JMenu text and strange characters

Hello,
Using jdk1.4.1, Win2K pro, and setting the L&F to windows causes strange characters to appear in my JMenu text. Using either:
JMenu new = new JMenu("Create/Modify a file");
or
new.setText("Create/Modify a file")will cause this "Create/Modify. a file"
So I end up with periods or comas all through my file menus.
Anyone else expierenced this with 1.4.1?
Didn't happen in 1.3.1
Thanks
Jim

There are different solution already posted in the forum. This is one of them:
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?forum=57&thread=303795

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