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Originally Posted by Poita
There are multiple reasons that the fonts can be too big in Vista/7
Check this setting in the registry, and change it if need be:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microso ft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts]
"MS Sans Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24"="SSERIFF.FON"
to be
"MS Sans Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24"="SSERIFE.FON"
The above will substitute a smaller font.
Otherwise, it could be clear type causing the issue:
http://steve.fsxtreme.com/blogs/2008...type-on-vista/
or a corruption where you need to replace comctl32.dll and comdlg32.dll in either system32 or syswow64 folders depending on if you have 32bit or 64bit installed. You will have to boot up off a 'live' boot disc to be able to replace these files.
Of course, also check that somehow you haven't set the font size to 125% or higher in Control Panel/Appearance and Personalisation/Display and set custom text size (DPI)
Those are the main reasons for screwy text size in dialogs that I have come across. |
Thanks Peter.
This is Windows 7 Professional 64 bit.
It was either SSERIFF.FON being too big or having Cleartype turned on. I regedit'ed it to SSERIFE.FON and turned off Cleartype, rebooted and the dialog boxes are readable. The body text of IIS Forums seems to have changed to SSERIFE in Firefox too.
SFC says all the files are correct.
I downloaded the Segoe stuff and had a look at it. I'm glad I don't need to apply that level of brute force to cover for M$ incompetence.
