Re: How do I view Japanese and other asian websites



"John John" wrote:

What are you calling "funny characters"? Would the happen to be one of
the Japanese Alphabets? Did you download and install the Japanese Text
Display components for your browser?


Thanks for the replys.

When in a Japanese site, the screen does show the Japanese characters but
not all of them. For the unrecognizable ones, they are mostly symbols like
%?@#^*, of sorts....... Also if I try to go into any links, then most of the
characters turn to symbols but I am still able to view pictures and the
general layout of the site. Currently my settings from before were already
at:

Start > Control Panel > Regional and Language Options > Languages,
Supplemental Language Support > Install files for East Asian
Languages.

I am able to type and read texts just not view the entire contents of some
sites.....
I am thinking if I have to purchase a program or something....?
Would it be because I run with an English OS?

I have tried looking at previous discussions about language settings but
couldn't find anything similar...............just mostly questions about
changing the language of the OS.

Cheers




John

kquest wrote:

I currently run with an English OS with Windows XP SP2. When I view
Japanese websites or try to download programs from their sites, almost all
the information turns to funny characters............. can anyone explain
this to me in plain non-techinical terms? Also, what do I have to do the
above? Thank you for any input.


.

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