ASCII set please help

[Guest]

A user from our office, had on his Windows XP the square root sign when he
used, alt-251, now on his new comp with XP he gets another character. How can
i get this back?

 

[Bob I]

Have him use the same font that he used before.

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

A user from our office, had on his Windows XP the square root sign when
he used, alt-251, now on his new comp with XP he gets another character.
How can i get this back?

That depends. If you're talking about the command prompt, just enter
'CHCP 437' and he/she's all set.

Things are different when using a Windows application. Note that not all
fonts have that character. If he/she's using the same application and
font, the user or the administrator has changed the codepage. Since there
are administrative privileges required as well as the WinXP CD, the Admin
did a bad job in either case. Reset the codepage to 'English (USA)' for
instance: "Working with Code Pages in Windows"
http://www.sisulizer.de/support/codepages.shtml

Anyway, the user might be better off when using the Character Map instead:
Start > Run: charmap.exe

 

[Guest]

Detlev,

Thanks for your support with this. We've solved this issue.

Greetz,

Andre

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

Detlev,

Thanks for your support with this. We've solved this issue.

You're most welcome, Andre. Thanks for your feedback.