Thanks for the reply.
The problem is that it is not working for ANY application, including the ones I typed in Japanese in frequently. (Chrome, Notepad, MSN) It only works with the taskbar in focus.
I've been using IME to type in Japanese, but I'm having a weird problem with it. It will run on startup fine, (I've seen the ctfmon.exe thing, and I have it running) but the IME panel disappears any time I bring focus to any application other than the taskbar/start menu. It used to work fine...
configuration
control panel
ctfmon
default
disappearing
english
focus
frustration
ime
input
japanese
language
menu
services
settings
switch
taskbar
troubleshooting
windows
