Hello all! Thanks in advance for your attention.

OS: Windows Vista Ultimate

Completely up to date as of 8-19-07. Fresh install. Completely base operating system.

I booted off of the CD and formatted my HDD. Installed Windows Vista Ultimate. After install, I activated the OS. I then used Windows Update, and rebooted when asked, until the OS was completely up to date. Then installed MS Update. I then began the installation of Visual Studio Team Edition (Full Install). Installation successful, rebooted, ran windows update until the software was completely up to date (VS2005 SP1). Once every update had been applied to my machine, I ran VS2005 as Administrator. Set the environment to Web Development. Created a blank file of an HTML document (Any document will do). Code Editor appears with the 'Lines' (1,2,3,4,5..etc) in blue, on the left. The brackets with their little +/- are there. There is not, however, any text. None when you drag a selection with the mouse either.

The only way I can see any characters is by typing numbers and hitting enter. The numbers then appear. Letters or characters other than numbers do not appear whether I press enter at the end of a line or not. Edit: Quick update, I opened 'samples.vsmacros' in Visual Studio, and the file appears as it should. Both letters and numbers were clearly visible. If I create a text file, or open a code file, the problem still exists.

Has anyone experienced this? I cannot find anything on the internet that identies the problem let alone presents a solution. Under my first install, when I first had this problem, i ran '~/devenv.exe /resetuserdata and /resetsettings without any resolution. Nothing seems to help, including this clean, step by step install of the OS and the software.

I should note that everything was just fine under Windows XP SP2 on the same hardware. The hardware consists of:

AMD X2 4400
2GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX (Driver 7.15.11.6222 released 7.06.2007 via MS Update)
250GB SATA HDD
Wireless Logitech Keyboard (Possible problem??)
Wired Optical Mouse
Onboard Audio (Nforce4 mobo, Realtek AC'97 with 8.18.07 MS issued Driver update)

Any help is greatly appreciated! I cannot get any work done until I find a resolution to this problem.


Sincerely,

Bryan McNamara

'asmodeos'

Edit: Safe mode does nothing. Disabling interface enhancements (Aero) does nothing. I have narrowed it down a bit, in how it occurs. I can, for example, type 12346654949 and it appears. Once I hit a letter key, or a symbol other than ,.;[ the line of characters disappears.