Windows 7 Win 7 Pro with Foreign Language Programs

[beachape]

Hello,

I understand that Ultimate is required to switch between different languages for the operating system language. However, does this mean that other versions of 7 do not support foreign language programs?

I tried using a Chinese language program that worked perfectly fine in windows xp professional, only to find that the characters were not recognized in windows 7 professional. I can enter Chinese text and view Chinese text in documents/web pages, but any program based Chinese text is lost.

If this is the case I am rather upset because I purchased Pro with a student licence. So to get Ultimate I need to totally scratch the first copy and get a totally new Ultimate. (Anytime upgrade doesn't adjust for student pricing). Doesn't Microsoft want to encourage American students to be multilingual?

Thanks for any help!

 

[maoman]

Have same problem

I've been dealing with the same problem too. The program works fine with XP but unreadable with W7. I have W7 ultimate
Someone- please help us!

 

[maoman]

The language installed is simplified chinese with the chinese keyboard. I have also set the non-unicode to simplified also but the problem still exists

 

[maoman]

Problem Solved

Just to let everyone know, I have found a solution to my problem. Make sure the non-unicode language is set to your desired language! All the offending programs after they were reinstalled works as designed now! Hope this helps someone else!!

 

[beachape]

Thanks for the input. Has anyone determined if this is possible with Professional?

I need to know if I should upgrade. I don't want to waste the 80 bucks for an upgrade to Ultimate if I could just do it with Professional.

Thanks for your help!

 

[beachape]

Thanks Maoman,

This fix also worked for Professional. Make sure your non-unicode is set to the language of choice. Thanks! saved me 80 bucks and a headache.