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    I left my laptop on last night (as I always do), and this morning when I opened it up and started Firefox, I was greeted by a puree of geometric shapes, lines, colors. It is difficult for me to describe; I will do my best, but hopefully I can get a screenshot.

    The desktop looks normal, but no matter what app I click on, I run into the display problem. The settings app is just a dark background (I use dark mode) with fragments of text here and there, and some switches and check boxes showing through. It changes as I move the cursor over it. Everything is clickable, and behaves correctly in that respect (i.e. I can open the update settings panel, and navigate it), but is more or less unusable since I can’t see what I am clicking.

    I had trouble searching for solutions to this issue, since I am not sure how to describe the display. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

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    • #227398

      If you are on 1809, your best bet is to roll back to your previous version or replace it with your latest image of the previous version. 1809 is still in the experimental stage, pulled from public release and turned back over to Insider testing.

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    • #227399

      I presume it’s W10 so, What are you using OEM graphic drivers or MS?

      Windows - commercial by definition and now function...
    • #227402

      W10 v1809 was withdrawn due to multiple issues. I would take PKCano’s advice rather than trying to fix something that has issues in the first place.
      Opening a can of worms..worms everywhere

      Windows - commercial by definition and now function...
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    • #227428

      Thanks to everyone who helped! I seem to have solved it…

    • #227437

      For the benefit of others, what did you do to correct the issue?

      Windows - commercial by definition and now function...
      • #227455

        Sure! I was able to find the advanced startup option on the recovery menu in settings. I navigated through the troubleshoot options and chose to reset to a previously created restore point. I chose the one that Windows had made yesterday (right before my problem started) before installing some updates. I’m still not sure what exactly went wrong, but reverting that install fixed whatever it was. I’m still using build 1809, and it seems fine for me.

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