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Certain Preference Windows Are Enormous

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by michaelpb, 2005/08/01.

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  1. 2005/08/01
    michaelpb

    michaelpb Inactive Thread Starter

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    Hello.

    Recently, I moved around some fonts from the Font folder in the windows directory. I moved them back when I was done, but I think I might have accidentally moved the Tahama (sp?) font, which was the font I was using for much of the text in the Windows GUI. Now, certain preference and toolbox windows are extraordinarily large. I'm not really sure what to think. It has rendered several of my programs useless, and I have a very hard time installing anything. I've already tried changing the GUI font and a few other things. Nothing seems to help.

    By the way, my screen resolution is 1280/1024 on one screen, and 800/600 on the other (which happens to be a TV).

    You can see a few screenshots here:
    - http://freedomdesign.byethost15.com/misc/messedupwindows1.jpg
    This is a screenshot of the Adobe Reader for PalmOS manager. It manages PDF's to be exported to my handheld device. It's supposed to be considerably smaller, about 500x500 perhaps.

    - http://freedomdesign.byethost15.com/misc/messedupwindows2.jpg
    This is the dialog box for saving a file in Photoshop 7. Obviously, it's distorted terribly.

    Are there any repair apps that could fix this? Has some reg key gone mad? What is causing this singular issue?

    Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
     
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    PeteC

    PeteC SuperGeek Staff

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    michaelpb - Welcome to the Board :)

    Really no idea what you've managed to do :( The font you refer to is Tahoma - is that in your fonts directory?

    I think it is more than a font problem - the best suggestion I can make is to run System File Checker ....

    Start > Run > type in sfc /scannow - note the space before the / and have your XP CD handy. SFC will run and exit without any closing dialogue. To see which files. if any, have been replaced look in Event Viewer.
     

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    michaelpb

    michaelpb Inactive Thread Starter

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    Yes it is. (I knew there was an "O" in there somewhere...)

    I'll try what you suggested--worth a shot.
     
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