Doug Franklin wrote:
William Robb wrote:
I actually tried all that to no avail.
I ended up switching over to the XP display style from Classic view.
This fixed the one issue, but introduced another, which is that I
really prefer Classic.
I'm not terribly surprised. The "landscape" of the various parameters
that interact in Windows to produce text on the screen is, at best,
incompletely mapped. Apparently even by Microsoft, based on their
inability to answer my questions on several previous occasions. :-)
It may be that you just haven't found the right person to ask. I
remember a long time ago, I was tasked with testing the then "New" Win32
subsystem on Windows 3.x. Once installed it damn near crippled my
workstation. Being a Microsoft Certified Engineer working for a
Microsoft Certified Solution Provider, I had resources the normal
user.didn't have, I had a direct phone number to Microsoft. So after
tearing my hair out for about an hour, I called.
The, (and I only call him this because it was true), IDIOT I ended up
talking to had me disabling this and uninstalling that and /nothing/ he
suggested was remotely related to my problem, when he told me to take an
action I knew would lead to a complete reinstall of my system, I simply
hung up on him, and called back.
I explained my problem with the Win 32 subsystem and the necessity of
uninstalling it to the new persons and the subsequent conversation went
something like this.
Microsoft: Do you have the CD the Win32 upgrade came on?
Me: Yes.
Microsoft: Does it have [ \Name of directory ] on it?
Me: Yes
Microsoft: Follow the directions in the Readme file in that directory.
Me That's not mentioned in the documentation anywhere.
Microsoft: I know, but now you know too.
Me: Thanks.
It worked like a charm. The problem with Microsoft is finding someone
who knows what they're talking about.
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