there is no textfor half-life 2?

[Dakotakid44]

I just installed half-life 2, and when I started the game up the steam dialog box came up and there was no text at all. So I cannot set up my steam account, because I cannot see where to put my information. I've also had the same problem with half-life two episode one. I went into options menu and I could not see any of the text.
here are a couple screenshots:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b120/Dakotakid44/untitled.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b120/Dakotakid44/untitled1.jpg

I would appreciate the help.

 

[mundane]

Steam Powered support has an article Problem: Missing or Scrambled Text in Steam Menus (link may be fubared), which suggests it could be a font issue.

Problem: Missing or Scrambled Text on the Splash Screen says:

This problem usually happens when you just install your operating system and haven't installed the operating system updates including DirectX 9.0c

It can also happen if you haven't installed the latest Motherboard and Video Drivers for your system.

Please contact Microsoft to update your operating system:
Microsoft Update for all Operating Systems

and contact your motherboard and graphics card manufacturer for the latest drivers and for installation instructions.

 

[Dakotakid44]

I reinstalled my video drivers and that fixed the problem. Thanks for the help.