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Old 07-20-2005, 09:34 AM   #1
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WinXP Fonts Lost

Recently my Fonts are lost when I start XP. I cannot read anything on the screen but all other funtions seems to be working well. I tried to re-install fonts by copying from my notebook. then it shows comprehensible letters in english. But whenever I shutdown the system and re-start back the same thing happen, need to re-install back the fonts and lately the themes...what could have happened? please need clarification and help from you guys who are quiet familiar with XP SP2.

AMD Athlon 2200+, 768 MB RAM, MSI (forget the model) motherboard, nVidea Video Card 64Mb
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Old 07-20-2005, 09:38 AM   #2
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Is this link any use to you?

http://www.ababasoft.com/fonter/font05.html

Look at the third heading down the middle of the page.
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Old 07-20-2005, 09:39 AM   #3
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Some very good information on font corruption and how to restore it can be found here: http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?p=240986
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Old 07-20-2005, 09:46 AM   #4
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Thanks for the info Auriga, very glad to know where to find info about fonts. I'll try to do things stated in that page...and i'll confirm by restarting my computer again. I hope trouble will not repeat again.
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Old 07-20-2005, 09:59 AM   #6
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Dear Statica and Auriga,

Thanks for the advice, I found out i'm not alone in my problem. What happened to MrBettleman is what exactly happen to me. I'll have to follow that thread and I hope me and MrBettleman can get help. Thank you very much also to Auriga You're all very helpfull.

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Old 07-21-2005, 01:42 PM   #7
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You may want to try tweakui,it has an option to repair fonts,has worked for me.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx
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