If your having issues with the main page and the graphic smileys are behind the thread topic, it is due to Font Smoothing. If you turn off Font Smoothing inside the advanced tab in system properties.
To Turn off Font Smoothing.
Click on Start
Right click on My Computer
Go Down the Properties and click it
Once the Window opens click on the Advance Tab.
When inside the Advance tab you will see 3 tabs, Click on the one that says Performance.
Then scroll down and uncheck Smooth Edges of Screen Fonts.

The only thing this does is Smooth the pixels out and is really only noticeable on TFT monitors.
I assure you that you will notice no difference with Font Smoothing on or off. Well unless you draw or design. Then you may want to disable it via your web browser, but that is for anther How-To day.

Feel free to correct or add to.
Thanks.

Also here is a Link to another how-to on a different web site.
http://www.languagegeek.com/font/smoothing.html

This is a different way.
To Each His Own...

Thanks RM85!
I was going to let Johnny know that there was something wrong on the home page but turning off Font Smoothing took care of it. And I didn't see any difference in clarity of the fonts on a word doc or the forum pages.

D80Bill

Yea i figured people were having issues with it. If you notice anything else like, Dead links, misaligned text or videos that aren't playing, please give Johnny or me a pm to let know. (And anyone else that reads this as well.:)

Glad i was able to help out.

I wish someone would have told me I found out only last night..