Indesign CS2 will not open

When attempting to open Indesign CS2 I receive an error message:"Abobe Indesign is missing required system fonts or /Cmap files. Please reinstall Indesign." I have reinstalled Indesign once and the entire Crative Suite once and still get the same error message. I have a Toshiba laptop model M55-S3262 with 1.5GB of RAM the operating system is Windows XP Professional.

If you search this forum for that error phrase you should find an old, and very long, thread devoted to this problem. The thread includes a link which may still work to a posting of a package of the require fonts and cmap files that you can download and copy into your system.
Peter

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