I have no idea what would cause the first problem. Are you only seeing the bold fonts in VS.NET and Office or are you seeing it on everything? I didn't see any setting for the menu font in the VS.NET options. I assume that it would get this setting from the system, which can be changed by right-clicking on the desktop to bring up the Display Properties, click on the Appearance tab, and select Menu from the Item menu.
The second problem is because VS.NET does not install a VcComponents.dat file - it is created the first time that is needed. The steps outlined in the dialog should have forced VC.NET to create the VcComponents.dat file. If that didn't work, try creating a new VC++ project with VC.NET (which should force the creation of the VcComponents.dat f
ile) and restarting VS.NET to see if the message has gone away.
Also, I'm curious ... what do you see when you bring up the VC++ Directories list? Do you see the VC.NET include/lib directories? Do you see the Measurement Studio include/lib directories? If you do a search under "C:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]" (or the equivalent under NT4 - it's been a while since I've used NT4) for VcComponents.dat, do you see anything?
Please post a follow-up response if you're still seeing the message and we can try something else.
- Elton