If it doesn't happen, then it is ATM-related. The way to test, of course, would be to disable ATM and try the same thing. Certainly it would stand to reason that it's font-related, both from the application you mention AND the name of the disk itself. this is *certainly* a good one! Lets think about what we have here. "So, what the heck is going on here? Any ideas?" I've tried trashing the Illustrator preferences, but no luck. any number of combinations of that, and nothing seems to end the incessant 'Please insert the disk Fonts 1'. I've tried starting Illustrator with ATM open and then disabling all non-System fonts and then quitting Illustrator, or starting it with the asked-for-disk in and then starting ATM and enabling all used non-system fonts, disabling them, etc. "Now, I'm running ATM, which I use to enable certain fonts from the aforementioned disk (I don't have the HD space just yet to keep them all locally), when they're required, but I always turn them off before ejecting the disk.
John Thelin writes, "I have a problem with Adobe Illustrator always asking for my Fonts Zip disk when I start it - I get similar effects on IE and various other programs from time to time, but it is in Illustrator that it is most annoying, and I have to push the 'cancel' button fifteen to twenty times every time I start it. Have a question of your own? Either e-mail me or ask everyone in the forums.
Hidy-Ho Net-Neighbor! Welcome back for this week's edition of Ask Dave! We've got a strange disk request message that keeps popping up, we talk about burning Windows data to CD's on a Mac, and we discuss the effectiveness of G3 upgrades.
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