bad fonts on desktop and windows

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After booting up my desktop has changed. Under all filder and files yhr

laungage has jibberish like large squares small squares. cannot read? also

goes for whenever I open afile or program, don't get american language all

types of squares??

I went back to a system restore and same thing??

wbansemer@yahoo.com
 
Did you try changing the default language of your PC?



Windows XP: How to change the Default User UI Language

In Windows XP, you can set the UI language that the default user on the

local machine (or a domain user that doesn't have a profile) will see at

first first log on. It is also the UI language that is applied to system

services running on local machine.



• Open Regional Options in Contol Panel



• Click on the Advanced tab



• In "Default user account settings" at the bottom of the page, check the

box beside "Apply all settings to the current user account and to the

default user profile"



If that doesn't work try copying all the C:\Windows\Fonts

from another PC or a backup

Russ





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"thehunterman" wrote in message

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> After booting up my desktop has changed. Under all filder and files yhr

> laungage has jibberish like large squares small squares. cannot read?

> also

> goes for whenever I open afile or program, don't get american language all

> types of squares??

> I went back to a system restore and same thing??

> wbansemer@yahoo.com
 
cant do anything. everywhere I go no matter what program I can't read all

I see are all types of squares,circles down-up arrows question marks?

"thehunterman" wrote:



> After booting up my desktop has changed. Under all filder and files yhr

> laungage has jibberish like large squares small squares. cannot read? also

> goes for whenever I open afile or program, don't get american language all

> types of squares??

> I went back to a system restore and same thing??

> wbansemer@yahoo.com
 
Ok thank you ever so much...finally got it fixed thanks to you.

"thehunterman" wrote:



> After booting up my desktop has changed. Under all filder and files yhr

> laungage has jibberish like large squares small squares. cannot read? also

> goes for whenever I open afile or program, don't get american language all

> types of squares??

> I went back to a system restore and same thing??

> wbansemer@yahoo.com
 
thehunterman wrote:

> After booting up, my Desktop has changed. Under all folder and files the

> language has jibberish like large squares, small squares. Cannot read? Also

> goes for whenever I open a file or program, don't get American language, all

> types of squares??

> I went back to a system restore and same thing??




System Restore doesn't repair a damaged font. The system uses another

font it deems similar to the missing font, when one is no longer

available.. This could help, if you can repair the Tahoma font first.



http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

#249 Set Default XP Font Back to Tahoma



A quick Google search found this helpful page. There are probably others.



http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/03/how-to-fix-windows-xp-font-problems.html



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Joe =o)
 
Please post back what the fix was

so others may use this as a reference fix

(Was it the fonts?)

Thanks

Russ



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Microsoft Gold Certified Partner

Microsoft Certified Small Business Specialist

24hr SBS Remote Support - www.SBITS.Biz

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"thehunterman" wrote in message

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>

> Ok thank you ever so much...finally got it fixed thanks to you.

> "thehunterman" wrote:

>

>> After booting up my desktop has changed. Under all filder and files yhr

>> laungage has jibberish like large squares small squares. cannot read?

>> also

>> goes for whenever I open afile or program, don't get american language

>> all

>> types of squares??

>> I went back to a system restore and same thing??

>> wbansemer@yahoo.com
 
Fixed all except: only have bad fonts on start menu at bottom left corner and

when I click on start:the top left files are in bad font and so are the ones

on right side (my pictures,my documents)



"Elmo" wrote:



> thehunterman wrote:

> > After booting up, my Desktop has changed. Under all folder and files the

> > language has jibberish like large squares, small squares. Cannot read? Also

> > goes for whenever I open a file or program, don't get American language, all

> > types of squares??

> > I went back to a system restore and same thing??


>

> System Restore doesn't repair a damaged font. The system uses another

> font it deems similar to the missing font, when one is no longer

> available.. This could help, if you can repair the Tahoma font first.

>

> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

> #249 Set Default XP Font Back to Tahoma

>

> A quick Google search found this helpful page. There are probably others.

>

> http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/03/how-to-fix-windows-xp-font-problems.html

>

> --

> Joe =o)

> .

>
 
"thehunterman" wrote in message

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> Fixed all except: only have bad fonts on start menu at bottom left corner


and

> when I click on start:the top left files are in bad font and so are the


ones

> on right side (my pictures,my documents)




The Windows default display font is/was MARLETT. You could

try running SFC.EXE (System File Checker) on MARLETT.TTF

or possibly on all fonts in that particular folder.



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