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I had windows xp preloaded in my compaq computer. I want to view chinese
characters now. I went into regional and language in the control panel. It
asks me to put my windows cd rom in so it can read it.. well the windows cd's
I have are the quickrestore cd's from compaq. when it searched them it said
files not found. Am I looking in the wrong spot.. or am i skrewed. when I try
to view chinese language now all it shows me are little bitty boxes where the
characters should be.
 
To add:

If you cannot see the I386 folder on the system, it may be because you are
set to hide system folders. Go to the Control Panel/Folder Options, and on
the View tab, set the options so you can see hidden and system files.
Specifically:

Enable (check) "Display the contents of system folders"
Enable (check) "Show hidden files and folders"
Disable (uncheck): "Hide protected operating system files (recommended)"

I also recommend that you disable (uncheck) "hide extensions for known file
types". Now you should be able to easily locate the I386 folder in Windows
Explorer.

In order for the system to automatically expand the files from this
location, you need to change the sourcepath entry under this key in the
system registry to the parent folder housing the I386 folder, or you will
continually be prompted to insert the CD. Click start/run, type regedit and
click ok. Expand the plus (+) signs to reach this key and click on it:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup

Double-click the sourcepath string in the right pane and change it as
follows: If the folder is at C:\Windows\I386, then enter just C:\Windows. If
it rests on the root, C:\I386, enter only C:\. Close the registry editor
once changed, you should not need to reboot for this to take effect.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
I found the file as well. Although this may be looked down upon, can ME be
setup the same way, to display foreign character sets? Specificly, I am
trying to setup Thai support. Thanks, Dan
 
Hi Dan,

Absolutely no idea, I know little of WinME. You might try asking that
question in one of the many WinME groups.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Nongchai said:
I found the file as well. Although this may be looked down upon, can ME be
setup the same way, to display foreign character sets? Specificly, I am
trying to setup Thai support. Thanks, Dan

Rick "Nutcase" Rogers said:
To add:

If you cannot see the I386 folder on the system, it may be because you
are
set to hide system folders. Go to the Control Panel/Folder Options, and
on
the View tab, set the options so you can see hidden and system files.
Specifically:

Enable (check) "Display the contents of system folders"
Enable (check) "Show hidden files and folders"
Disable (uncheck): "Hide protected operating system files (recommended)"

I also recommend that you disable (uncheck) "hide extensions for known
file
types". Now you should be able to easily locate the I386 folder in
Windows
Explorer.

In order for the system to automatically expand the files from this
location, you need to change the sourcepath entry under this key in the
system registry to the parent folder housing the I386 folder, or you will
continually be prompted to insert the CD. Click start/run, type regedit
and
click ok. Expand the plus (+) signs to reach this key and click on it:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup

Double-click the sourcepath string in the right pane and change it as
follows: If the folder is at C:\Windows\I386, then enter just C:\Windows.
If
it rests on the root, C:\I386, enter only C:\. Close the registry editor
once changed, you should not need to reboot for this to take effect.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Venkatesh [MS India Community Star]"
Hi there,

Compaq ships OEM version of Windows XP and for the same reason Windows
XP
is
not shipped in a separate CD. However, Windows XP setup files are
located
in
the hard drive, check in either of the below locations:

C:\i386 or C:\Windows\i386

Also, see here:
http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/Language/asianla
nguageinstallation_XP.html


HTH
Venkatesh

I had windows xp preloaded in my compaq computer. I want to view
chinese
characters now. I went into regional and language in the control
panel.
It
asks me to put my windows cd rom in so it can read it.. well the
windows
cd's
I have are the quickrestore cd's from compaq. when it searched them it
said
files not found. Am I looking in the wrong spot.. or am i skrewed.
when I
try
to view chinese language now all it shows me are little bitty boxes
where
the
characters should be.
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