Hi Hetty,
>>He also has the exact same laptop as I have and appears to have all the same fonts and settings as I do.
If you really have the same settings including large fonts/small fonts and the Windows appearance scheme, check if you also have the same font files. There have been Arial fonts out there that have different character widths than the original font files, for example in Microsoft Encarta.
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Christof
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Christof