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Q9: Why my system cannot display Chinese characters?
Answer

You may adjust the language settings as the following:

[For Windows 2000]

Run Start\Settings\Control Panel\Regional Options\General. Depend on the Chinese character set you are familiar with to adjust:

If you want to display Traditional Chinese, please follow the images below to adjust:

If you want to display Simplified Chinese, please follow the images below to adjust:

After clicking OK, the system will ask you to restart you computer for applying the settings, please click Yes to restart your computer.

[For Windows XP]

Set the location and language options as Traditional Chinese.

Setp1: Run Start\Control Panel\Regional and Language Options.

Step 2: Click Install files for East Asian languages option from the Languages tag.

Step 3: Go to Advanced tag, select Taiwan under the Select a language to match the language version or the non-unicode programs you want to use.

Check 10002(MAC -Traditional Chinese Big5) under the code page conversion tables. Check Apply all settings to the current user account and to the Default user profile.

Step 4: Select Chinese (Taiwan) under the Select an item to match its preferences, or click Customize to choose your own formats. And select Taiwan under the Location.

Set the location and language options as Simplified Chinese.

Setp1: Run Start\Control Panel\Regional and Language Options.

Step 2: Click Install files for East Asian languages option from the Languages tag.

Step 3: Go to Advanced tag, select Chinese (PRC) under the Select a language to match the language version or the non-unicode programs you want to use.

Check 10008(MAC -Simplified Chinese GB 2312) under the code page conversion tables. Check Apply all settings to the current user account and to the Default user profile.

Step 4: Select Chinese (PRC) under the Select an item to match its preferences, or click Customize to choose your own formats. And select China under the Location. Click OK, the system will ask you to restart you computer for applying the settings, please click Yes to restart your computer.

[For Windows Vista]

Set the location and language options as Traditional Chinese.

Setp1: Run Start\Control Panel.

Step 2: Click Classic View and click Regional and Language as the image below.

Step 3: Click Formats tag and select Chinese (Taiwan) under the Current format.

Step 4: Go to Location tag and select Taiwan as the current location.

Step 5: Go to Administrative tag and click Change system locate… button and select Chinese (Taiwan) as the current language for non-Unicode programs.

Click OK, the system will ask you to restart you computer for applying the settings, please click Yes to restart your computer.

Set the location and language options as Simplified Chinese.

Setp1: Run Start\Control Panel.

Step 2: Click Classic View and click Regional and Language as the image below.

Step 3: Click Formats tag and select Chinese (PRC) under the Current format.

Step 4: Go to Location tag and select China as the current location.

Step 5: Go to Administrative tag and click Change system locate… button and select Chinese (PRC) as the current language for non-Unicode programs.

Click OK, the system will ask you to restart you computer for applying the settings, please click Yes to restart your computer.

 
 
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