--- settings.cpp.old	2011-03-22 10:36:54.000000000 +0100
+++ settings.cpp	2012-01-23 00:26:06.916105800 +0100
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "wx/fontutil.h"
+//#include <vssym32.h>
+#include <Uxtheme.h>
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // private classes
@@ -261,6 +263,48 @@
     return font;
 }
 
+#ifndef TMT_MSGBOXFONT 
+#define TMT_MSGBOXFONT 805 //why is this constant missing from Uxtheme.h???
+#endif
+
+typedef HTHEME  (WINAPI* OpenThemeDataFun  )(HWND hwnd, LPCWSTR pszClassList);
+typedef HRESULT (WINAPI* CloseThemeDataFun )(HTHEME hTheme);
+typedef HRESULT (WINAPI* GetThemeSysFontFun)(HTHEME hTheme, int iFontID, LOGFONTW* plf);
+
+struct InitFont //(try to) initialize default font, before wxWidgets gets chance to screw up
+{
+    InitFont()
+    {
+        //Windows 2000 doesn't ship with this dll so we need to link it dynamically
+        if (HMODULE lib = ::LoadLibrary(L"UxTheme.dll"))
+        {
+            OpenThemeDataFun   OpenThemeData   = reinterpret_cast<OpenThemeDataFun  >(::GetProcAddress(lib, "OpenThemeData"));
+            CloseThemeDataFun  CloseThemeData  = reinterpret_cast<CloseThemeDataFun >(::GetProcAddress(lib, "CloseThemeData"));
+            GetThemeSysFontFun GetThemeSysFont = reinterpret_cast<GetThemeSysFontFun>(::GetProcAddress(lib, "GetThemeSysFont"));
+
+            HTHEME theme = (*OpenThemeData)(NULL, //__in  HWND hwnd,
+                                            L"WINDOW"); //__in  LPCWSTR pszClassList
+
+            LOGFONT lfont = {};
+            if ((*GetThemeSysFont)(theme,           //__in   HTHEME hTheme,
+                                   TMT_MSGBOXFONT,  //__in   int iFontID,
+                                   &lfont) == S_OK) // __out  LOGFONTW *plf
+            {
+                wxNativeFontInfo native;
+                native.lf = lfont;
+                delete gs_fontDefault;
+                gs_fontDefault = wxFontBase::New(native);
+            }
+
+            if (theme != NULL)
+                (*CloseThemeData)(theme);
+
+            ::FreeLibrary(lib);
+        }
+    }
+} dummy;
+
+
 wxFont wxSystemSettingsNative::GetFont(wxSystemFont index)
 {
 #ifdef __WXWINCE__