How to change generic fonts?

On my PC (Win98 with IE6), the generic serif and sans-serif fonts are 
Palatino and News Gothic MS.  For example, if a page specifies:

     font-family: sans-serif;

then the text appears in News Gothic MS.  I find this font ugly and very 
hard to read, especially in small and normal font sizes.

Does anyone know how I can tell IE or Windows to use different generic 
fonts?  I would like the generic serif font to be (say) Georgia, and the 
generic sans-serif font to be (say) Arial.  I have searched the web and 
Microsoft's website, but to no avail.

Note that I am NOT asking how to change a user's generic fonts:  only my own.

TIA


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Chuck Upsdell
Email:     cupsdell(at)upsdell.com
Website:   http://www.upsdell.com/

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