My promote box had some weird characters in it. Today I was about to click move and realized that I was unsure if I would promote to a Q or something else. I opened display properties and made sure all fonts used in every spot was the same font - a common one. Didn't make any difference. The strange characters still appeared.
I was almost ready to inquire here about the weird characters when I realized I might try to access the same game on my wife's computer. I opened the game on her computer and the word "Queen" was right where it was supposed to be. I made the move on her computer without a problem.
An hour later I returned to my computer and the same game was on the screen (as of before the move was made). I hit F5 to refresh the screen and the word "Queen" was right where it was supposed to be on my computer.
Very strange.
The strange characters were a rectangular, a black down-arrow, two upside-down "L" characters and there may have been more.
Any comments will be appreciated. Insert "twilight zone" music here.