installing a new language

Hey everyone) I got windows vista. I bought a cd to learn russian,but my
computer doesn't support russian and most of the writing that is in russian
is encoded. I've been told to try changing the language trhough the control
panel, but it did no work. What else can I do?

Hi,

Control Panel/Regional and Language Options/Keyboards and Languages tab,
click the button to Change Keyboards. Add support for the language here, and
you can also enable the Language Bar as well to facilitate easy shifts
between them.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Aliya" <> wrote in message
news:0B8EF5A9-29B7-4455-84DD-...
> Hey everyone) I got windows vista. I bought a cd to learn russian,but my
> computer doesn't support russian and most of the writing that is in
> russian
> is encoded. I've been told to try changing the language trhough the
> control
> panel, but it did no work. What else can I do?

It didn't work.((

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Control Panel/Regional and Language Options/Keyboards and Languages tab,
> click the button to Change Keyboards. Add support for the language here, and
> you can also enable the Language Bar as well to facilitate easy shifts
> between them.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Aliya" <> wrote in message
> news:0B8EF5A9-29B7-4455-84DD-...
> > Hey everyone) I got windows vista. I bought a cd to learn russian,but my
> > computer doesn't support russian and most of the writing that is in
> > russian
> > is encoded. I've been told to try changing the language trhough the
> > control
> > panel, but it did no work. What else can I do?
>
>

"Aliya" <> wrote in message
news:7534A5C9-C009-4392-BA91-...
>
> It didn't work.((

By adding a New Language in Control Panel/Regional and Language
Options/Keyboards and Languages tab, will make it possible for you to _type_
in this new language, in this case Russian, and then only in "native MS
Windows Cyrillic", not like it used to be in WinXP where one could type in
Russian KOI8-R or Unicode.
As I understand the problem, Vista "screwed up" in the area of
International Languages Unicode department, with a vague promise to get it
fixed in the uplcoming SP1 (middle of March?).
In the meantime take your CD and try to read it in somebody's Windows XP
machine: it will probable "read" OK.
As an experiment - a short sentence in Russian, not that it will help you
with your CD. :-)
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Желаю у�пехов! Валентин
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>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Control Panel/Regional and Language Options/Keyboards and Languages tab,
>> click the button to Change Keyboards. Add support for the language here,
>> and
>> you can also enable the Language Bar as well to facilitate easy shifts
>> between them.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "Aliya" <> wrote in message
>> news:0B8EF5A9-29B7-4455-84DD-...
>> > Hey everyone) I got windows vista. I bought a cd to learn russian,but
>> > my
>> > computer doesn't support russian and most of the writing that is in
>> > russian
>> > is encoded. I've been told to try changing the language trhough the
>> > control
>> > panel, but it did no work. What else can I do?
>>
>>

Hi,

Then you'll need to check with the vendor or support for the learning
program.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Aliya" <> wrote in message
news:7534A5C9-C009-4392-BA91-...
>
> It didn't work.((
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Control Panel/Regional and Language Options/Keyboards and Languages tab,
>> click the button to Change Keyboards. Add support for the language here,
>> and
>> you can also enable the Language Bar as well to facilitate easy shifts
>> between them.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "Aliya" <> wrote in message
>> news:0B8EF5A9-29B7-4455-84DD-...
>> > Hey everyone) I got windows vista. I bought a cd to learn russian,but
>> > my
>> > computer doesn't support russian and most of the writing that is in
>> > russian
>> > is encoded. I've been told to try changing the language trhough the
>> > control
>> > panel, but it did no work. What else can I do?
>>
>>

Спа�ибо Валентин) Я �вободно пишу и могу читать � Ви�та. �о именно на ди�ке
половино зашифрованно. Главное что не в�е, но �амое главное)))


Yeah, and I'll probably check with the vendor.

Thank you all)


"Valentin" wrote:

>
> "Aliya" <> wrote in message
> news:7534A5C9-C009-4392-BA91-...
> >
> > It didn't work.((
>
> By adding a New Language in Control Panel/Regional and Language
> Options/Keyboards and Languages tab, will make it possible for you to _type_
> in this new language, in this case Russian, and then only in "native MS
> Windows Cyrillic", not like it used to be in WinXP where one could type in
> Russian KOI8-R or Unicode.
> As I understand the problem, Vista "screwed up" in the area of
> International Languages Unicode department, with a vague promise to get it
> fixed in the uplcoming SP1 (middle of March?).
> In the meantime take your CD and try to read it in somebody's Windows XP
> machine: it will probable "read" OK.
> As an experiment - a short sentence in Russian, not that it will help you
> with your CD. :-)
> ===============================
> Желаю у�пехов! Валентин
> ===============================
> >
> > "Rick Rogers" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Control Panel/Regional and Language Options/Keyboards and Languages tab,
> >> click the button to Change Keyboards. Add support for the language here,
> >> and
> >> you can also enable the Language Bar as well to facilitate easy shifts
> >> between them.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Best of Luck,
> >>
> >> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> >> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
> >>
> >> "Aliya" <> wrote in message
> >> news:0B8EF5A9-29B7-4455-84DD-...
> >> > Hey everyone) I got windows vista. I bought a cd to learn russian,but
> >> > my
> >> > computer doesn't support russian and most of the writing that is in
> >> > russian
> >> > is encoded. I've been told to try changing the language trhough the
> >> > control
> >> > panel, but it did no work. What else can I do?
> >>
> >>
>
>