> There's no one magic file that will help you. Probably there was some sort
> of corruption in the image you applied. There's no way of knowing what it
> is.

The image is valid, not corrupted. It has been verified. However, while the
image archive itself is valid, some files contained in it could be
corrupted. If a system file (or any file) became corrupted during the disk
failure, then the image would capture the current corrupted state of that
file. That's what I think may have happened.

> I'd do a few things:
>
> 1. Uninstall/reinstall the video drivers. Test.

Okay, I'll try that.

> If that doesn't work,
> 2. Reinstall all the core system fonts:

When you say "core", you mean just the fonts that came with XP? Or do you
mean all fonts, since I see that you included links to lists of fonts
shipped with MS Office and other MS applications?

Thanks very much for the assistance.

> Fonts - Replace All (Kelly Theriot) -
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_f.htm
>
> Fonts Supplied with Windows XP -
> http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/winxp.htm
> How to Determine the Default Windows Fonts -
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q254768
> TrueType Fonts Shipped with Microsoft Applications -
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q123084
> Fonts that are installed with Microsoft Office -
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;837463
>
> 3. If none of that works, then I'd back up his data and do a clean
install.

Would you not first try to Repair Windows? A clean install would mean hours
of work reinstalling all his applications and configuring system and
application prefs, wouldn't it?