Requirements for specific languages
Operating system requirements vary depending on the language you're working with.
East Asian languages (Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean)
To enter characters for these languages, use one of the following operating systems:
- Any language version of Microsoft Windows 2000 If you are running a language version of Windows 2000 that doesn't match the language that you want to type, you must first install support for the language. In addition, you must use an Input Method Editor (IME) to enter text.
- Any language version of Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Microsoft Windows 98, or Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 If the language version of your operating system is the same as the language you want to type, language support and IMEs are built in by default.
If the language version of your operating system doesn't match the language you want to type, install an IME to enter text.
Learn more about IMEs and installing IMEs.
South Asian languages (Thai, Hindi, and Vietnamese)
To enter characters for these languages, use one of the following operating systems:
- The corresponding language version of Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, or Microsoft Windows NT 4.0.
- Any language version of Microsoft Windows 2000 If you are running a language version of Windows 2000 that doesn't match the language you want to type, install system support for that language.
Baltic, Central European, Greek, Turkish, and languages that use the Cyrillic alphabet
To enter characters for these languages, use one of the following operating systems:
- The corresponding language version of Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows 2000, or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition.
If you are running a language version of an operating system that doesn't match the language you want to type, install system support for that language.
To enter characters for these languages, use one of the following operating systems:
- The corresponding language version of Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows NT 4.0.
- Any language version of Microsoft Windows 2000 or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition.
If you are running a language version of Windows 2000 that doesn't match the language you want to type, install system support for that language.