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this weird characters on top of the window ? restarted firefox and still the same HELP

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http://i.imgur.com/Mjgt4ZK.png hi this weird characters on top of the window ? restarted firefox and still the same HELP

really weird

http://i.imgur.com/Mjgt4ZK.png hi this weird characters on top of the window ? restarted firefox and still the same HELP really weird

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Several other people have reported this, but I haven't seen a solution yet. Could you take a look through the discussion in these threads to see whether anything there helps or whether it suggests new avenues of exploration:

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Try to open a new window to see if that new window works better.

See also this thread about a similar problem.

  • [/questions/1027393] Active Tab has floating chinese characters as well as the tab name how do I get rid of this?
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