Re: Fonts

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From: Byte (Byte_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/05/04 

Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 11:31:02 -0700

You do not "install" it, you either copy&paste or drag&drop the file using
Windows Explorer. 

-- 
I am no expert, but I did stay at the
Holiday Inn last night.
"Loretta" wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestion!  
> 
> I copied the font to a floppy and when I tried to install 
> it using the control panel I got the same error message.  
> Jeez.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >you can try going to the computer where the font is 
> present, copy it to a
> >disk and then install it on your computer.
> >
> >i hope this helps a bit.
> >-- 
> >Regards,
> >Dennis Lazo
> >
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> >
> >
> >"Loretta" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in 
> message
> >news:0cec01c47b0d$70ed7ce0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> >> I need to copy a new font into my C:\Windows\Fonts
> >> folder.  The fonts we use are located on our network.
> >> Everytime I try to copy a font, I get a message from XP
> >> telling me that Windows is using that font and I cannot
> >> copy it until Windows is done with it.  This message 
> only
> >> happens on this particular computer.  What's the deal?
> >
> >
> >.
> >
>

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