Copy Vista fonts

I need to install SR2 for Access 97 on Vista - Home Basic. While Access 97
installs fine, there's a known problem installing SR2 on Vista. The
workaround that I've come across involves temporarily replacing four Vista
fonts (comic.ttf, comicbd.ttf, tahoma.ttf, and tahomabd.ttf) with those
versions which come with SR2. This reportedly allows SR2 to be installed,
after which the four Vista fonts are copied back to the Windows/Fonts
folder.

This procedure begins with copying those four Vista fonts to a temporary
folder. I am unable to do this, however. If I use cntrl-c to copy and
cntrl-v to paste, nothing is pasted into the temporary folder. If I
right-click on the font, the Copy command is not available. If I use
Edit/Copy and Edit/Paste, nothing is pasted into the temporary folder. Vista
will not allow full privileges for these fonts, even though I'm signed on as
Administrator.

Evidently, someone was able to accomplish this on Vista, but I can't. Either
there's a setting I'm overlooking, or that other person was using a
different version of Vista.

Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks.

On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:13:34 -0400, "Mark" <> wrote:

>I need to install SR2 for Access 97 on Vista - Home Basic. While Access 97
>installs fine, there's a known problem installing SR2 on Vista. The
>workaround that I've come across involves temporarily replacing four Vista
>fonts (comic.ttf, comicbd.ttf, tahoma.ttf, and tahomabd.ttf) with those
>versions which come with SR2. This reportedly allows SR2 to be installed,
>after which the four Vista fonts are copied back to the Windows/Fonts
>folder.
>
>This procedure begins with copying those four Vista fonts to a temporary
>folder. I am unable to do this, however. If I use cntrl-c to copy and
>cntrl-v to paste, nothing is pasted into the temporary folder. If I
>right-click on the font, the Copy command is not available. If I use
>Edit/Copy and Edit/Paste, nothing is pasted into the temporary folder. Vista
>will not allow full privileges for these fonts, even though I'm signed on as
>Administrator.
>
>Evidently, someone was able to accomplish this on Vista, but I can't. Either
>there's a setting I'm overlooking, or that other person was using a
>different version of Vista.
>
>Anyone have any ideas?
>Thanks.
>

This is DEFINITELY the wrong place to ask your question.

Try here:

microsoft.public.office.misc

excuse me, is this not the group for Vista?

"Nonny" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:13:34 -0400, "Mark" <> wrote:
>
> >I need to install SR2 for Access 97 on Vista - Home Basic. While Access
97
> >installs fine, there's a known problem installing SR2 on Vista. The
> >workaround that I've come across involves temporarily replacing four
Vista
> >fonts (comic.ttf, comicbd.ttf, tahoma.ttf, and tahomabd.ttf) with those
> >versions which come with SR2. This reportedly allows SR2 to be installed,
> >after which the four Vista fonts are copied back to the Windows/Fonts
> >folder.
> >
> >This procedure begins with copying those four Vista fonts to a temporary
> >folder. I am unable to do this, however. If I use cntrl-c to copy and
> >cntrl-v to paste, nothing is pasted into the temporary folder. If I
> >right-click on the font, the Copy command is not available. If I use
> >Edit/Copy and Edit/Paste, nothing is pasted into the temporary folder.
Vista
> >will not allow full privileges for these fonts, even though I'm signed on
as
> >Administrator.
> >
> >Evidently, someone was able to accomplish this on Vista, but I can't.
Either
> >there's a setting I'm overlooking, or that other person was using a
> >different version of Vista.
> >
> >Anyone have any ideas?
> >Thanks.
> >
>
> This is DEFINITELY the wrong place to ask your question.
>
> Try here:
>
> microsoft.public.office.misc

"Mark" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I need to install SR2 for Access 97 on Vista - Home Basic. While Access 97
> installs fine, there's a known problem installing SR2 on Vista. The
> workaround that I've come across involves temporarily replacing four Vista
> fonts (comic.ttf, comicbd.ttf, tahoma.ttf, and tahomabd.ttf) with those
> versions which come with SR2. This reportedly allows SR2 to be installed,
> after which the four Vista fonts are copied back to the Windows/Fonts
> folder.
>
> This procedure begins with copying those four Vista fonts to a temporary
> folder. I am unable to do this, however. If I use cntrl-c to copy and
> cntrl-v to paste, nothing is pasted into the temporary folder. If I
> right-click on the font, the Copy command is not available. If I use
> Edit/Copy and Edit/Paste, nothing is pasted into the temporary folder.
> Vista
> will not allow full privileges for these fonts, even though I'm signed on
> as
> Administrator.
>
> Evidently, someone was able to accomplish this on Vista, but I can't.
> Either
> there's a setting I'm overlooking, or that other person was using a
> different version of Vista.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
> Thanks.

