"Languge bar" greyed out

[Super Duper]

My language bar button is greyed out and I can't make it active. The
button is located in:

Control Panel/Regional and Language/Languages/Details /Settings

What happened is that I use both Japanese and English and I need to
have the language option button in the task bar at the bottom of the
screen. It seems like I deleted something from system when i was
trying to get rid of spywares and ever since my language var
disapeared...

I researched evrywhere in Google and the closest help I got was to
change a setting in "Advanced: tab. So I went to:

Control Panel/Regional and Language/Languages/Details /Advanced

and unclicked the "Turn off advanced text services" (supposely this
needs to be unchecked to use the language bar). BUT no matter how many
times i unchecked it and restarted the computer it always come back on
and I just can't turn it on.

Does anyone have any idea?? I called Dell and was on the phone whole
morning, but they couldn't fix it either.

Thanks millions in advance,

Super Duper

 

[David Candy]

Try typing in Start Run

regsvr32 msutb
and
regsvr32 mlang

 

[Guest]

David

Thank you - I tried as you suggested and got "success2 messages on both - however going back inot languages etc I still cannot get anything other than the greyed out language bar options and as soon as one goes out of that everything is re-set as before - looks almost as though languages aren't being allowed ALTHOUGH bizarrely, we can get japanese text by using keyboard short cuts...

 

[Wesley Vogel]

XP Pro??

Local Computer Policy\User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Control
Panel\Regional and Language Options\
Restrict selection of Windows menus and dialogs language

[[This setting restricts users to the specified language by disabling the
menus and dialog box controls in the Regional and Language Options Control
Panel. If the specified language is not installed on the target computer,
the language selection defaults to English.]]

Local Computer Policy\User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu
and Taskbar\
Do not display any custom toolbars in the taskbar

[[This setting affects the taskbar.
The taskbar includes the Start button, buttons for currently running tasks,
custom toolbars, the notification area, and the system clock. Toolbars
include Quick Launch, Address, Links, Desktop, and other custom toolbars
created by the user or by an application.
If this setting is enabled, the taskbar does not display any custom
toolbars, and the user cannot add any custom toolbars to the taskbar.
Moreover, the “Toolbars” menu command and submenu are removed from the
context menu. The taskbar displays only the Start button, taskbar buttons,
the notification area, and the system clock.
If this setting is disabled or is not configured, the taskbar displays all
toolbars. Users can add or remove custom toolbars, and the “Toolbars”
command appears in the context menu.]]

HOW TO: Use the Language Bar in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306993&Product=winxp

After you turn off the Language bar in Windows XP, you cannot turn it back
on
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;819783

The Language bar may not be displayed on the Windows XP taskbar
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;825033

Language Bar Icons Overlap in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828686