alright, so my computer was acting up last night, and i eventually got over that, and i got the "Microsoft has recovered from a serious error" message and all that, but i've noticed that all the fonts are different now, such as in the taskbar, or the icons on the desk, and most noticeably in a browser or windows explorer window. any ideas? right click on desktop go to properties appearance yeah no luck there, i had already tried that as well as changing the entire theme.what was going on with your computer before this happened??

what windows do you have??

what protections do you have??

have you installed any new software?? or hardware before this happenedit just shut off last night and wouldn't load windows.

recently, i had 512MB (2x256) of ram, and i bought 1GB (2x512MB) that i stuck in there along with it. i fixed the PROBLEM by taking out the 2 256's, because before that all 4 sticks were in. it was working FINE before, i set them up okay i THOUGHT, but the computer seemed to not like it.

anyway, i have xp media center, and i haven't recently (in the past month after the ram upgrade) done anything hardware- or software-wise to my machine. i hope that helps too.what anti-malware protections do you have?? has your homepage changed to something else recently without you doing it??no, all's fine there. i have ad-aware and avg that i keep up to date.ummm... try a system restore.i do believe that fixed it. do you think its a GOOD idea to leave that ram out, or try putting it back in now?i dont think the ram is causing this.. if it was then you wouldnt be able to log on at all..well then it was a very huge coincidence.yea dl superantispware and spybot search and destroy

update all protections reboot in SAFE mode and do all scans report back what they find and remove..alright, in the process of downloading/installing these programs, the font went weird again, so i'm going to run checks in safe-mode right now.kunlovedwarrior, now that's what I'd call a brief response.  Can't get much briefer than that.