EUREKA! I pretty sure I have found a solution to your problem. I'm quite confidant too. Take a look at my attached image. It looks very similar to your attached image in this reply: http://www.captainsim.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1306862370/43#43. Here is how I did it:

Control Panel > Display > Change Font size to Medium - 125% OR Larger - 150%

If you have done that, the ACE buttons and tabs do not line up correctly. Change it to Smaller - 100% (default) and see if that makes the ACE look like it should.

Sorry Vic. But it just came to me about half an hour ago and I had to change my settings to make sure I was right. :)

Mark

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