Russian Language Support

[Jim A]

I would like to purchase a computer for use by me and my
Russian fiance. Does XP support switching back and forth
from English to Russian? Is it possible to key cyrillic
characters on a standard keyboard?

[Nicholas]

You will need to configure a dual-boot Windows installation.
A new, empty partition or drive will be required so you can
install the "full Russian version" of Windows XP. You will
then have the option to boot to the English version or the
Russian version.

You can purchase the "full Russian version" of Windows XP from here:
http://www.worldlanguage.com/

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Nicholas

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[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Jim,

Control Panel/Regional and Language options/languages tab/details, install
the Russian keyboard language as a secondary.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Jim A" > wrote in message
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> I would like to purchase a computer for use by me and my
> Russian fiance. Does XP support switching back and forth
> from English to Russian? Is it possible to key cyrillic
> characters on a standard keyboard?

[Paul Gorodyansky]

Hello!
Jim A wrote:
>
> I would like to purchase a computer for use by me and my
> Russian fiance. Does XP support switching back and forth
> from English to Russian? Is it possible to key cyrillic
> characters on a standard keyboard?

One can read and write in Russian on a pure English Windows XP
(because it contains both Russian fonts and keyboard tools) -
browse Russian Web sites, use Russian in e-mail, type in MS Word, etc.
See "Russian Keyboard: standard and phonetic" section of my site,
it has step-by-step instructions.


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Regards,
Paul Gorodyansky
"Cyrillic (Russian): instructions for Windows and Internet":
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PaulGor/