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Alright so ive been trying for the last 30 min to fix this. And getting no where and its on the tip of my tongue but i can't remember where the function for it is in XP, or if its something specifically to do with the ms.stylestheme file that i have to configure.
I have run into a bit of a snafu. When i changed my Theme to Styles XP it has created an issue with Google and several forums.
Heres a screen shot to see what i am talking about
First Google in IExplorer

but look at Google in Mozilla Wtf? its fine?

and then Yahoo doesnt seem to be effected in IExplorer

ITs some configuration under advance or something but i can't remember what it is...so any help would be appreciated.
I've tried View text larger that didnt change the format of search box
Tried changing font size under appearance that was to of no avail
Tried Dpi settings that didnt fix it
so im thinking it sosmething under internet options but cant figure out what..gah.