-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Wobbly Fonts - Outlook Express Problem
- From: GMan <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:48:23 -0400
David,
I'm very glad that whatever worked, worked. Getting full functionality
back for you is more important than knowing exactly what did the trick.
The "Show friendly URLs" item is present in my own IE 6.1 SP1 running
under WinXP Pro SP2. Perhaps some other combiniation of versions and
subversions is to blame for the omission. The Apply button was an
assumption I pulled out of my own head. If ever it's not present in a
future tutorial or reply from me, just substitute an OK button or whatever
else is present that would give the same result. lol
As far as trimming replies, no need to apologize for that and I'm very
glad that you took the time to trim as you did. I'm much happier with
someone overtrimming than leaving in the last 6 posts in a conversation.
That thought is primarily for the folks who subscribe to the group in Digest
mode. Extra stuff in a reply overinflates the size and complexity of the
Digest version rather quickly. Still, leaving in the post to which you're
replying allows everyone, including the Digest readers, to easily see the
flow of the conversation.
I'll go and take a look for the previous post you mentioned.
Peace,
GMan
"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask!"
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Morris" <dsmorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 8:53 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Wobbly Fonts - Outlook Express Problem
> Hello GMan
>
> I'm delighted to report that my fonts problem appears to have been fixed
> and
> I am most grateful to you
>
> Ironically, I cannot tell you which of your two fixes was the successful
> one, as neither worked straightaway. I repeated each of them several times
> and then, wondrous to behold, success! Let's hope that it is lasting
>
> As you have spent so much time on the latest of my problems, may
> reciprocate
> a little by pointing out a couple of details, concerning the two fixes:
>
> Uncheck boxes in Internet Options > Advanced
>
> I do not have a "Show friendly URLs", certainly not under Advanced and
> nowhere else that I could find. The closest was "Show friendly HTTP error
> messages", so I unchecked that
>
>
> Internet Options > General > Accessibility
>
> I do not have an "Apply" button in the Accessibility box and (if relevant)
> the "Apply" button in Internet Properties is greyed out. However (if this
> fix was the one that worked) it looks as if the Registry somehow got to
> know
> of the new settings, as they have survived several reboots. Strange
>
> When (if?) you have a moment to spare (and at the risk of my being
> consigned
> to sit in the corner) could you please have a look at the couple of
> questions I asked in my 23 October post concerning Doug Knox's Article
> "Perform a Repair Installation"?
>
> Sorry about not including the whole of your post, to which I was replying:
> and I thought I was being helpful, cutting it short!
>
> Regards
> David
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "GMan" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 5:44 AM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Wobbly Fonts - Outlook Express Problem
>
>
> David,
> There will NEVER be a need for anyone here to apologize for asking "so
> many" questions. If we don't receive any questions, there would be no
> need
> for the group. As an aside, I am also determined to get to the bottom of
> this, as long as you don't give up. :O)
>
> The fully functional second Identity certainly does shed light on ...,
> well, something. Simply put, it tells us that the problem is limited to
> the
> old identity and is not systemwide. Translated, it means that the problem
> is not the result of a corrupted OE application file (those include OE's
> actual EXE as well as all of the support files it uses to do what it
> does).
> This eliminates a lot of possible issues with those files.
>
> Since your most recent revelation still leaves us with plenty of
> suspects (it could still be a problem with a registry entry, your Fonts
> folder, your message store, etc.) and a severe lack of obvious clues, I
> went
> Google hunting for more specific possibilities.
>
>
> Many folks with similar issues have reported that the following fix
> works for font changing problems within OE. Others have reported no
> effect.
> Try it and see if it helps.
>
> Close OE. In Control Panel, open up the Internet Options applet and click
> on the Advanced tab. Uncheck 'Show friendly URLs' and uncheck 'Use HTTP
> 1.1'. If either of them are already unchecked, leave them unchecked.
> Click
> Apply and then reopen OE, open a new email message and test the font
> change
> ability. Either way, go back into the Advanced tab and recheck at least
> the
> 'Use HTTP 1.1' box and hit Apply. According to the success stories I've
> read, if the unchecking fixed the problem, you should find that the
> problem
> is still fixed even after rechecking them. Let me know if it works for
> you.
>
> If that doesn't work, another possible fix is to open up the Internet
> Options applet and, on the General tab, click on the Accessibility button
> and uncheck all of the boxes in there. They are unchecked by default, but
> may have been turned on at some point. Be sure to click Apply afterwards
> to
> enter the change into the registry.
>
> If neither of these ideas work, let me know and we'll try something
> else.
>
>
> Oh, one more thing (and this is for everyone reading this). When
> replying to a post, please do me a favor and leave in the entire post to
> which you're replying. I've found that Gmail doesn't usually send my own
> posts back to me through POP access (many others have also complained
> about
> this issue to them), so I usually have no way of knowing what I said in my
> last message. If you leave in all of my text up to and including my name,
> it'll enable me to jump right back into the conversation, no matter how
> much
> time has past since my last post in the thread. :O)
>
> Peace,
> GMan
>
>
>
>
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