Re: East Asian Language

From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 10/19/04 

Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 06:46:22 -0400

Hi,

Ok, sorry for the abrupt response, it's hard to assess a readers level of
knowledge from only a few sentences, and I hate to type out long
instructions when they are not needed (yes, I'm lazy sometimes). First, set
folder options to see hidden and system folders. Go to the Control
Panel/Folder Options, and on the View tab, set the advanced options so you
can see hidden and system files. Specifically:

Enable (check) "Display the contents of system folders"
Enable (check) "Show hidden files and folders"
Disable (uncheck): "Hide protected operating system files (recommended)"

I also recommend that you disable (uncheck) "hide extensions for known file
types". Then open Windows Explorer to C:\Windows and see if there is an I386
folder here. You should also see on that is called ServicePackFiles if you
have installed either SP1 or SP2. If they are in these locations, continue
on. If not, you need to determine where they are before proceeding.

Now, click start/run and type regedit, click ok. Expand the plus (+) signs
to reach this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup

Click on the setup folder so you can see the associated strings in the right
pane. Double-click on the one called sourcepath, you should see "C:\Windows"
(without the quotes) in the valuedata line, but you probably just see your
CD drive letter. Change it and click ok. Now check the
ServicePackSourcePath, it should read "c:\windows\ServicePackFiles" (again
without the quotes). It probably does, but if not you need to change this
one as well. Click ok, then close the registry editor.

Now retry adding the East Asian languages. What we've done here is to
redirect the system to look at the hard drive store of the system files
rather than prompting to insert the CD. Manufacturers like Gateway commonly
place the system files on the hard drive, the recovery CD is provided only
as a backup to reinstall the operating system and cannot be used like a
retail CD to add system components. 

-- 
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"I am crazy." <I am crazy.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:5A8564DD-88DC-489C-AA0B-5A9BAF7E099B@microsoft.com...
> Ok, just a parent here.  Can you put that in non technical language?  The
> computer crashed on Saturday and we are trying to reload everything.  My
> Korean exchange student is anxious to get back online.
>
> Michelle Buck
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Click "cancel" when prompted to the insert the CD, then redirect to the 
>> I386
>> folder on the system. You may need to change the sourcepath string in the
>> system registry.
>>
>> -- 
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "What? Am I crazy?" <What? Am I crazy?@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote 
>> in
>> message news:30A978C6-7CA8-4E33-B6CD-22E8DBF07CFE@microsoft.com...
>> > I'm having the same problem.  How do you "repoint the system"?  I have 
>> > the
>> > blue "Operating System  Windows XP Home Edition" from Gateway.  When I 
>> > try
>> > to
>> > load this, it says "cannot copy files"
>> >
>> > Michelle Buck
>> >
>> > "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> Is this a regular CD or a System Restore disk? If the latter, you may
>> >> need
>> >> to repoint the system to the I386 folder on the hard drive.
>> >>
>> >> -- 
>> >> Best of Luck,
>> >>
>> >> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> >> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> >> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> >> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> >>
>> >> "Kalec" <Kalec@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:ACFA3B08-2942-468F-A26A-E5928838CF07@microsoft.com...
>> >> > I'm trying to install East Asian Language Pack and when it asks me 
>> >> > to
>> >> > put
>> >> > in
>> >> > my XP CD, the files cannot be found. What can I do. Thank you.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>

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