Why can't my window xp read chinese

[inwybx]

characters? I just install window xp to my computer with a CD, but I found out that it can't read chinese characters. How can I solve this problem?

[dWight]

Steps

• Click Start on the task bar, and click Run...
• Enter "intl.cpl" and click OK. This bring out the Region and Language Options.
• Click on the Language tab.
• Check "Install files for East Asia Languages". Click OK when a promote box appears.
• Click OK. You may need to put your Windows XP installation CD in your CD ROM, or locate the source in your computer.
• Wait for several minutes until the files are installed.

Steps to be able to Write in Chinese

The steps above only enable people to read Chinese. These are the steps to setup Chinese IME (Input Method Editor).

• Click Start on Windows task bar, and click Run...
• Enter "intl.cpl" and click OK.
• Switch to Language Tab (these are the same as the steps above).
• Click "Details..." in Text Services and Input Language area.
• Click "Add...". The "Add Input Language" dialog box appears.
• Choose "Chinese (PRC)" in the Input Language drop down.
• Keep "Chinese (Simplified) - Microsoft Pinyin IME" in the Keyboard layout/IME field.
• Click OK twice.

Now you can input Chinese now. Here is a test.
Entering Chinese

• Open a text editor, like Notepad.
• Click on the IME icon on the right side of the taskbar of Windows. It is a [EN] icon.
• Choose [CH] Chinese (PRC)
• Enter "shanghai" and a space, Chinese character 上海 will apear in the notepad.

This is the simplest usage of IME. Really input Chinese is much more harder.