East Asian language support on XP sp2 without OEM istall disks??

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2tone

This machine was preinstalled with XP when bought it .. now i find that
i cannot read words in foreign languages using The Internet .. i get
pages of ??????????????????????????????? with certain sensible english
words dispersed amongst all the ???????????? ?????????????? ???'s

When i attempt to enlist the East asian language support i am asked to
insert the original oem disks but i dont have them and never had them

Is there any way around this?? i have miscrosoft validation of my
install via the online service .. so is there some whay i can access
these really rudimentary files online??


For years i have had little interest in reading foreign languages but i
find myself keenly interested now


cheers.
 
2tone said:
This machine was preinstalled with XP when bought it .. now i find that
i cannot read words in foreign languages using The Internet .. i get
pages of ??????????????????????????????? with certain sensible english
words dispersed amongst all the ???????????? ?????????????? ???'s

When i attempt to enlist the East asian language support i am asked to
insert the original oem disks but i dont have them and never had them

Is there any way around this?? i have miscrosoft validation of my
install via the online service .. so is there some whay i can access
these really rudimentary files online??
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Try again, and, when prompted for the CD, browse to the c:\i386 folder
on your hard drive. I'm not sure your computer's manufacturer would
have included the necessary files will be there, but it's one thing to
try.

Failing that, contact the computer's manufacturer and ask them how to
install the feature.


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Byte said:
You may have an illegal copy of XP installed on your PC.
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Why would you think that? All too many cheap OEMs decline to provide CDs.


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Bruce Chambers

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They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin

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Bruce Chambers wrote:>
Try again, and, when prompted for the CD, browse to the c:\i386 folder
on your hard drive. I'm not sure your computer's manufacturer would
have included the necessary files will be there, but it's one thing to
try.
Click to expand...

Yep .. tried that already there are several 386i folders but none of
them hold the required files <shrug>


Failing that, contact the computer's manufacturer and ask them how to
install the feature.
Click to expand...


Its an IBM .. i will have a go

Thank you for your advice.
 
Bruce Chambers wrote:>
Try again, and, when prompted for the CD, browse to the c:\i386 folder
on your hard drive. I'm not sure your computer's manufacturer would
have included the necessary files will be there, but it's one thing to
try.
Click to expand...

Yep .. tried that already there are several 386i folders but none of
them hold the required files <shrug>


Failing that, contact the computer's manufacturer and ask them how to
install the feature.
Click to expand...


Its an IBM .. i will have a go

Thank you for your advice.
 
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