HELP! Font size etc suddenly changed!

[Rasu]

Hi there folks,

I sat down this mroning to install a couple of educational softwares etc. I realized that certain settings have changed and I do not know how to get these back to their original state:

1. The font on my desktop icons and Windows Explorer are different (smaller and different style).
2. The headers on Outlook messages are huge. The size of most pop up messages are huge too (e.g. reminder pop ups from Outlook). When I open the 'options' window or any others within Outlook, the window size is the same as before, but the text is huge and bolded, and even goes out of the borders of the window (and hence is incomplete).

What setting could have changed is a mystery. How do I get this back?? I have tried to do a Office XP Repair (from the Programs Uninstall section). That did not work.

Please suggest something!

PS: I have windows 2000 pro.


Thanks.

[Doobie]

Click on your desktop with your right mouse button and select Properties...

Select Appearance

Check the size of your font from there, is it set to normal?

[Rasu]

Hi Doobie,

I tried doing that a bunch of other 'setting changes'. But this strange phenomenon is still happening. I know I do not have a virus - scanned with latest definitions just now. This only seems to be happening in OUTLOOK.

Another strange thing: When I try to change the SCHEME under DISLPAY PROPERTIES, it tells me that 'The scheme has fonts not suitable for your language settings. etc etc'.

Any suggestions please please please???


THANK YOU>

[andyms18a]

try system restore

[Rasu]

Thank you for your suggestions. The problem is resolved finally!

When I installed one of the softwares, it must have actually installed or changed the language settings . . . and that actually was probably the reason behind this issue I had.

Thank you for your help. After making sure the language setting was only for Western Europe and US, I went back to the Display Properties and set it back to the default Windows Standard setting. It worked after a few attempts only (?!)... but it worked.... :-)