Windows XP Home & Japanese?

[John]

I have a Windows XP Pro that I have setup for Japanese.
I just bought a computer for a friend with Windows XP
Home edition, but I can't seem to enable Japanese.

Is this a limitation? Must I have Win XP Pro?

TIA

 

[RalfG]

Not sure to what extent Japanese is enabled on the PC but perhaps your XP
Pro computer has other software that provided or enabled the Japanes
language IME ( input method editor, eg. from MS Office?) while the XP Home
computer doesn't have it. Something like the following download provides:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie6/downloads/recommended/ime/install.mspx

 

[PA Bear]

See http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/reginalsup.mspx