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Windows 2000 allows the user to select large or small fonts via
Display_Properties->Settings. I am using service pack 4. My system
font seems to be stuck on small fonts (popup menus, application
pulldown menus, titles for desktop icons, taskbar text e.g. date,
etc.). There are a few places where the fonts are large, however
e.g. Display Properties panel (not the window title bar, though) and
inside all windows for netscape communicator 4.79 (though not the
titlebar nor the pulldown menus just beneath the title bar).
The small fonts only afflict one account (a nonadmin account). If I
log off and login as admin or another nonadmin account, the fonts are
fine i.e. large fonts.
When I try to change the font size to large, I find that the panel
already shows the font size as beging large. If I try to change it to
small, then to large again, I get the message:
Windows Setup has not changed the requested settings. You may not
have the required Administrative privilege to install or uninstall
new files or drivers.
If log in as admin and change the fonts size to small and back to
large again, it doesn't affect the problem account (which still shows
the font size as large, even though it is actually small). Please
note that I do in fact reboot after each change, to ensure that it
takes effect.
I tried to log in as the problem account and use run-as to run the
Display Properties as admin (from the control panel). I don't get
the permissions error message above, but neither does the font size
change.
I tried granting admin status to the problem account and have it
change the font size to small, and back again. Again, I avoid the
above permissions error message, but no change in the small font size.
I'm not sure what else to try. I googled for the registry key for a
user-specific "system" font, but didn't find any info on which key it
might be. I wonder if this problem is related to a recent problem I
had with the registry (Re: Messed up registry trying to stop cursor
from blinking, Wed. Apr. 20). I accidentally erased
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
and lost my customizations of Windows Explorer e.g. through windows
options panels, or via TweakUI. Any attempts to reinstate these
customizations resulted in no effect, or error messages about
inability to make the required registry changes. I solved this
problem by importing a copy of that registry folder from another
nonadmin account (same machine). Thereafter, I could make my normal
customizations and have them stick.
Thanks for any advice on how to fix my font sizes, about where they
might be in the registry, or whether the problem might be related to
the previous deletion of the above Desktop registry folder. I'd also
be curious as to why there is this residual problem, given that I can
permanently make all my regular customizations after importing that
registry folder from elsewhere e.g. window focus follows pointer,
disabling menu fading effect, and availability of context popup menu
when right-clicking on the desktop.
Fo Pa
Display_Properties->Settings. I am using service pack 4. My system
font seems to be stuck on small fonts (popup menus, application
pulldown menus, titles for desktop icons, taskbar text e.g. date,
etc.). There are a few places where the fonts are large, however
e.g. Display Properties panel (not the window title bar, though) and
inside all windows for netscape communicator 4.79 (though not the
titlebar nor the pulldown menus just beneath the title bar).
The small fonts only afflict one account (a nonadmin account). If I
log off and login as admin or another nonadmin account, the fonts are
fine i.e. large fonts.
When I try to change the font size to large, I find that the panel
already shows the font size as beging large. If I try to change it to
small, then to large again, I get the message:
Windows Setup has not changed the requested settings. You may not
have the required Administrative privilege to install or uninstall
new files or drivers.
If log in as admin and change the fonts size to small and back to
large again, it doesn't affect the problem account (which still shows
the font size as large, even though it is actually small). Please
note that I do in fact reboot after each change, to ensure that it
takes effect.
I tried to log in as the problem account and use run-as to run the
Display Properties as admin (from the control panel). I don't get
the permissions error message above, but neither does the font size
change.
I tried granting admin status to the problem account and have it
change the font size to small, and back again. Again, I avoid the
above permissions error message, but no change in the small font size.
I'm not sure what else to try. I googled for the registry key for a
user-specific "system" font, but didn't find any info on which key it
might be. I wonder if this problem is related to a recent problem I
had with the registry (Re: Messed up registry trying to stop cursor
from blinking, Wed. Apr. 20). I accidentally erased
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
and lost my customizations of Windows Explorer e.g. through windows
options panels, or via TweakUI. Any attempts to reinstate these
customizations resulted in no effect, or error messages about
inability to make the required registry changes. I solved this
problem by importing a copy of that registry folder from another
nonadmin account (same machine). Thereafter, I could make my normal
customizations and have them stick.
Thanks for any advice on how to fix my font sizes, about where they
might be in the registry, or whether the problem might be related to
the previous deletion of the above Desktop registry folder. I'd also
be curious as to why there is this residual problem, given that I can
permanently make all my regular customizations after importing that
registry folder from elsewhere e.g. window focus follows pointer,
disabling menu fading effect, and availability of context popup menu
when right-clicking on the desktop.
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