Question: why my computer cannot read some of the chinese words? I can read the chinese text in some websites, but i cant read the words when i wan to play Taiwan mahjong games. \nI'm using window XP. I had tried to shift my language bar from english to chinese, but it also doesn't work.

Answer: TRY THIS:\n\nWith multiple languages and keyboards/Input Method Editors (IMEs) installed on your computer, you can compose documents that contain more than one language. Any recipients of multilingual documents must also have the same languages installed on their computers to read or edit the documents.\nAdd Language Support\nNOTES:\n\n• To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group might be able to perform this procedure.\n \n• The below illustrations are from Windows XP. The steps for Server 2003 are almost identical. Differences are noted in BOLD.\n \n\n\n\n\n1.\n Go to Control Panel.\n\n\n\n\n \n2.\n Click on Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options. Skip this step if you are running Server 2003.\n\n\n\n\n \n3.\n Click on Regional and Language Options.\n\n\n\n\n \n4.\n The Regional and Language Options applet appears.\n\n\n\n\n \n5.\n Click on the Languages tab.\n\n\n\n\n \n6.\n Under Supplemental language support, select the check box beside the applicable language collection:\n\n• Install files for complex script and right-to-left languages, or\n \n• Install files for East Asian languages\n \n\n\n\n\nThe complex script and right-to-left languages include Arabic, Armenian, Georgian, Hebrew, the Indic languages, Thai, and Vietnamese; the East Asian languages include Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. The files for most other languages are installed on your computer automatically by Windows. \n\nTo find out which language collection to install to support the language(s) you need, see Windows XP - List of Locale IDs, Input Locale, and Language Collection\n \n7.\n Click OK or Apply.\n\nYou will prompted to insert the Windows CD-ROM or point to a network location where the files are located.\n\nAfter the files are installed, you must restart your computer. \n\nTo remove the language files, clear the check box beside the applicable collection, and then click OK or Apply.\n \n\nTop of page\nAdd Keyboard/Input Method Editor\n1.\n 1. Follow steps 1 - 5 from "Add Language Support" above.\n \n2.\n 2. Under "Text services and input languages," click on the "Details..." button.\n\n\n\n\n \n3.\n 3. Under Installed Services, click "Add..."\n\n\n\n\n \n4.\n 4. In the Add Input Language dialog box, click the input language and keyboard layout or Input Method Editor (IME) you want to add. \n\n\n\n\n \nOnce done, click OK to exit. On the Text Services and Input Languages page, click OK again to close Regional Options.\n 6.\n 5. You should now see a language indicator in the System Tray (located at bottom right hand corner of the desktop by default)\n\n\n\n\n\nNOTE: You can switch between different input methods by pressing the left Alt + Shift keys or the right Alt + Shift keys \n \n\n\nTop of page\nChanging Language for non-Unicode Programs\nAlso known as "System Locale" in Windows 2000. This setting enables programs that do not support Unicode to display menus and dialog boxes in their native language by installing the necessary code pages and fonts. However, programs designed for other languages may not display text correctly. \n\nNOTES:\n\n• To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group might be able to perform this procedure.\n \n• Only non-Unicode programs are affected by this setting. The language you select for this option does not change the menus and dialog boxes of Windows or other Unicode programs.\n \n1.\n Follow steps 1 - 4 from "Add Language Support" above. \n \n2.\n Click on the "Advanced" tab\n\n\n\n\n \n3.\n Under "Language for non-Unicode program," select the language 
This question from the Yahoo Q&A forum is categorized in the topic: Science & Mathematics