them.

Open Explorer and go to TOOLS > INTERNET OPTIONS
GENERAL TAB Click on COLORS, and make sure "USE WINDOWS COLORS" is checked, click OK.

Back to GENERAL TAB Click on FONTS, make sure:
LATIN BASED under Language Script is selected.
TIMES NEW ROMAN under Web Page Font is selected.
COURIER NEW under Plain Text Font is selected.
Click OK.

Back to GENERAL TAB Click on ACCESSIBILTY:
Make sure nothing is checked here, all should be unchecked.

ADVANCDED TAB, make sure you make a note of all that are checked in case you need to revert back to them. Click on Restore Defaults, click ok.

Then go to VIEW, and change text size to Medium.

Oh! And check your monitor setting, making sure you are using a common display mode. 800x600 or 768x1024 etc.

If all these are tried, and you still have the problem. Reboot, and if still having the problem, then as you said, the Mystery Continues...

Anthony