All fonts in Internet explorer, button labels etc.. are italics!!??

[Anon]

Hello All!

I can;t seem to figure out exactly what the deal is! All of my fonts in IE,
button labels, some text boxes, are all in italics!! I lookedin the registry
at the HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\FONTSubstitutes\
key to see what the MS Shell DLg font was..there are two entries...
MS Shell DLG Microsoft Sans Sherif
MS Shell DLG 2 Tahoma

Anyone else have any Ideas?

TIA

Luis

 

[Malke]

Hello All!

I can;t seem to figure out exactly what the deal is! All of my fonts
in IE, button labels, some text boxes, are all in italics!! I lookedin
the registry at the HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS
NT\CURRENTVERSION\FONTSubstitutes\ key to see what the MS Shell DLg
font was..there are two entries...
MS Shell DLG Microsoft Sans Sherif
MS Shell DLG 2 Tahoma

Here are my notes about this problem:

When a rogue program decides to install its own version of system fonts,
it may replace the original version of the font file with a shortcut in
the font folder. Once this program is uninstalled, the shortcut may
now point to a font file that no longer exists. Windows XP in turn
reacts by turning all unspecified fonts into italics upon next
reboot.The simple way to fix this is to delete all shortcuts in the
font folder and replace them with the actual font file. By going to
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Fonts],
you can also double check the path of each font and look for any
suspicious paths.

Malke
P.S. - I got this solution from one of the wonderful regulars in this
newsgroup, but I've forgotten who. If anyone knows, please tell me
because I would like to give credit properly. - M.