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« on: June 23, 2009, 06:31:10 PM »

i reinstalled windows xp pro on my pc after having some issues with a messed up version of xp pro and now when i go to certain sited i am missing some fonts and characters. does anyone know where i can go to get an install pack or something that has the missing items in it? for example, when i go to myspace, instead of seeing the little characters that some ppl have in their names, such as butterflies or skull and cross bones, i get a little box with some numbers in it, other sites i get question marks in the place of letters. its really no big deal, but i would like to see things the way they are supposed to be and the way i was seeing them before the windows re install. any help would be appreciated. thanks. smiley
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« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2009, 06:36:24 PM »

Those symbols are generally when it is a different language, that is not recognized by the operating systems language package.. At least thats what I've noticed.
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« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2009, 06:40:29 PM »

right, so how do i get more language packs or character packs for my windows xp? my last version of xp had all that but it was a version that someone other than myself had messed with, i dont know where the guy that messed with it got them from.
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« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2009, 06:42:40 PM »

and off topic, im gonna smash my mouse against the wall! its so old, when i use the scroll wheel to go up, it goes down! lol...old ibm piece o crap...lol
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« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2009, 06:44:21 PM »

right, so how do i get more language packs or character packs for my windows xp? my last version of xp had all that but it was a version that someone other than myself had messed with, i dont know where the guy that messed with it got them from.

http://search.microsoft.com/Results.aspx?qsc0=0&q=xp+language+pack&mkt=en-US&FORM=QBME1&l=1
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« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2009, 06:49:32 PM »

If you using Firefox get these two button packs. One of the has a page translator button. It looks like a pen or pencil! wink


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« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2009, 06:52:58 PM »

cool, thanks go out to the both of you, ill check those out, i tried googling what i was looking for, but kept coming up with unrelated results...i hate google. but thanks guys.
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« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2009, 06:54:37 PM »

and another question, im curious to know how you are posting screenshots? is there a program to do that? ive been wondering for some time how to do that.
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« Reply #8 on: June 23, 2009, 06:56:52 PM »

to post a screenshot just hit the PrtScrn button on your keyboard. its up above the insert, home, page up keys. up by the F12 key.

then go into mspaint or something and hit paste. then save as a jpeg or whatever other file you are using
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« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2009, 07:02:09 PM »

its that easy huh....i never knew...lol...thanks.
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« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2009, 07:04:45 PM »

You might want to give this a try. Its Vista Snipping Tool for XP.

http://www.gadwin.com/printscreen/
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« Reply #11 on: June 23, 2009, 07:09:39 PM »

awesome, now i got a new toy to play with! i learned earlier how to make a basic theme install pack for firefox...now i got something else to play with...so many reasons why i love this site...you guys are the sh!t. thanks. Cool-2
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« Reply #12 on: June 23, 2009, 07:18:29 PM »

Your more than welcome. That's why I like this site too. The members here help you now so you don't have to wait a week to get a answer to your question. Also I think that's why we say we are the friendliest site on the Net.
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