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System font changed
Since a batch of updates got installed a few days ago, my Windows system
looks different. It looks as if there has been a subtle change to some fonts. Menu items in Office apps look different and seem to have grown a bit in size. I see no change in some fonts in applications - like this Gravity newsreader and would not expect to, but the office apps have definitely changed and I'm finding other non-Office apps that have too. *Some* of Chrome's menus look different. I didn't find anything reading the update descriptions but I'll take another, closer look. Any idea what happened or am I simply crazy? Jason |
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"Jason" wrote in message
... Since a batch of updates got installed a few days ago, my Windows system looks different. It looks as if there has been a subtle change to some fonts. Menu items in Office apps look different and seem to have grown a bit in size. I see no change in some fonts in applications - like this Gravity newsreader and would not expect to, but the office apps have definitely changed and I'm finding other non-Office apps that have too. If you (prudently) saved earlier Win7 desktops you liked you can: 1. Save today's under a new name. 2. Restore an earlier desktop. 3. Inspect for differences. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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On Wed, 11 Nov 2015 19:05:47 -0500 "Don Phillipson" e925
@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca wrote in article If you (prudently) saved earlier Win7 desktops you liked you can: 1. Save today's under a new name. 2. Restore an earlier desktop. 3. Inspect for differences. Desktop itself looks the same. Labels on tabs in Office apps and in Chrome and some other apps are definitely larger than they were and are I think in a slightly different font. |
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On Thu, 12 Nov 2015 00:48 +0000 (GMT Standard Time) "John K.Eason"
wrote in article Might be a side effect of KB 3097877 which is apparently causing other problems with Outlook according to http://tinyurl.com/ncupn8x Might be. Thanks. It's not just Office apps, though. Right-click context menu fonts are much larger than they were. I can live with it, but I'm wondering just where the settings for this live (in the Registry?). |
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I think I found it. This MS article explains how to change many settings.
Under "Menu" I reduced the font size by two points and now everything looks like I remember. Here's the souce: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...windows-fonts# 1TC=windows-7 |
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Similar problem with Nov. 10 updates
Hi, hope some kind soul can help with this head scratcher . . .
My wife and I have the identical same computer, (purchased at the same time, too) and I elected to install the list of updates for today - no problem. She elects to let Windows install any update with no intervention from her. On her update, the process went into a "dead loop" as it were at update #11 of 13. The usual drill: Introductory screen "Installing 11 of 13. Please do not turn off your computer". After 2 1/2 hours of that (hard drive light has not gone on during that time), I elected to shut it down. Unplugged it. Waited five minutes, then plugged back in and pressed the "Start" button. Immediately returns to the "Installing update 11 of 13" window. You cannot get to anything else in windows. Tried the F8 trick (boot options), same result. Help, please??? Tony |
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Similar problem with Nov. 10 updates
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Similar problem with Nov. 10 updates SOLVED
" wrote in
: Hi, hope some kind soul can help with this head scratcher . . . My wife and I have the identical same computer, (purchased at the same time, too) and I elected to install the list of updates for today - no problem. She elects to let Windows install any update with no intervention from her. On her update, the process went into a "dead loop" as it were at update #11 of 13. The usual drill: Introductory screen "Installing 11 of 13. Please do not turn off your computer". After 2 1/2 hours of that (hard drive light has not gone on during that time), I elected to shut it down. Unplugged it. Waited five minutes, then plugged back in and pressed the "Start" button. Immediately returns to the "Installing update 11 of 13" window. You cannot get to anything else in windows. Tried the F8 trick (boot options), same result. Help, please??? Tony I gave the machine 45 minutes of down time, then tried rebooting again. This time it went normally and at theF8 prompt, I chose "last known good configuration". That completed without incident. Then I went to the "Windows Update" folder and eliminated (hid) all updates for Nov. 10 except the MSRT, whihc installed normally. Everything fine again now. T. |
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