Large font system files

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In news4D43018-ED51-4C61-8681-6F2D93E7EECF@microsoft.com,
GoldHorde <GoldHorde@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Running out of room. I have moved/pointed system files like the giant
> cache <pagefile.sys> and what not off of the 4+Gig Crive of one of
> older computers BUT it is still running out of room. A quick check of
> large files on the drive came up with <arialuni.ttf>, at nearly
> 23MB's, and several other font files <batang> and <simsun>. What the
> heck are font files doing at this size?
>
> I also how can one easily optimize XP to install programs on a
> different partition/different drive than the OS. Everyone knows it is
> better to keep the OS ALONE on it's own drive or drive partition.

Two things. The first is I know that XP requires some fonts to work
properly. I don't know which. I really don't...

Second:

Book Excerpt from PC Magazine: Making Windows XP Start Faster:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1769134,00.asp

That will tell you how to delete them. I'd go ahead and get rid of anything
bulky for the most part and should there be a problem you can always
re-install them at a later point. There's only a few which are REQUIRED and
other than those you should be all set. Maybe someone knows which ones are
needed in order to work and with what languages. I had a list at one point
IIRC but I can't seem to find it on my PC nor on Google.

Galen
--

"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me
the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am
in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial
stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for
mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes

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It a full unicode set.

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"GoldHorde" <GoldHorde@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7FE6737C-98AB-4252-AE9E-996C4813F8AD@microsoft.com...
>
>
> "Galen" wrote:
>
>> In news4D43018-ED51-4C61-8681-6F2D93E7EECF@microsoft.com,
>> GoldHorde <GoldHorde@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:
>>
>> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>>
>> > Running out of room. I have moved/pointed system files like the giant
>> > cache <pagefile.sys> and what not off of the 4+Gig Crive of one of
>> > older computers BUT it is still running out of room. A quick check of
>> > large files on the drive came up with <arialuni.ttf>, at nearly
>> > 23MB's, and several other font files <batang> and <simsun>. What the
>> > heck are font files doing at this size?
>> >
>> > I also how can one easily optimize XP to install programs on a
>> > different partition/different drive than the OS. Everyone knows it is
>> > better to keep the OS ALONE on it's own drive or drive partition.
>>
>> Two things. The first is I know that XP requires some fonts to work
>> properly. I don't know which. I really don't...
>>
>> Second:
>>
>> Book Excerpt from PC Magazine: Making Windows XP Start Faster:
>> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1769134,00.asp
>>
>> That will tell you how to delete them. I'd go ahead and get rid of anything
>> bulky for the most part and should there be a problem you can always
>> re-install them at a later point. There's only a few which are REQUIRED and
>> other than those you should be all set. Maybe someone knows which ones are
>> needed in order to work and with what languages. I had a list at one point
>> IIRC but I can't seem to find it on my PC nor on Google.
>>
>> Galen
>> --
>>
>> "My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me
>> the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am
>> in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial
>> stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for
>> mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes
>>
>>
>>
>
> Thanks Galen, I've actually done that - but as a graphics business we need
> fonts loaded. The puzzeling thing is that fonts are usually 1 or 2 MB's in
> size NOT 15-23MB's.
>
>