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   Liz McGuire to Kenneth   
   Re: Font changes on form...?   
   21 May 09 21:24:14   
   
   From: liz@paradoxcommunity.com   
      
   Isn't Windows fun? :)   
      
   Liz   
      
   Kenneth wrote:   
   >   
   > Hi again Liz,   
   >   
   > This situation just got a bit more interesting:   
   >   
   > I decided to restore a copy of the form that I was using a   
   > few days before the problem started, and the easiest way to   
   > do that was to sit down at our server. (Which, by the way,   
   > runs Win 2000 Pro, and is run peer to peer. It is a "server"   
   > in the sense that it is not used as a workstation.)   
   >   
   > The screen looked as it should but when I grabbed the mouse   
   > there was no cursor motion.   
   >   
   > It was a USB mouse, so I unplugged it, and set it in again.   
   >   
   > Still it could not move the cursor...   
   >   
   > Then I discovered that the keyboard was also seemingly   
   > "dead."   
   >   
   > So, at that point, I had no way to input to the system, but   
   > it was working, in the sense that it provided access to its   
   > networked drives.   
   >   
   > I then powered it down (with the power button because I had   
   > no other option) and when it booted up, I launched Paradox   
   > on the system that was having the font problem.   
   >   
   > With that, the fonts were fine...   
   >   
   > So, this is still very recent, but as of now, it does appear   
   > that the problem was caused by the server having put itself   
   > into some sort of suspended animation.   
   >   
   > I'll know more over the next few days.   
   >   
   > All the best,   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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