Installed font disappears after logout

[Guest]

Hello,

I don't have administrator access so I have to install a
special font I need for an application by with "Copy fonts
to Fonts folder" unchecked. This works fine, however the
font is
stored on a network share (the only persistant storage
available to me) and I receive a warning that it may not be
available in later sessions. However this hsare is always
available to me. When I next logon the font is no longer
available. It's a pain to have to reinstall the font
everytime and any help resolving this would be appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[George Hester]

Couldn't you ask the Adminstrator to install it for you?

 

[Jerrad Pierce]

Gee, I hadn't thought of that.

I have. They won't. Besides which I'm the only user of the computer
with a license for use of the font.

 

[George Hester]

Well that explains quite a bit. You want to install something on your machine that the Administrator prefers not to do. Mmmmm...mph. I don't know the policy you work under but in this neck of the woods putting that in without Administrator approval could really make life a bummer. Write a MEMO and explain how necessary it is.

 

[Jerrad Pierce]

Writing a memo would do no good. It's a public access machine yet I am
the only one with the rights to use this copyrighted font.

Besides, it's entirely irrlevant since windows purports to have a method
of installing the font without copying it. My problem is it's not
"permanent".

 

[George Hester]

To tell you the truth I believe the operating system is behaving as it should. For if what you want was possible then the Administrator would lose some control over the operating system now wouldn't they? I'm not saying it is not possible just that as it is it seems the operating system is behaving admirably.

It seems to me that what you want to do has a very small chance of destruction. But what if there are 5,000 others that want to do the same thing? That can be destructive. Windows does have a font limit. Go over that limit and you'll start seeing corruption all over the place such things as no min max buttons; crashing applications; and so on.

Good luck with this issue. I can understand how frustrating it is. But I also admire Windows 2000 behaving as it should.