fonts disappeared only jibberish

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I have Windows XP home edition on my laptop and one day I
turned it on after not using it for a few days and
everything was written it some sort of computer code
or "jibberish" that could not be understood. I mean
everything. I was able to find the fonts file in my
control panel by recognizing the icon and it is
completely empty. I was able to restore english to my
desktop icons through Display but the programs and the
start menu are still in jibberish. Any ideas?????
 
A.B wrote
I have Windows XP home edition on my laptop and one day I
turned it on after not using it for a few days and
everything was written it some sort of computer code
or "jibberish" that could not be understood. I mean
everything. I was able to find the fonts file in my
control panel by recognizing the icon and it is
completely empty. I was able to restore english to my
desktop icons through Display but the programs and the
start menu are still in jibberish. Any ideas?????
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The easiest way to restore your missing Windows fonts is
to do a repair installation of Windows XP. The fact that
your fonts are suddenly missing may just be one symptom
of a bigger problem. Re-installing Windows may also
repair the problem that caused you to lose the fonts to
begin with.

To perform a repair installation of Windows XP, follow
the directions listed at
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;315341&Product=winxp. If your newsreader screws up
this link you can peice it back together or you can
always go to www.microsoft.com, click on support, and
search for KB (knowledge base) articlenumber 315341.
 
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