help with getting Japanese characters to show up

Miyavifan · (#1 (**permalink**))

I have a program for this on my own comp, but I'm on my mom's right now. and she doesn't have the cd. I can't remember what program I'm using.

Does anyone know what programs can be downloaded, and installed, to get this to work?

Aniki · (#2 (**permalink**))

What OS are you using?

Miyavifan · (#3 (**permalink**))

Windows XP.

Aniki · (#4 (**permalink**))

Sorry, can't help you here then.

Miyavifan · (#5 (**permalink**))

that won't work. It's not for Windows XP.

KyleGoetz · (#6 (**permalink**))

Windows XP has Japanese input built in. If you don't have the Windows CD on hand, just go to your Language Settings in Control Panel and look around. I don't use XP anymore, so I don't remember. BUt you don't need to download a program for XP to support Japanese.

Atakicat · (#7 (**permalink**))

Even with the windows cd, my version of xp (Xp Pro Essential, sp3) Just refuses to show the characters.

KyleGoetz · (#8 (**permalink**))

What program? Because if XP Pro isn't showing Japanese characters, you're doing it wrong.

Edit I'd never heard of XP Pro Essential. I did some googling and wikipediaing. It looks to me like XP Pro Essential is only a pirated OS. If this is true, I'd like to point out that you get what you pay for.

Microsoft's own site lists only five versions of XP:
XP Home
XP Pro
XP MCE
XP Tablet PC
XP Pro x64

Atakicat · (#9 (**permalink**))

Hmm, you could be right.... I got this OS with a computer we weren't using at work, and at the time I thought it was just a bare-bones version. The desktop does look quite different from most versions of XP I've seen...

iPhantom · (#10 (**permalink**))

That is just Windows XP with a custom theme.

For the language, Microsoft Global Input Method Editors (IMEs)

Read that page, depends if you have Office or not. That page will lead you to install the language.