Re: Problem with Hebrew in Windows XP on laptop from the US

From: Noam Nelke (noamnelke_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 04/13/04 

Date: 13 Apr 2004 04:17:14 -0700

CS <nomail@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<t56m70p63mrm9bgm7pl4imc63lk4ar5qij@4ax.com>...
> On 12 Apr 2004 14:47:46 -0700, noamnelke@hotmail.com (Noam Nelke)
> wrote:
>
> >CS <nomail@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<fooj70h519p5b88a44o9071grn3trfs7il@4ax.com>...
> >> What you're experiencing is normal for a non Roman alphabet language
> >> such as Hebrew or one of the many Asian languages installed to an
> >> English copy of XP. The only way to guarantee all your sites, fonts,
> >> searches, etc. appear in Hebrew is to install the Hebrew version of
> >> XP.
> >>
> >> The home computer you purchased in Israel probably has a localized
> >> version of XP installed including all the Hebrew fonts you need, and
> >> as such can display all properly. Here's a suggestion you might
> >> consider: Install a Hebrew copy of XP on your laptop and dual boot it
> >> with the English copy.
> >
> >I thought one of the advantages of WinXP is that it's globaly equal.
> >Guess I was wrong...
> >
> >But the thing is: the version of Windows I have on my home computer
> >(purchased in Israel) is the English version. Do you think there's a
> >localized English version in addition to the Hebrew version? I really
> >don't want all my menus to be in hebrew, and I don't think I have to
> >(like on my home computer - where the menus are in English but Hebrew
> >supprot is full). Besides does Microsoft expect me to go and buy a new
> >version of Windows? Isn't there a patch I can use or something?
>
> There is no patch available. But as I stated above, the computer you
> purchased in Israel (English version of XP) was probably setup for
> that local area. That's why you have the fonts. Why don't you copy
> the fonts from your desktop to the laptop? Copy them to a temp
> folder on the laptop and then use Control Panel, Fonts, to install
> them. If the fonts are very large (most Asian fonts are 10mb and
> larger but I do not know the size of Hebrew fonts) you can burn them
> to a CDRW or CDR and transfer them that way.
>
> That may give you the Hebrew language support you need without
> necessarily installing a Hebrew copy of XP. Good luck.

Well, I've already done that. I have a home network so I didn't need
to burn the fonts. The problem is, as I stated before, that I can't
use some (most) of the fonts in Word, and that I can't see hebrew
variations of fonts (eventhough I can use them). It's really
frustrating... I consider myself computer literate and I keep
convincing myself there's a setting I've overlooked or something, but
as time goes by, and I talk to more people I come closer and closer to
the conclusion that it's probably a different version of Windows after
all. It's just a bummer, that's all. Again, I'd feel much better if I
talked to someone else with the same problem..... There's a saying in
Hebrew: A problem of many is half a consolation.

Thanks anyhow...

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