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Since a great number of people have asked on how to enable the Chinese Character Input function that's built into Windows XP, I'll post a comprehensive step-by-step tutorial right here.

What you need: Windows XP installation disk, your computer (duh)

Step 1: Insert Windows XP installation disk into your CD-ROM

Step 2: Click on the Start Menu


Step 3: Click on Control Panel


Step 4: Click on Regional and Language Options once the Control Panel opens


Step 5: Now you should see a dialogue box, click on the Languages Tab


Step 6: Make sure that you check the "Install Files For East Asian Languages" box, then click "Ok" for the dialogue box that pops up. Then click "Apply"
Now your computer should be installing the new language files. This takes up aroud 250 MB of your hard drive space, make sure you have enough.
I think after it installs it requires you to restart your computer (not sure), but if it does, restart. Then folow steps 1-4 again and click on the Languages Tab, so you're at the screen in Step 5.

Step 7: Now check to make sure that your "Install Files for East Asian Languages" box is really checked, and then click on "Details" button, it should bring up this window:


Step 8: Click on "Add..." button, it should bring up this window:


Step 9: Select "Chinese (PRC)" for Input Language, and the Keyboard layout/IME should be automatically set to "Chinese (simplified) - US Keyboard", if it's not, set it to that.

Now click "Ok".

Step 10: Now you should be seeing the following screen:


Step 11: Click on the "Key Settings..." button, and it should bring up this box:

Check to make sure that the "Switch between input languages" action is set to "Left Alt + Shift", it should be. Then click "Ok".

Step 12: Now click "Ok" for all your dialogue boxes so you close them all.
Warning: Do NOT click cancel, as this will ruin all the previous steps!
Now in your menu bar, you should see the following:


Step 13: If you press left-Alt and Shift together, the little "EN" should change to "CH"


Step 14: Now you can input Chinese characters by typing piyin!


Enjoy! If you have any questions, feel free to post them here, or just PM me directly. 3nodding

For the installing new language, it said that like... you had to insert the Windows XP CD. But I dun have it. T_T

Alrighty. ^-^ Thanks.

I think thirteen is still far too young to be messing with that stuff.

there are 10 yr olds in the guild. stare

Do not post anymore from Anarchy cook book.



The Anarchy cook book is ilegal in certain countries.
The material within it is dangerous and there shouldn't be a reason to have the book even. Violence is nice to joke about at times but when other people's lives are at stake its not funny anymore.

For those familar with the Columbia high school shooting in the 90's. The two kids used information from a website to create explosives and planted them under cars in the school parking lot. Fourtantly the bombs did not detinate.

Posts quoting the cook book has been deleted just for the safety of others. To keep it fair this thread will not be locked but will be locked if there are further violations. sad Sorry. 3nodding

Whos 10? come on own up! biggrin