How To Add and Enable Additional Languages in Windows

Windows operating system by default support English (US). you can add addtional langauge with operaing system.This post describes how to add and enable support for additional languages on a computer running Windows and provide technical support to add in Windows NT. 4.0 and windows XP operating system.

Windows NT. 4.0

You can add, enable, and configure support for multiple languages using the Regional Settings tool in Control Panel. You can also add some languages that are not listed in the Regional Settings tool from the Windows CD-ROM.

To add an additional language in Windows NT 4.0, follow these steps:

1. In the Langpack folder on the Windows NT 4.0 CD-ROM, right-click <language>.inf, and then click Install.

NOTE: Some languages require files from the I386 folder as well as the Langpack folder. If you are prompted for the location of a file that is not in the Langpack folder, specify the I386 folder and then return to the Langpack folder the next time you are prompted for a file.
2. Restart your computer.

To enable a newly added language and specify a keyboard layout in Windows NT, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Regional Settings.
3. On the Regional Settings tab, click the appropriate language, and then click Apply.
4. Click the Input Locales tab.
5. In the Input Locales box, click the appropriate language, and then click Properties.
6. In the Keyboard Layout box, click the appropriate keyboard layout, click OK, and then click OK.

Windows XP

To install another language and keyboard layout in Windows XP, follow these steps:

1. In the Windows XP standard Start menu, click Start, and then click Control Panel.
In the Windows XP classic Start menu, click Start, click Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Regional and Language Options.
3. Click the Languages tab, and then click Details under “Text Services and Input Languages”.
4. Click Add under “Installed Services”, and then click the language you want to add and the keyboard layout you want to use for that language.
5. To configure the settings for the Language bar, click Language Bar under “Preferences”.

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