1. Home
  2. Education
  3. Mandarin Language

Display Chinese Characters on Windows XP

By , About.com Guide

5 of 5

Insert the Windows XP Installation Disk

Insert the Windows XP Installation DiskMicrosoft product screen shot reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation.

You will be prompted to insert the Windows XP installation disk which has the language support files. Insert the Windows XP installation CD, or if you have the language support files in another location, browse to the files and click OK. The language support files will be installed on your computer and you will be prompted to restart the computer.

Click Yes to restart the computer.

After your computer has restarted, be sure to check back to the first page of this tutorial to see if the Chinese characters are displaying correctly.

Now that your computer can display Chinese characters, you can also write Chinese characters. See these two tutorials for inputing Chinese characters on your Windows XP computer:

Setting Up Windows XP for Mandarin Input
Write Chinese Charcters with Pinyin Input

Explore Mandarin Language

About.com Special Features

A Smarter Future

Tips that will help finance your education, excel in the classroom, and advance your career. More >

How to Ace the GRE

Being well prepared is the first step; here are more essential suggestions. More >

  1. Home
  2. Education
  3. Mandarin Language
  4. Characters
  5. Display Chinese Characters with Windows XP - Insert the Windows XP Installation Disk

©2009 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.

All rights reserved.