removing eastern fonts

mickey megabyte

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i've just looked in my fonts folder and found a whole bunch of eastern fonts that i'm pretty sure i will never want to use.

now, in the interests of speeding up boot-time and running a leaner system, i want to delete these files.

BUT windows says some of them are protected system files and won't let me delete them.

anyone know of any apps/hacks that will let me get rid of this excess baggage?
 

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Deleting them is not going to speed up your boot time.
 

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i've just looked in my fonts folder and found a whole bunch of eastern fonts that i'm pretty sure i will never want to use.

now, in the interests of speeding up boot-time and running a leaner system, i want to delete these files.

BUT windows says some of them are protected system files and won't let me delete them.

anyone know of any apps/hacks that will let me get rid of this excess baggage?

How many fonts are you talking abt/ 10's 100's? there are several ways but if you remove one that is needed for display or printing you are going to have trouble.

The ones that are protected system files are probalby registered to some app or being used. Others I can right click and delete easily

BTW deleting most of the language fonts only gained me 1 second in boot time

Ken
 
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You'll free up maybe 5 megs by erasing fonts.

The flipside will be system errors you won't see until further down the line.
 

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thanks for the replies guys

i guess i'll just have to keep them - who knows, maybe i'll meet a half burmese / half mongolian chick next week on msn...:)
 

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mickey megabyte 1234
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ultimate 64 sp1
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i5 2500K [email protected]
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MSI P67A-GD53
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8 gigs GSkill Ripjaws 1600
Graphics Card(s)
amd hd6950
Sound Card
creative x-fi gamer
Monitor(s) Displays
samsung 24"
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
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ocz vertex 2e 60 gig, samsung f3 1tb, buffalo 2tb ext
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antec 550
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antec three hundred
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i'm a cooling fan
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saitek eclipse ii
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logitech g3
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about 4 Mbps
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i love win7
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