Removing foreign language fonts

You obviously don't use any non-Microsoft software on a regular basis which allows adding text (Adobe suites or other graphics utilities, for example). Having to wade through the dozens of useless fontsEVERYtime you want to add text to something, is both time consuming and annoying. For those of us who really don't need, or want these intrusive fonts (probably around 95% of us in English speaking countries), these fonts represent yet another bad programming decision by Microsoft. It isn't a matter of hard disk drive space. Now if MS had included the ability to hide, or delete the unwanted fonts in non-Microsoft environments, this thread probably wouldn't exist.

You obviously don't use any non-Microsoft software on a regular basis which allows adding text (Adobe suites or other graphics utilities, for example). Having to wade through the dozens of useless fontsEVERYtime you want to add text to something, is both time consuming and annoying. For those of us who really don't need, or want these intrusive fonts (probably around 95% of us in English speaking countries), these fonts represent yet another bad programming decision by Microsoft. It isn't a matter of hard disk drive space. Now if MS had included the ability to hide, or delete the unwanted fonts in non-Microsoft environments, this thread probably wouldn't exist.

Totally agree. Never an issue until I open Photoshop one of the eight times a day.

Has anyone installed SP1 yet and does it tackle this problem? I'm not holding my breath.....

Well, That's My Two-penneth Worth

You obviously don't use any non-Microsoft software on a regular basis which allows adding text (Adobe suites or other graphics utilities, for example). Having to wade through the dozens of useless fontsEVERYtime you want to add text to something, is both time consuming and annoying. For those of us who really don't need, or want these intrusive fonts (probably around 95% of us in English speaking countries), these fonts represent yet another bad programming decision by Microsoft. It isn't a matter of hard disk drive space. Now if MS had included the ability to hide, or delete the unwanted fonts in non-Microsoft environments, this thread probably wouldn't exist.

Excellent and accurate comments!

I hope your words don't fall on deaf ears.

Well, here we are over a year down the road with Windows 7and with the latest SP1 installed, we find that nothing has changed as far as the ability to delete fonts in a simple manner. I have tried every suggestion in this thread only to find that it has caused more problems. Fortunately, the System Restore has helped get me back to a normal condition.  It is more than obvious that Microsoft's dream team feels that the customer is an idiot who should not question the infinite wisdom of it's choices. However, I have found a solution to this problem which, while costly in the short term has been found, at least for me, to more than pay off. I am now using an Apple iMac. I still use the PC and Windows 7 for tasks that do are simple. When I consider all of the infinite stupid and useless changes that have been made by MS in Windows 7, the Mac is a dream to use. It is hard to imagine a group of Microsoft engineers sitting around a table and choosing to substitute a simple operation developed in Windows XP in favor of a complex operation for Windows 7. I have spent literally months trying to solve many Windows 7 problems in all areas from the Mail, Video, Audio, Fonts, etc. To add to the misery, trying to talk with someone from India or other foreign country to solve the problem simply compounded the issue. I have done a clean and install no less than 7 times to correct problems they have caused after they "took control" of my computer and "fixed" the problem. For me, this time, frustration, dollars, and energy lost is not worth it. The cost of the Mac more than made up for this. It is no wonder that Apple is making such inroads, and doing it for the masses in a simple manner. It is a no-brainer. I am sure that those at Microsoft are scratching their heads trying to figure out what went wrong. They might try reading these forums and doing something about it in a timely manner. I will never consider another PC purchase or recommendation.