IE6 fonts gone wacko on some web sites or...

[Wes Stebbins]

I am working on upgrading a friends computer. He has PhotoShop, InDesign,
etc. I took his computer home to upgrade it, and only took the "box" (no
monitor or other peripherals) to my shop. I noticed while going to
Microsoft's Windows Update web site to get latest XP Pro upgrades) that the
text was practically unreadable, yet other web sites appear to display just
fine.

Could it be that - when my friend installed his Adobe software - he has a
printing company that is virtually all Adobe products - perhaps he
installed some default fonts for his software that inadvertently
removed/altered the default IE 6 fonts, etc.?



What can I do to check this? According to my defaults, etc., on all of MY
other computers that work - I have:

in "IE6\Tools\Internet Options\General\Fonts"

Language script: Latin based

Web page font: Times New Roman

Plain text font: Courier New



Also,

in "IE6\Tools\Internet Options\Accessibility" everything is unchecked;



Also, in "IE6\Tools\Internet Options\Security\Custom Level." I have "Font
Download - Enable" checked.



I need to check those fonts, etc. on my friends computer, but what if
they're the same? Are could it be something else? (even the motherboard?)
I've tried it on different monitors, different video cards, etc., and it
STILL has the same problem - virtyall undiscpherable text on some sites - in
particular the Microsoft site.

 

[WinGuy]

Perhaps this link can help you sort out your faulty fonts:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=259319
(do read it all)

 

[Wes Stebbins]

Great article - for Microsoft Word - but it's not Word that has the
problem - it's certain web sites that I browse with IE6 (including
www.microsoft.com) - while others are just fine. Thanks, though.

 

[Wes Stebbins]

Great article - for MS Word fonts - but it's a problem with browsing certain
web sites with IE6 (including www.microsoft.com). Thanks anyway.

 

[Wes Stebbins]

Great article - for Microsoft Word - but the problem is certain web sites
are practically unreadable (including www.microsoft.com) while browsing with
IE6 while other sites are fine. Thanks anyway.

 

[WinGuy]

Sorry for the delay, been super busy of late. Fonts are all kept in one
folder and used system wide. Well, I did find this:
http://www.htmlref.com/reference/appd/windows.htm
You could try pulling them from the XP CD and replacing existing versions.