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Release Notes for
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Microsoft(R) Windows XP Multilingual User Interface Pack
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August 2001
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Welcome to the release notes for Microsoft Windows Multilingual User
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Interface Pack (MUI). This document provides late-breaking or other
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information that supplements the Windows XP documentation. There are
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several release notes files on the MUI compact disc:
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* Readme.txt (important pre-installation information)
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* RelNotes.txt (this file, compatibility and post-installation notes)
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======================================================================
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POST INSTALLATION AND UPGRADE NOTES
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======================================================================
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Setting the "Language for non-Unicode programs"
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If you will be running non-Unicode programs on the MUI system,
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you should set the "Language for non-Unicode programs" to match the
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language of the non-Unicode programs. Since this is a system wide setting,
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only one language is supported concurrently on the system.
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This setting is not required for Unicode programs, but setting it to match the
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language of the running programs may still improve application
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compatibility.
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You can change the "Language for non-Unicode programs" setting in
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Regional and Language Options in the Control Panel.
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Not all UI strings are localized
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Some UI strings remain in English even if the user's UI is set to another
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language. This is because certain strings in some component areas do not
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work with MUI yet (i.e. remain in English) due to the complexity of the
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technologies(The main areas include: all 16-bit programs, registry keys
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and values, and strings in INF files.) This affects about 3% of the User
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Interface - most of the areas affect administrative tools. Localized systems
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have all these strings translated.
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Fonts used in the UI look bad
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You may notice that the User Interface text for certain languages displays
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poorly on machines on which multiple UI languages are in use. This is most
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visible when the "Language for non-Unicode programs" is set to Chinese and
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the current user's UI language is Japanese. The solution is to switch the
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"Language for non-Unicode programs" to match the UI language. If you have
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users of all 4 East-Asian UI languages working on the same machine, we
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recommend you initially set the "Language for non-Unicode programs" to
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Japanese and then change back to US English or keep it as Japanese.
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Outlook Express
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The User Interface language of Outlook Express will change only when
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the "Language for non-Unicode programs" matches the user interface language.
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The folders created in Outlook Express will not switch language.
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We therefore recommend that Outlook Express be setup after the preferred
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UI language has been set.
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Recommendations for using MUI OS and localized OS versions together
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1. Use English Computer names on localized versions of
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Windows XP/Windows 2000
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Reason: DS & Group policy will fail if localized machine names are
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used in a multilingual environment.
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2. As a precaution, do the following:
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3.1 logon locally to the DC as Administrator
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3.2 run dsa.msc
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3.3 Right click on the domain node, choose Properties
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3.4 Click on Group Policy Tab, select "the Default Domain Group Policy"
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4.4 Disable the following policy (i.e., set State=Disable):
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User Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Group Policy\Disable
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Automatic Update of ADM files
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For detailed information, please see KB article: Q286012
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3. Synchronize the time of the client machine with the DC's time.
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Note: If you do this manually, please check the time zone! (We recommend the
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"net time /DOMAIN:domainname /set" command)
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Reason: Machine Policy may fail if time is skewed.
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4. We do not recommend using folder redirection or logon to the localized
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OSs as a roaming user.
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If you need to roam or use folder redirection policy, be aware that multiple
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language versions of My Documents and other per-user folders could be
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created on the machine. You will also have to manually add other language
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support (such as East Asian) to the system in order for these localized
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folder names to be displayed properly. If you use the same UI language
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across different MUI machines, this should not be an issue.
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Using DCPromo and other server tools
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When running DCPromo, or installing server applications, we recommend
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you set both the default and the interactive user UI language to English.
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For example, if you set the default user's UI language to one of the
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European languages and run DCPromo, the well-known security principals
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(mostly under the Built-in container in AD Users & Computers) are
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created using the localized names from this language. This will
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cause trouble for some users that do not understand the language.
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Keeping the UI in English will leave these names in English.
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Improving localized application compatibility
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The MUISetup program contains three settings to help configure
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an MUI system to most closely match a localized OS. If you want an MUI
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system to provide maximum application compatibility for a single
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language, you can set all these three settings to the same language.
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However, you should be aware of the side-effects of applying these
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settings when evaluating whether or not to use them.
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1. Language for default user and new user account:
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This setting specifies the User Interface language for the default user
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account as well as any new user accounts created afterwards. This
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setting affects the logon screen UI language and other
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services running on the machine. Setting this language to match
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the application's language sometimes can improve some localized
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applications' compatibility. Each machine can only have one such
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setting. You can also set the default user's UI language from the
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Advanced tab in Regional and Language Options in Control Panel.
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2. Match the "Language for non-Unicode programs" to the default user language
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This setting will force the "Language for non-Unicode programs" to
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be the same as the default user's UI language. Select this check box
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if you want to run non-Unicode programs in the specified language. This
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setting affects all users of the computer and only one language
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can be set on a machine. Setting the language for non-Unicode
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programs can improve application compatibility for some Unicode
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applications as well. You can also set the language for non-Unicode
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programs from the Advanced tab in Regional and Language Options
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in Control Panel.
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3. Set Shell UI font to match the default user's UI language
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Specifies whether you want the display fonts used on the desktop
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to match the default user's UI language. This setting is only
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available when the previous two settings are set. At this release,
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this setting only affects Japanese. Specifying this setting can cause
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other UI languages to display poorly. Clear this checkbox if anyone
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working on this computer uses a language other than Japanese. Setting
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this option will improve the application compatibility for some localized
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programs. This setting can only be changed within MUIsetup.
