Browsers on my laptop demonstrate strange behaviour

Browsers on my laptop demonstrate strange behaviour

I work for a web software company and in recent months my laptop has begun demonstrating some strange behaviour on certain websites that none of my colleagues are able to replicate. It seemed to come about around about the time I installed a HP printer at home and it installed a 'print from web' utility as part of the install process, which I've since removed. The issues I'm having include:

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"Honestly, if your system is borked enough that it's interfering with your job -- and I'm assuming here that ""reporting phantom bugs"" counts as interfering -- it's getting very very close to your Ultimate Resolution.
Reinstall Windows.
I might give it another day or two or five of research, but set yourself some deadline. If you haven't found a solution by then, backup your data, format the drive, reinstall the OS, reinstall and reconfigure your applications, and restore your data. If this is a work laptop, your IT personnel might be able to apply a clean OS image, and you can go from there.
If it's not a work laptop, and you don't want to risk an OS reinstall on your personal computer, it's time to talk your boss into getting you a work laptop."