HOWTO: Add and Enable Additional Languages in Windows NT
ID: Q177561
|
The information in this article applies to:
-
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
-
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
-
Microsoft Windows NT Server Enterprise Edition version 4.0
-
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
SUMMARY
This article describes how to add and enable support for additional
languages on a computer running Windows NT.
MORE INFORMATION
You can add, enable, and configure support for multiple languages using
the Regional Settings tool in Control Panel. You can also add some
languages that are not listed in the Regional Settings tool from the
Windows NT 4.0 CD-ROM.
To add an additional language, follow these steps:
- Right-click the <language>.inf file in the Langpack folder on the
Windows NT 4.0 CD-ROM, and then click Install.
NOTE: Some languages require files from the I386 folder as well as the
Langpack folder. If you are prompted for the location of a file that is
not in the Langpack folder, specify the I386 folder and then return to
the Langpack folder the next time you are prompted for a file.
- Restart your computer.
To enable a newly added language and specify a keyboard layout, follow
these steps:
- Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
- Double-click Regional Settings.
- On the Regional Settings tab, click the appropriate language, and
then click Apply.
- Click the Input Locales tab.
- In the Input Locales box, click the appropriate language, and then
click Properties.
- In the Keyboard Layout box, click the appropriate keyboard layout,
click OK, and then click OK.
The following table lists the .inf files available in the Langpack folder.
| File |
Description |
|---|
| Arabic.inf |
Arabic language support |
| Cyrillic.inf |
Cyrillic-based language support |
| European.inf |
Latin-based European language support |
| Exchsrvr.inf |
All code page conversion tables for Microsoft Exchange Server |
| Greek.inf |
Greek language support |
| Hebrew.inf |
Hebrew language support |
| Japanese.inf |
Japanese language support |
| Korean.inf |
Korean language support |
| Schinese.inf |
Simplified Chinese language support |
| Tchinese.inf |
Traditional Chinese language support |
| Thai.inf |
Thai language support |
| Turkish.inf |
Turkish language support |
| Us_eng.inf |
US English language support |
| Vietnam.inf |
Vietnamese language support |
With the LangPack installed, Internet Explorer 4.0 users can install and
use the Japanese/Korean Input Method Editor (IME) for Windows 95 and
Windows NT 4.0. This will allow users to not just display but also input
Japanese and Korean text into Web forms and Outlook Express 4.0 e-mail
messages. For more information, please see the following Microsoft
Knowledge Base article:
ARTICLE-ID: Q186113
TITLE : Internet Explorer Input Method Editor 4.0 for Japanese/Korean
Additional query words:
Thailand code pages
Keywords : kbenv NTSrvWkst
Version : winnt:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbhowto
Last Reviewed: March 5, 1999