Trouble with NetBeans on Dell Latitude 610

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The user reports issues with the NetBeans welcome screen on a Dell Latitude 610, where the color outlining of buttons is scattered. Similar graphical problems occur with a Towers of Hanoi game, displaying outlines incorrectly on the panel. These issues are unique to this laptop, as they have not been experienced on over 20 other computers. Attempts to resolve the problem by adjusting screen resolution have been unsuccessful. Dell support claims the issue is not hardware-related, suggesting it may be an application-specific problem, possibly due to a corrupt download or a version-specific bug. The user seeks screenshots from others experiencing the same issue for further clarification.
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I just installed netbeans on my laptop with is a dell latitude 610. I've been using netbeans for a few months and I am pretty comfortable with it. The problem is with the welcome screen that comes up once you've started up netbeans. The color outlining of each of the lower 4 buttons is scattered everywhere. A similar, related problem I think, occurs when this GUI, Towers Of Hanoi game, runs. It paints the outlining of the towers all over the panel. These two problems have only occurred on my laptop, and NEVER on any other computer, and I've used like over 20 other computers with it. The GUI is error free. I've tried messing with the resolution and nothing changes. Does anybody have an picture of what I'm talking about? If so any ideas what it could be? I've talked with dell and they say it's nothing to do with the computer, so it has to be an application problem.
 
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I've been using NetBeans for quite some time, but never faced this problem. Maybe your download was corrupt, or it was a version specific problem. If anyone else finds the same problem, please let us know with a screenshot.
 
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