installing east-asian language files if u dont have origional windows CD?

[Ferno]

anyone know how to do it?

[johnmck]

I have same problem. I have worked around it by downloading chinese fonts from the web and using free software for character input and then cut-and-pasting. You can get the free software such as DimSum (this software really is fantastic) and MSword pinyin macros at:

www.mandarintools.com

Alternatively you can always use a web based tool for input such as:

http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/webime2.php?ime=mand_eng_simp

(this one is nice for beginners because it gives you the meaning of the character in English before you choose it.)

[Ferno]

yeah but wil i actuall be able to see the characters? isntead of just boxes?

[Battosai]

I'm not sure but it is quite possible that Windows Office CD has the files you need .

(I read it on a windows forum)

but, you must know someone who has an XP CD , ask him/her to borrow it for a few minutes...any XP disc will do , no matter what version or language.

[freefall]

You can use bittorrent to download the windows xp installation files and then point the East-Asian installer to them. That's what I did and it worked like a charm. Try searching thepiratebay.org or similar for "windows xp".

Disclaimer: I don't think this is illegal if you already own windows... use your good judgement.