hmm first i dunno where to post this but anyway, do anyone know how to make windows xp can read japanese cd rom with japanese character? coz i bought some pc game and its not working in my windows xp and the japanese character replaced by some weird symbols. also i try to use win mx to find a japanese song but they give me a weird symbol as a result

anyone know how to fix? thx
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sounds like you dont have asian fonts installled on your computer

instructions:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/default.asp?url=/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/int_pr_install_languages.asp
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PaulTB wrote:

The actual problem is one of default code page for non-unicode applications. The two possible solutions are 1. Change default code page from the Regional and Language options. or 2. Use AppLoc http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=16712f0b-a935-4140-9163-1514c89f6ddd&displaylang=en

My apologies for locking this thread.
As I am not very computer literate, I misunderstood the question.
Once again, my apologies.....
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ahochaude wrote:

My apologies for locking this thread. As I am not very computer literate, I misunderstood the question.

No worries. I only found out about AppLoc myself quite recently - comes in very handy if you're on a work computer and can't force everybody to use Japanese. (The old backspace turning into yen sign and such).

gryphonzy wrote:

sounds like you dont have asian fonts installled on your computer instructions: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/default.asp?url=/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/int_pr_install_languages.asp

i have the same problem as moondandy, and i did install the asian fonts, but it's still not working...i can read english and chinese ok, but not japanese, do u have any other suggestions? thx!
ps. i use the chinese version of window XP

Right now I've set it to Japanese under the "Language for non-Unicode programs". I need this to so it can display Japanese in Winmx. But now it won't display Chinese correctly in Xnews. It seems I can only choose one at a time. Is there a way to make it display both Japanese and Chinese correctly without changing from Japanese to Chinese or vice-versa and restarting everytime?