Have you tried Safe Mode? (keep on pressing F8 on bootup)

ss.

"Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Have you tried Safe Mode? (keep on pressing F8 on bootup)

Try command line as well, but run as Administrator by right clicking the
icon in Start Menu.

ss.

no, but I can try that. Thanks for the suggestion. Is this something that
you typically have to do in order to copy fonts, or something unique to
Vista?

"Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
news:...
> "Mark" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> >I need to install SR2 for Access 97 on Vista - Home Basic. While Access
97
> > installs fine, there's a known problem installing SR2 on Vista. The
> > workaround that I've come across involves temporarily replacing four
Vista
> > fonts (comic.ttf, comicbd.ttf, tahoma.ttf, and tahomabd.ttf) with those
> > versions which come with SR2. This reportedly allows SR2 to be
installed,
> > after which the four Vista fonts are copied back to the Windows/Fonts
> > folder.
> >
> > This procedure begins with copying those four Vista fonts to a temporary
> > folder. I am unable to do this, however. If I use cntrl-c to copy and
> > cntrl-v to paste, nothing is pasted into the temporary folder. If I
> > right-click on the font, the Copy command is not available. If I use
> > Edit/Copy and Edit/Paste, nothing is pasted into the temporary folder.
> > Vista
> > will not allow full privileges for these fonts, even though I'm signed
on
> > as
> > Administrator.
> >
> > Evidently, someone was able to accomplish this on Vista, but I can't.
> > Either
> > there's a setting I'm overlooking, or that other person was using a
> > different version of Vista.
> >
> > Anyone have any ideas?
> > Thanks.
>
> Have you tried Safe Mode? (keep on pressing F8 on bootup)
>
> ss.
>
>

Thanks for that too.

"Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
news:...
> "Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> >
> > Have you tried Safe Mode? (keep on pressing F8 on bootup)
>
> Try command line as well, but run as Administrator by right clicking the
> icon in Start Menu.
>
> ss.
>
>

On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:32:30 -0400, "Mark" <> wrote:

>excuse me, is this not the group for Vista?

Yeah - the OPERATING SYSTEM and for discussiions about problems that
are operating-system-related.

There are specific groups for Office problems - your best bet is the
Office group. The Office 97 group's two most recent posts were in
February of this year and June of last year. .

FYI... these groups were created by MS to make finding solutions
simpler for users.


>
>"Nonny" <> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:13:34 -0400, "Mark" <> wrote:
>>
>> >I need to install SR2 for Access 97 on Vista - Home Basic. While Access
>97
>> >installs fine, there's a known problem installing SR2 on Vista. The
>> >workaround that I've come across involves temporarily replacing four
>Vista
>> >fonts (comic.ttf, comicbd.ttf, tahoma.ttf, and tahomabd.ttf) with those
>> >versions which come with SR2. This reportedly allows SR2 to be installed,
>> >after which the four Vista fonts are copied back to the Windows/Fonts
>> >folder.
>> >
>> >This procedure begins with copying those four Vista fonts to a temporary
>> >folder. I am unable to do this, however. If I use cntrl-c to copy and
>> >cntrl-v to paste, nothing is pasted into the temporary folder. If I
>> >right-click on the font, the Copy command is not available. If I use
>> >Edit/Copy and Edit/Paste, nothing is pasted into the temporary folder.
>Vista
>> >will not allow full privileges for these fonts, even though I'm signed on
>as
>> >Administrator.
>> >
>> >Evidently, someone was able to accomplish this on Vista, but I can't.
>Either
>> >there's a setting I'm overlooking, or that other person was using a
>> >different version of Vista.
>> >
>> >Anyone have any ideas?
>> >Thanks.
>> >
>>
>> This is DEFINITELY the wrong place to ask your question.
>>
>> Try here:
>>
>> microsoft.public.office.misc
>

"Mark" <> wrote in message
news:...
> no, but I can try that. Thanks for the suggestion. Is this something that
> you typically have to do in order to copy fonts, or something unique to
> Vista?

Safe Mode just loads essential default drivers and services. I do not have
a Vista machine to hand, apart from my HTPC, but I suspect that UAC has
something to do with what is going on there.

ss.

"Nonny" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:32:30 -0400, "Mark" <> wrote:
>
>>excuse me, is this not the group for Vista?
>
> Yeah - the OPERATING SYSTEM and for discussiions about problems that
> are operating-system-related.
>
> There are specific groups for Office problems - your best bet is the
> Office group. The Office 97 group's two most recent posts were in
> February of this year and June of last year. .
>
> FYI... these groups were created by MS to make finding solutions
> simpler for users.


His immediate problem is not being able to copy fonts, which would make this
newsgroup the one for the best response.

ss.