HELP! My Vista Laptop displays partial Chinese Characters! What can I do?

vann0000
 May 31, 2008, 04:02 PM posted in General Discussion

Can someone help me?  Vista permits the user to view chinese characters.  SO I have been using the multiple languages and characters ability.  This works out fine.  However, certain applications show the characters as messed up symbols.

For instance, MS Word shows the characters as they should be read.  So does IE, and notepad.  But other programs like QQ and Transtar show the characters as a real mess.  

What can I do to have The programs to read in chinese characters instead of "^$^%#*&^)*&*%^"?

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light487
 May 31, 2008, 04:36 PM

You need to change the local settings.. lemme see if I remember how:

  1. Open Control Panel
  2. Click on Change Keyboards or other input methods
  3. Under the Adminstrative tab, click on the Change System Locale... button
  4. Change the selection to Chinese (PRC) then click OK on all the dialogs to close them.
  5. Restart computer.