How to make windows xp show chinese

You actually can change the language from Chinese to English, I have just done it using the tips from this bloke below. To continue this discussion, please ask a new question. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. Hi all, I would like to have a help from you guys very badly. Popular Topics in General Windows. Which of the following retains the information it's storing when the system power is turned off?

Submit ». Nick-C This person is a verified professional. Verify your account to enable IT peers to see that you are a professional. I doubt it as I am pretty sure the Chinese version was sold as a seperate product. Thai Pepper. Thomas Jun 24, at UTC. Some one please help me out. Looks like the only way is to reinstall windows xp again with an english disk. Thanks JianShuo!! Would you happen to know how to use Pin Yin inputs to type Traditional Chinese?

No problem, even with Simplifies Chinese and Pinyin input method installed, you can switch over to. You got a great blog. I actually subscribe to your RSS feed, and read it quite often. Keep up the good work. I actually have a slightly off-topic question for you.

I need to give a talk to a group of IT folks in China soon, and would like to know the Chinese translation of some of these IT terms. Do you know a site where I can find these terms in Chinese? Problem is when i enter the group chat room, i am not able to read the characters written.

Any inputs would be very much appreciated. I can input the characters, but cannot display correctly. Can that be solved? I have also problem with qq.. I can view all chinese web pages but I cant send chinese text in qq or see what people write even I tried many different versions of qq..

If anyone can help me I ll be happy.. I need to learn chineseee!!!!!! When I tried to set up my computer following your instruction above, so I can read and write Chinese. I come across a problem. I found a old PC with Winxpsp2. The configuration there does not help you to change the interface. If you are so sure that you have seen English interface before, maybe you have installed a multi-language pack — which is very rare.

If it is the case, look for the configruation in your Start menu, instead of in the control panel. I believe there is some configuration places parallel to where Microsoft Office shortcut in the Start menu. So that i can use the PC. Thanks again For The Clarification! Regards, Howie. Does anyone know how to make programs like QQ display chinese characters correctly in Windows ?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I used to use njstar to input chinese words, both in simplified for Singaporean friends and traditional to Taiwanese. But it hangs my system so i used your method to input chinese.

It works fine but how do i use pinyin to input traditional chinese? And when i send simplified chinese to my Taiwanese friend via email, it came out all nonsense letters.

Pls reply via email to me if possible. Thanks for all your help. Anyone know how to solve this? I follow the exact procedure to enable language in Chinese PRC on regional set up, however I still can not read the Chinese in QQ: example , the icon and all characters as??????

I can view simplified sites like baidu. I tried to run intl. I now have a different problem. For example, a printer driver installation program sees that I have Chinese support even though it is an English version of XP Pro SP2 , and starts up with a Chinese interface only. There is no option to select another language. If I remove Chinese support, that same program will start up with an English interface.

How do I keep Chinese language support on my system, but force programs with multiple language interfaces to start with an English interface by default? If your PC comes with Windows pre-installed, the necessary system files to be installed as descibed in the following section will be most likely available on the system hard disk. Otherwise, you will need to get the Windows operating systems installation CD ready.

Click on the Languages tab, then check the two options under the Supplemental language support section. Click on OK or Apply. Follow onscreen instructions to restart Windows when prompted.

After reboot, open Regional and Language Options again. Click on the Languages tab and then the Details button under the Text services and input languages section. Now you should see the following screen:. Click on the Add button under the Installed services section and choose the version of Chinese you prefer to use.

Now go back to the Regional and Language Options window and click on the Advanced tab. Click on OK to let the change take effect. Click on the Administrative tab and then click on the Change system locale buttom.

Install them if you prefer. To enter Chinese characters into any applications on your Windows platform, you will need to use something called input method.

Input methods are functions in the form of either standalone applications or add-ons to an application which convert unique sequences of keystrokes you enter on the standard English keyboard into Chinese characters.

There are several input methods available for entering Chinese characters. The one which demands the least learning effort is the pinyin input method provided that you have learned how to phonetically spell Chinese characters in pinyin. If you follow the instructions in Section 3 successfully, you will have Microsoft Input Method installed.

Current web browsers such as IE 7 or better and Firefox 3 or better are able to display them properly. If a Chinese webpage does not display properly, you can manually adjust the webpage encoding accordingly.