all text is unreadable

[john]

every text document on my pc has become unreadable, it
looks like its set as wingdings, ive tried using system
restore but that fails, im desperate, please help

 

[Vagabond Software]

The only thing I can think of at the moment are your globilization settings.
View the Regional and Language Settings in the Control Panel. Make sure all
the currency and date formats look correct, and I assume the language you're
looking for is English-United States.

- carl