Re: Display/Monitor/Font

From: Steve J (J_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/26/04 

Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 21:53:02 -0700

You are experiencing the same problem that has cropped up on me on numerous
occasions. After a system reboot, all text changes to some odd font (like
wingdings or arabic or something). I finally found the problem and how to
fix it. Well, at least I know how to fix it......I assume the problem was
created by the upgrade. To fix it do the following:

NOTE: Be very careful when doing this, because editing the windows registry
can totally screw up your computer if you do anything wrong!!

1. Go to Start/Run and type the word REGEDIT and press enter, to open the
windows registry
2. open the folder HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
3. open the folder SOFTWARE
4. open the folder MICROSOFT
5. open the folder CURRENTVERSION
6. open the folder FONTS
7. In this folder, at the top of the list of items, is an item called
(default). On my computer it was blank.....this was the problem, it was
deleted somehow. Double-click on this item and a window will pop up. Type
in a font name, such as times.ttf (times new roman), or whichever font you
want.....into the Value Data: window.
8. Close the registry editor and restart your computer. This should fix the
problem.

I have seen this problem posted in many threads when trying to fix this
problem and nobody ever posted the correct fix. Since this is a correct
workaround for this problem, until Microsoft provides a solution to the root
cause....please repost this message anywhere you see this question, so
everyone else can get this info as well. Good luck all,
Steve J.

"buccaneer" wrote:

> I have a similar problem but not with any point/sizing issues. I can't seem to get the FONTs folder to hold the fonts! I have gone thru Control Panel -> Fonts and Installed the fotns for the systems ( some 140+ fonts) and all looks well. I check the display setting to make the various font changes, Apply and OK, and all looks great. The problem originally surgfaced after downloading a Windows XP update set. Since then, all of my normal Buttons, Window Menus, Options and Date/Time ALL look like code or WingDing type text. When I close the FONTs folder after updating all of the fonts, THEY ALL DISAPPEAR!!! They ARE retained in memory for current use, but once I shut down or reset... All back to code text. Any ideas as to a permanent remedy? I was pretty sure of myself and understanding most of XP Pro, but this one has me down. Even past restore points would *not* fix the problem! ANYTHING is a plus right now.