Pytesseract output is completely different from the text in the image

Question

The following code runs on my friend's windows laptop perfectly but on mine, it spits out complete garbage. I think it might have something to do with the libraries but I can't say for sure? Can you guys let me know if it runs for you or if you have ever had this happen before?

import pytesseract
from PIL import Image, ImageEnhance, ImageFilter
from textblob import TextBlob

originalImage = Image.open("pictures\hp.png")
workingImage = originalImage.copy()
workingImage = originalImage.filter(ImageFilter.MedianFilter())

enhanceSharpness = ImageEnhance.Sharpness(workingImage)
enhanceColor = ImageEnhance.Color(workingImage)

workingImage = enhanceSharpness.enhance(2)
workingImage = enhanceColor.enhance(0)
workingImage = workingImage.convert('1')

text = pytesseract.image_to_string(workingImage)
correctedText = TextBlob(text).correct()

print(correctedText)

This is the picture we are feeding it:

Rather than printing the text in the photo as it does on my friend's computer, mine prints the following:

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Answer 1

I downloaded tesseract-ocr version 4.0 and it works perfectly now. Thanks for all your help guys!