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Font Problem after Windows Update
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Kense | Report | 12 Feb 2015 19:05 |
If you use Windows XP or Vista and it was updated yesterday with KB3013455, then you may experience some font problems. |
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JustJanet | Report | 12 Feb 2015 19:11 |
Thanks for that,I did wonder what was going on. |
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Chris in Sussex | Report | 12 Feb 2015 19:15 |
I had that Ken and your description is spot on :-D |
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GlitterBaby | Report | 12 Feb 2015 19:16 |
FreeBMD has been unusable today so that explains it. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 12 Feb 2015 20:20 |
Familysearch has been like that, in my case, for at least a week. OH checked the screen in case my eyesight had suddenly deteriorated! |
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**Stella ~by~ Starlight**★..★..★ | Report | 12 Feb 2015 22:20 |
Thank you so much!! |
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BrianW | Report | 13 Feb 2015 09:18 |
I had a similar problem on my laptop, after installing the updates the keyboard stopped working other than the mouse pad and the "click" buttons. |
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GlitterBaby | Report | 13 Feb 2015 09:21 |
I also did a system restore to remove it, as I did not see anything like KB3013455, but guess what it updated again this morning and now seems to be working fine on FreeBMD. This time does show that reference number so have left it. |
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Chris in Sussex | Report | 13 Feb 2015 10:56 |
Well the fix I mentioned above did work but today I am back to the 'worn typewriter ribbon' look and now the font and text size have changed too:-| |
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Kense | Report | 13 Feb 2015 11:20 |
Chris, I presume you have automatic update set for Windows so you will need to apply the fix daily until they sort it. |
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Chris in Sussex | Report | 13 Feb 2015 13:26 |
Thanks Ken, I hadn't realised that. |
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GlitterBaby | Report | 13 Feb 2015 14:12 |
It is coming off again as FreeBMD is unusable |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 13 Feb 2015 17:34 |
Turn off automatic updates (you should anyway) and then simply pick the updates you want. |
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Barry_ | Report | 17 Feb 2015 17:39 |
I hope everyone affected who experienced a problem is sorted and working normally. |
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Craig | Report | 18 Feb 2015 01:16 |
what you need to do is go to windows update and tell it to download, but not install updates. If its not broke don't fix it comes to mind.There are far too many pointless updates that Microsoft send out. good luck :-) |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 18 Feb 2015 13:54 |
Rather than do that, turn off automatic updates altogether and regularly run Windows Update to see if there is anything you should download and install - there is always a description of each patch/update and you can always Google for more information. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 18 Feb 2015 14:56 |
http://www.datamirage.nl/blog/font-corruption-windows-update-kb3013455/ |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 18 Feb 2015 14:59 |
If you are on capped internet just go to the public library and dl anything you need eg MS updates to a datakey. For each ug cycle they release all the updates as a single file (free) and you can then install whatever you want and not install what you don't want. |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 18 Feb 2015 15:28 |
Absolutely - far better than crossing your fingers. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 18 Feb 2015 17:06 |
Seen in last week's Micromart |
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