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Subject: How to Add and Enable Additional Languages in Windows 2000 Professional
Keywords: Windows 2000 Professional Add Enable Languages Keyboard Layout
Tech Article Number: WBTA11000773

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To add an additional language in Windows 2000, follow these steps:

  1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
  2. Double-click Regional Settings or Options.

  3. On the General tab, select the check box next to the appropriate language group you wish to install, and then click Apply. The system will either prompt for a Windows 2000 CD-ROM or access the system files across the network

  4. At the Insert Disk window Click OK. Read the second paragraph on the window.

  5. At the Copy Files From box change d:\i386 to C:\i386. Click OK.

  6. Once the language is installed, Windows 2000 will prompt you to restart the computer.

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

    1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
    2. Double-click Regional Settings.

    3. Click the Input Locales tab.
    4. In the Input Locales box, click the appropriate language, Click Properties.

    5. In the Keyboard Layout box, click the appropriate keyboard layout, Click OK.


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