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tazio Posted messages 11 Status Member -  
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    tazio Posted messages 11 Status Member 3
     
    Hello,
    I am exposing my problem: all my letters with accents are no longer displaying on my screen unless they are in bold, in which case everything works normally. My antivirus does not detect anything; I have done several scans and still no virus!
    How can I recover my accents on all my texts, including my emails and web pages as well?
    IF YOU CAN HELP ME, I THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.
    Good evening to all
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    1. turko Posted messages 2730 Status Contributor 90
       
      sorry I can't help you
      be patient, others might be able to help you.

      that said,
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      Beer flowing gathers the foam.
      -1
  2. TiTools
     
    Re Hello,

    For me, I found it!!

    In the fonts, I had a font called Arial, but it had the symbol of a shortcut??

    Anyway, when I double-clicked on it, the characters with accents were not present.

    In short, I deleted it with the idea of reinstalling it correctly, but I didn't need to, after deleting it the accents were present again!!

    See you later, TiTools
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    1. arwen03
       
      Thank you sooooooooooooo much, little one!!!!!!!!!!!
      Thanks to you, my problem, which had been pending for days, is resolved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A thousand thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
      Hugsxxxxxxxxxxx
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  3. Nunuxnewby Posted messages 436 Status Contributor 124
     
    Sorry Tazio, I don't know either! Your problem is really strange.

    And I'm also sorry that my humor was taken the wrong way, I think it comes from "at an advanced stage" because I didn't specify what (I was thinking of blood alcohol level) but anyway it's still humor!

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    I don't speak text language!
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  4. phil_2045 Posted messages 643 Status Member 155
     
    Hi,

    could you please provide a bit more details?
    Did the problem appear spontaneously, or after a modification such as the installation or uninstallation of software, or any other changes in the system?
    Which software is affected? Notepad, Word,.... all of them?
    Which fonts are affected? All or only certain ones?

    If it's just one font, it might be enough to simply reinstall it.

    Talk to you later
    best regards
    phil

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     ~~~~ Never do what ~~~~ ~~~~ your computer can do for you ~~~~
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    1. tazio Posted messages 11 Status Member 3
       
      Hi,
      I'll try to give you more information:
      the problem appeared suddenly and it works very well on web pages and on emails in Office Pack. As for the font, I don't know much about it; it's all that's written in plain text (so not in bold or large). That's all the information I have for you, and thanks again for responding to me.
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  6. phil_2045 Posted messages 643 Status Member 155
     
    re,

    a first thing to check: in Internet Explorer, you need to look in the View/Encoding menu to see if the Western European font is selected; if not, select it.

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    1. tazio Posted messages 11 Status Member 3
       
      Hi,
      thank you for your reply, but my font is correctly selected
      and I still have the same problem. I don't understand much because some web pages have accents and others don't, and also in my Wanadoo messages I always miss the letters with accents. What do you think I should do? I've already reformatted my hard drive and reinstalled the entire operating system as well as all the software, and I still have the same issue after a day
      I don't know what to do anymore.
      Thank you very much for your help.
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  7. phil_2045 Posted messages 643 Status Member 155
     
    re,

    it's a strange problem. We should see if there's any spyware or a trojan on your computer; antivirus programs (even very effective ones) don't necessarily detect this kind of #@*. Run a scan with Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D (you can find them on download.com).

    @+
    phil

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     ~~~~ Never do what ~~~~ ~~~~ your computer can do for you ~~~~
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  8. tazio Posted messages 11 Status Member 3
     
    Hi,
    first of all, thank you for helping me, it's very nice of you.
    Well, I downloaded Spybot and scanned my PC; it detected quite a few things, but I don't know what to do next because I must admit that I don't know much about computers.
    So I'll send you the Spybot report by email, and that way you can tell me what I should do. Thanks.
    See you!
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  9. phil_2045 Posted messages 643 Status Member 155
     
    Re,

    Normally you can do everything, clean up, without any problem (fix the issues). In the worst case, it is always possible to restore deleted items by going to backups.
    Personally, I always delete everything, and everything works well.
    Additionally, I would recommend visiting the site http://sebsauvage.net/, particularly the 'safe hex' section to learn more about security and how to secure your computer.

    @++
    Best regards
    phil

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     ~~~~ Never do what ~~~~ ~~~~ your computer can do for you ~~~~
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  10. tazio Posted messages 11 Status Member 3
     
    Hi,
    I just received your email, thank you for responding so quickly. So I have just cleaned everything with Spybot and I will see if that resolved my problem. I will keep you updated. Thanks and have a good evening, see you later!
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  11. tazio Posted messages 11 Status Member 3
     
    It's me again!
    Well, I guess I'm out of luck, it hasn't solved my accent problem. The site you gave me is pretty good, but sometimes I have trouble deciphering the texts because I'm missing all the letters with accents. Well, if this keeps up, I'll have to reformat everything and reinstall my entire PC because it's getting worse and worse. Well, I wish you all a good evening.
    See you!
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  12. phil_2045 Posted messages 643 Status Member 155
     
    re,

    Go to this site http://www.mozilla.org/, download FireFox and install it. It's an internet browser, it's safer than IE.
    By trying it, you will see if your problem comes from Internet Explorer or Windows. If Firefox displays the accented characters correctly, the problem will certainly come from Internet Explorer, otherwise you will need to check on the Windows side.

    Have a good evening and see you later

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     ~~~~ Never do what ~~~~ ~~~~ your computer can do for you ~~~~
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    1. tazio Posted messages 11 Status Member 3
       
      re,
      I just installed Firefox and tried it out, and my letters with accents appeared but in very large bold characters while the rest of the words are in small and clear characters, so I wanted to thank you for your help and thanks a thousand times again.
      @+
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  13. phil_2045 Posted messages 643 Status Member 155
     
    Hello,

    based on your last message, it seems that a font is damaged or missing. To confirm this, you should open a Word document and test it with standard fonts (Arial, Tahoma, Times,...) to see if any of them do not display accented characters.

    See you later
    phil

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     ~~~~ Never do what ~~~~ ~~~~ your computer can do for you ~~~~
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  14. TiTools
     
    Hello, I have the same hassle....
    What I just saw is that if I copy text with spaces instead of accents in Word, I can't then write éè äà...
    So I think it's a font issue.

    I'll keep you posted ..

    TiTools
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  15. tazio Posted messages 11 Status Member 3
     
    Hello,
    thank you all for helping me especially: Phil_2045 and Titools, thanks to you I solved my problem: I simply deleted the Arial font from Windows because all the accents were missing, and I reinstalled it, and everything is working great now, so thank you a thousand times to both of you again.
    @+tazio
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  16. phil_2045 Posted messages 643 Status Member 155
     
    Hi,
    thanks for updating me, I'm glad to see that your problem is resolved.

    See you later
    best regards
    phil

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     ~~~~ Never do what ~~~~ ~~~~ your computer can do for you ~~~~
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  17. nowykaczor Posted messages 15 Registration date   Status Member 16
     
    It still doesn't work for me, even after removing Arial from Firefox...
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  18. turko Posted messages 2730 Status Contributor 90
     
    Good evening,

    did you forget to type your problem?

    Furthermore, you are not following the recommendations given regarding the text entry concerning the title.
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    A flowing beer gathers the foam.
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  19. Nunuxnewby Posted messages 436 Status Contributor 124
     
    In my opinion, the poor guy, at such an advanced stage like his, there's nothing we can do for him!
    :)
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    I don't speak text language!
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    1. turko Posted messages 2730 Status Contributor 90
       
      It's not clever to say that!

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      Beer that spills gathers the foam.
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