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Components that do not switch User Interface language
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The following components do not switch User Interface language:
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MSN Explorer
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NetMeeting
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Portions of Internet Connection Wizard
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HyperTerminal
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(not all components listed here)
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MSN Explorer
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MSN Explorer will remain in English when the UI language is changed in MUI.
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You can remove the current version of MSN Explorer in the Control Panel
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under "Add or Remove Programs" and then install MSN Explorer for another
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country/region from http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.
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Other minor issues
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1. MMC: When saving an MMC console file, please use Latin characters only.
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Using characters outside the system code page will cause the help file
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not to display.
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2. Uninstalling MUI: If you decide to uninstall a UI language in use by the
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current user, you must reboot the system to ensure the language is
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completely removed or set the UI language back to English first
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and then uninstall the UI language.
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3. Movie Maker: If the current user’s??? user name includes characters outside
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the system code page, Movie Maker will display an error message saying
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the archived collection file is corrupted. You must set the "Language
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for non-Unicode program" to match the language that supports the
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characters to resolve this problem.
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4. Simplified Chinese UI: The original WangMa IME 98 cannot be installed on
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Simplified Chinese UI. Please contact the software vendor to get an updated
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Version.
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5. Start menu items: If you upgrade from Windows 2000 to XP, you will have some
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items under Start menu that do not switch language. To fix this, you must
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set all the program folders under your personal document folder to READONLY.
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You can try the following commands to fix them:
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Start a Command Prompt from Start | Accessory or just type CMD.EXE
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in Start | Run window. The Command Prompt should start under your
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user¡¯s document folder, such as C:\Documents and Settings\UserMe
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Type the following commands in Command Prompt:
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CD "Start Menu"
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CD "Programs"
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Attrib /s +r .
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(you need to apply this for all the folders under "Programs").
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6. Windows Media Player tour: when starting the tour from Windows Tour or directly
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from Start | Run program, the tour will start in English mode. Please use
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the following method to start the localized language version:
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Click Start
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Click Run
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Input %windir%\help\tours\WindowsMediaPlayer\MUI\<LangID>\wmptour.hta
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in the editing field and click OK to start the Tour. The <LangID>
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must be replaced with a meaningful 4 digit number corresponding to
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each language listed below, such as input
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%windir%\help\tours\WindowsMediaPlayer\MUI\0411\wmptour.hta
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to start the Tour in Japanese:
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0401 Arabic
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0405 Czech
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0406 Danish
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0413 Dutch (Standard)
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0409 English (United States)
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040b Finnish
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040c French (Standard)
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0407 German
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0408 Greek
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040d Hebrew
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040e Hungarian
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0410 Italian
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0411 Japanese
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0412 Korean
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0414 Norwegian
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0415 Polish
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0416 Portuguese (Brazil)
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0816 Portuguese (Standard)
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0419 Russian
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0804 Simplified Chinese
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0c0a Spanish (Modern Sort)
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041b Slovak
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0424 Slovenian
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041d Swedish
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0404 Traditional Chinese
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041f Turkish
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7. Console programs: you may sometimes see strange strings (such as "???") from console
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programs. We recommend you to set the "Language for non-Unicode programs"
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to match the User Interface language (also called "menu and dialog language")
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to work around this problem.
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8. Help content displayed by the non-HTML Help system (or Winhlp32.exe): When
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"Language for non-Unicode programs" does not match the User Interface language,
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you may see following two issues with content displayed by the old Windows
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help system:
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a. The word wrapping for long strings from context sensitive help in dialogs
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may not match the quality you see on localized OSs for some of the languages.
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This should not prevent you from reading the dialog.
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b. The title on help window may be unreadable.
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9. Help from HTML Help: if the user name includes characters that are not supported
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by both the ¡°Language for non-Unicode programs¡± and language of the ¡°Standards and
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formats¡±, you may not be able to open some of the help contents. The work around
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is either use Latin characters for the user name or set both settings to a language that
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supports the characters used in the user name (such as setting them as Japanese if
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you have Japanese characters in the user name).
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10. Help for optional components: to get localized help content for these components, you
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either need to add the component before adding MUI or re-install MUI afterwards.
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11. IA64: Please do not uninstall East Asian language support after you have added it.
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Doing so will render any IME unusable after you add it back. If you have encountered this issue
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already, please use REGEDIT to remove following entries:
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HKLM\system\currentcontrolset\control\nls\language group\7,8.9.
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12. Narrator supports English only: Due to technological limitations, the Narrator
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text-to-speech engine only works with English strings and the English User Interface.
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Copyright
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---------
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This document provides late-breaking or other information that
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supplements the documentation provided on the US English OS CD of the
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Microsoft Windows XP Multilingual User Interface Pack.
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Information in this document, including URL and other Internet Web site references,
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is subject to change without notice and is provided for informational purposes only.
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The entire risk of the use or results of the use of this document remains with the
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user, and Microsoft Corporation makes no warranties, either express or implied.
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Unless otherwise noted, the example companies, organizations, products, domain
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names, e-mail addresses, logos, people, places and events depicted herein are
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fictitious, and no association with any real company, organization, product,
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domain name, e-mail address, logo, person, place or event is intended or should
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be inferred. Complying with all applicable copyright laws is the responsibility
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of the user. Without limiting the rights under copyright, no part of this document
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may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted
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in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or
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otherwise), or for any purpose, without the express written permission of
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Microsoft Corporation.
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Microsoft may have patents, patent applications, trademarks, copyrights, or other
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copyrights, or other intellectual property.
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(c) 2001 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Microsoft, ActiveSync, IntelliMouse, MS-DOS, Windows, Windows Media, and Windows
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NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the
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United States and/or other countries.
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The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks
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of their respective owners.
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<RTM.RV3.8.10>
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