big problem with my MS and Openoffice writer

Vista is your problem. If you can get a copy of Windows XP, get rid of Vista and install the XP. I bought a new PC and insisted they send it with XP. I won't touch Vista until the bugs have been fixed.

ETA: I would also ask this question in Tech help. You'll find more people with good answers.

Christ, never pay money for a windows OS!

I did install Open Office on Vista and it works fine, so far there. Unfortunately I had to purchase new hardware because some things like many printers are non-compatible with vista. And big companies like Lexmark refuse to update drivers, leaving you screwed.

I never thought I'd see the day where perfectly working hardware gets tossed in the trash because the next release of a windows OS makes it non-compat.

Actually, we did go through this once before, with WIN-MODEMS wasn't it? Now Billy Gates finds something else to screw us over with.

Check your fonts folder-- see if you have Arial and Edwardian in there (I would imagine so, but sometimes things get wonky.) (In XP, there's a fonts folder in the Control Panel.)

If they're missing, you might be able to snag them from a friend and drop them into the fonts folder. (If it's working right, you'll get a message saying the fonts are being installed.)

Blue Screen of death means something is seriously wrong and wonking up the OS. You may have a piece of hardware that is running wrong or even failing. Even Vista doesn't BOSD for "no reason". You should keep track of when the BSOD occurs (should it start up again, and I would expect it to.) Then, find a geeky friend or take it to a computer shop (or better, more than one. Like you *should* with cars. Some people, sadly, do take advantage of people who don't know that their computer doesn't need motherboard bearings.)

Yes Vista has issues, but replacing it is not always an option. Some people don't like to steal software or use Linux. The bigger problem in this case is that something is messing Vista up.

I've had zero problems with Vista.

Butterfly, can you be more specific on how your document is "messed up"? Are you worried that it may be gone forever? Or just that it's not formatted how you want?

buttterflywilma said:

Thanks for your reply.
I'll leave vista on my pc although i somewhat hate it and also prefer XP but i can't stand uninstalling and reinstalling everything again. And i don't have the money to buy XP.
I discovered that all of a sudden i don't have Arial narrow and Edwardian anymore so i replaced those pieces of text with times new roman now everything looks fine again altho i hate going through the whole MS.

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When you reinstalled did you make sure you installed all the font packs....they don't get installed normally. And sometimes those are extra from the computer company.

I have Vista on my home computer now, and doing a quick check niether of those fonts are on my computer.

buttterflywilma said:

No i did not pay attention to font packs.
But i had those fonts before in Vista.

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Like I said that doesn't mean they get automatically installed or that they came with Vista. They may have installed with a previous OS or another software package.