Strawberries513 Posted June 4, 2007 at 08:44 PM Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 at 08:44 PM I am on a computer in the US, that is currently running the English version of Windows XP. I am thinking about getting the Chinese version of XP (dont worry, I know were to get it) but I dont know how some English-language programs will work on it. (WinRar, WinZip, Photoshop, WindowsMediaPlayer, Adobe Acrobat, Itunes, etc)... If anyone has gone from a English language operating system to Chinese Windows XP, please tell me if it was good or not. Did your old programs work? Any unexpected surprises? Thank you! Edit (in response to Roddy's comment).: I have tried to install the Chinese version of IE.7 but I get an error messege saying it doesnt match my current OS... does anyone know how to fix this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted June 4, 2007 at 09:01 PM Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 at 09:01 PM I can't imagine you'll have any problems. The only question I would ask is why? If you want exposure to more Chinese, you might be better off installing the Chinese versions of the applications you use most often - which you can do on English XP. I've run both Chinese and English versions of XP. Only difference I found is that when you can't get something to work and you're messing about in the depths of Control Panel, it's a hell of a lot more frustrating when you can't understand the options However I now run some Chinese apps (Word and Excel, and Photoshop if hadn't lost the disc) on English XP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbiesnecker Posted June 4, 2007 at 10:10 PM Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 at 10:10 PM The only thing that I've ever encountered that wouldn't run on a Chinese version of XP was Rosetta Stone, which complained about needing a special version of the binary for an Asian language OS (sounds lame to me, but the entire experience with that software was lame, so it was probably just par for the course). Otherwise, the only problems I can think of (in addition to settings confusion that Roddy mentioned) are sometimes default fonts for programs that blindly use the system font settings look kinda crappy. But generally that's easily adjustable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandaxiongmao Posted June 5, 2007 at 12:09 PM Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 at 12:09 PM iTunes will work fine on a Chinese version of Windows. ...but you can make the iTunes interface be Chinese on English Windows. Go into the preferences. It has both traditional and simplified (in addition to other languages). Since it has its own language settings, it doesn't seem to care which language Windows it is running on. I have run it on Chinese, Japanese, and English windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted June 5, 2007 at 12:44 PM Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 at 12:44 PM I have tried to install the Chinese version of IE.7 but I get an error messege saying it doesnt match my current OS... does anyone know how to fix this? Install Firefox The Chinese version should work just fine, and it's a much better browser than IE anyway.As for installing Chinese apps on English XP, the one thing you'll probably need to do is set the default non-unicode language to Chinese. You can find this option under: Start->Control Panel->Regional and Language Settings->Advanced and then set the language for non-unicode applications to Chinese (PRC). If you don't do this, text in many Chinese programs won't display correctly. Anyway, most English applications will run fine under a Chinese version of XP, they will just be in English, instead of Chinese. For example, if you want to install MS Office in Chinese, you need to make sure you have a Chinese version of Office and not the English version (and the same is true for all other software). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flameproof Posted June 5, 2007 at 02:19 PM Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 at 02:19 PM If you have XXX language version of Xp, and your program is in YYY and comes out wrongly, then you have to install AppLocale from MS and open your program via AppLocale. You can then chose in what language that programm will open. To give an example: I use english Xp. When I open QQ I can neither read nor write Chinese, just get "funny" script. With AddLocale I set QQ to Simpl. Chinese, and it works perfectly, I can read and write. Of course I can also set the code language to simpl. CN, but then all other programs get screwed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh-J Posted June 6, 2007 at 02:31 AM Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 at 02:31 AM just to confirm, flameproof is absolutely right, if the (chinese-language) application doesn't work properly under english-language XP use Applocale because it does work.. a quick Google search for Applocale finds it fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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