Font Problem (CS3 / Windows)

I've installed Arial Black on multiple PCs running InDesign (Win). The problem is it appears as an OpenType on all machines but one.
Some how InDesign is stuck thinking that Arial Black is a Truetype on the problem machine.
I've tried deleting all Arial fonts and reinstalling them but still no luck.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!

That said, if I were running ATM (Light or Deluxe), I would limit myself
to installing through ATM or installing through Control Panel > Fonts. I
wouldn't use both. And ATM would be my first suspect if I started
experiencing font problems. (So you may be right about incompatibility.)
If I were Masud, I would uninstall all but the basic system fonts,
uninstall ATM, delete all adobefnt*.lst files, reboot, and reinstall
(though Control Panel > Fonts) any fonts I wanted. Then, if everything
was working, and if I really needed MM fonts, I might reinstall ATM Light.
Kenneth Benson
Pegasus Type, Inc.
www.pegtype.com

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Hello,
My desktop computer crashed yesterday and I had to run out last night and pick up a new unit as I'm trying to meet a number of deadlines (and not having much luck getting the work done in my laptop).
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I have been searching everywhere for a resolution to this problem, and while it's reported frequently, and there are various suggestions, I haven't found anything that works. Any advice would be appreciated.
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Information:
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Arial Narrow (TrueType)
Arial Narrow Bold (TrueType)
Arial Narrow Bold Italic (TrueType)
Arial Narrow Italic (TrueType)
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I'm attaching a picture of what I see on the screen, and the garbled characters that come out of the printer.
On screen:
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1. The same document prints perfectly on an XP machine that has the same fonts;
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I've been banging at that issue since over a month, deforesting a large part of the tundra in the process (that is, until I confirmed that XPS printer had the same problem...)
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Regards,
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