can't read cyrillic

[Mimi]

So I have vista and I have set the languages to include Bulgarian, I have set
the Unicode to be Bulgarian. I am able to write in it with no problem I am
able to read it for the most part, however there are still times where I
can't read Cyrillic it comes out all gibberish. For example ICQ or I-tunes,
what's wired is that some of the cyrillic song tiles are gibberish and some
of them are fine. Same for ICQ some cyrillic writing I can read with no
problem some comes gibberish.
how do I fix this?
thanks Mimi

 

[Jon]

So I have vista and I have set the languages to include Bulgarian, I have
set
the Unicode to be Bulgarian. I am able to write in it with no problem I
am
able to read it for the most part, however there are still times where I
can't read Cyrillic it comes out all gibberish. For example ICQ or
I-tunes,
what's wired is that some of the cyrillic song tiles are gibberish and
some
of them are fine. Same for ICQ some cyrillic writing I can read with no
problem some comes gibberish.
how do I fix this?
thanks Mimi

This will be to do with the fonts and encoding that whatever you're reading
is using. I've just surfed a few Bulgarian pages and they come out fine
here. If you post an example of a web page or something that comes out as
gibberish, then someone may be able to advise further.

 

[Mimi]

the problem is not with websites. I can read them w/out a problem. The
problem accurse when only selective people write to me in ICQ or some of song
tiles in I-tunes. My pc reads any Cyrillic with no problem but the laptop is
where I am having the problem and again its selective some I can read some I
can't. What fonts do I have to change and how do I do it?

 

[Jon]

the problem is not with websites. I can read them w/out a problem. The
problem accurse when only selective people write to me in ICQ or some of
song
tiles in I-tunes. My pc reads any Cyrillic with no problem but the laptop
is
where I am having the problem and again its selective some I can read some
I
can't. What fonts do I have to change and how do I do it?

May be missing a particular font on your laptop. What you could do is
compare the contents of the folder

C:\Windows\Fonts

on the two machines, to see if one has fonts that the other doesn't. You
could then copy over the mssing font from one machine to another, if one is
missing.

Also compare your settings within Itunes / ICQ themselves for your two
machines. There may be different settings via the menus that's working well
for you on one machine but not on the other, and they may just need
adjusting. Upgrading them to a newer version may also help if the versions
differ.