Characters Unrecognizable After Applying SP3 on the Pan-Chinese Version of Windows NT

ID: Q224379

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

This article applies to the Pan-Chinese version of Windows NT Workstation 4.0.

If you select Chinese (Taiwan) as the default locale after you install Windows NT Service Pack 3 (SP3), the characters on the screen may not be readable.

CAUSE

This problem occurs because incorrect fonts are included in Pan-Chinese Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 SP3.

For example:

Sserife.fon
Sseriff.fon

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT Workstation 4.0. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Pan-Chinese version of Windows NT Workstation 4.0. This problem was first corrected in the Pan-Chinese version of Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Service Pack 4.

Additional query words:


Keywords          : NT4SP4Fix kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00 
Version           : winnt:4.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: April 15, 1999