installing East Asian Languages -- but there's a catch

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I'm currently living in China and learning to read and write Chinese. I
bought my Dell E1405 in the United States and it works well. I want to enable
East Asian Languages on my computer, so I can switch from typing English to
Chinese. Here is my situation:

I've gone through the instructions on this website
(http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&P...pt/Language/asianlanguageinstallation_XP.html)
to enable East Asian Languages, but I cannot complete the installation. I
check the box labeled "Install files for East Asian Languages" on the
"Regional and Language Options" window, and I click apply. But I get a "Files
Needed" prompt. This prompt says "The file 'c_10001.nls' on Windows XP
Professional CD-ROM is needed." I don't really know what "c_10001.nls" is. I
have a feeling it's something that should exist on my computer, or exist on a
CD that I was given when I intially bought the computer. I can't find this on
my computer, and I don't have a CD.

I wonder if this is the problem: When I was in college, I was given a free
copy of Windows XP Professional and Microsoft Office 2007 from my university.
So, I'm running Windows XP Professional and Microsoft Office 2007 on my
computer, both of which are different from the earlier versions I had on this
computer. I'm no longer a student (although my software is legitimate), and I
don't have any CDs.

I wonder if there's a disconnect between the version of Windows that I'm
running and the information my computer needs to complete the installation. I
wasn't even given a CD for the earlier version of Windows when I bought my
computer (if I need reformat my harddrive, all the information is somewhere
in the computer; I don't use a disk).

So, what do I do? How do I get around this?
 
Michael said:
I'm currently living in China and learning to read and write Chinese. I
bought my Dell E1405 in the United States and it works well. I want to
enable
East Asian Languages on my computer, so I can switch from typing English
to
Chinese. Here is my situation:

I've gone through the instructions on this website
(http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&P...pt/Language/asianlanguageinstallation_XP.html)
to enable East Asian Languages, but I cannot complete the installation. I
check the box labeled "Install files for East Asian Languages" on the
"Regional and Language Options" window, and I click apply. But I get a
"Files
Needed" prompt. This prompt says "The file 'c_10001.nls' on Windows XP
Professional CD-ROM is needed." I don't really know what "c_10001.nls" is.
I
have a feeling it's something that should exist on my computer, or exist
on a
CD that I was given when I intially bought the computer. I can't find this
on
my computer, and I don't have a CD.

I wonder if this is the problem: When I was in college, I was given a free
copy of Windows XP Professional and Microsoft Office 2007 from my
university.
So, I'm running Windows XP Professional and Microsoft Office 2007 on my
computer, both of which are different from the earlier versions I had on
this
computer. I'm no longer a student (although my software is legitimate),
and I
don't have any CDs.

I wonder if there's a disconnect between the version of Windows that I'm
running and the information my computer needs to complete the
installation. I
wasn't even given a CD for the earlier version of Windows when I bought my
computer (if I need reformat my harddrive, all the information is
somewhere
in the computer; I don't use a disk).

So, what do I do? How do I get around this?
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The file c_10001.nl_ exists in the i386 folder of the WinXP Professional CD.
If you do not have such a CD then you should ask your former university for
a copy of one. It forms the basis of your Windows installation and if you
received your PC legally from the university then you must also receive a
CD. Not having one means that sooner or later you will get stuck with no
possibility of recovery.

Use expand.exe to expand the file from its compressed version to
c_100001.nl_ to 100001.nls. Post again if you need more detailed
instructions.
 
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