I recently wrote the article “Chrome 32 Broke the Internet” covering a set of bugs making Chrome unusable for many Windows 7 and 8 users. A fix for the issues mentioned is currently in Beta testing, but there is no stable release yet and the bug riddled release has not been reverted. I therefore thought it would be worthwhile providing step by step instructions on a workaround, as some users are still suffering.

Change Theme (Windows 7 Only)

Click the “Start” button

Type “Change the theme” and click the top result

Click the “Windows 7 Basic” theme

Disable Visual Theme (Windows 7 and 8)

Right click any Google Chrome shortcut and click properties

Navigate to the Compatibility tab

Check “Disable visual themes”

Both of these workarounds will solve the scrolling issues in Chrome 32.

Disclaimer: I have not personally tested the second workaround in Windows 8.