Will Chinese programs be compatible with Windows 7 Home Premium?

My goodness, I can't believe my Windows 7 Home Premium Operating system cannot display chinese in my programs! What nonsense is this? I am a consistent user of chinese-related programs. Is there any other ways i can read chinese in my operating system? If not, it is atrociously disappointing. 

My goodness, I can't believe my Windows 7 Home Premium Operating system cannot display chinese in my programs! What nonsense is this? I am a consistent user of chinese-related programs. Is there any other ways i can read chinese in my operating system? If not, it is atrociously disappointing. 

This is absoultely ridiculous.  Having just bought a new laptop with Windows 7 Home preinstalled, I am amazed that we are unable to view chinese language on programs that we want to use frequently without paying another £125!!! to upgrade!!!!!!  For such a small feature, which has always been available on basic versions of Windows, I am highly dissapointed with Windows 7.  In addition, it is fine to add in the chinese keyboard input, so this just makes it even more stupid that you cant change the display language.

Is there any way at all to view Chinese language without upgrading?  Please help or my nice new laptop is going back to the shop! 

I agree with everyone else who has posted here.  When Windows excludes stupid little features like language display for foreign software to make a profit, you create resentment and force people who WANT to use legal products to turn to pirated products because the legal products aren't flexible enough to meet our needs.  In the age of globalization, Windows needs to provide free and complete language compatibility options for all 3 versions of Windows, within all elements of the operating system.  Just my opinon.

Hi pchau,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Answers Community Forums.

In Windows Home Premium you will not be able to change display language except French, Spanish, German, Japanese, and English.

To change your display language to Chinese you will have to buy Windows 7 Upgrade Ultimate License.

After this you will have to download and install Multi User Language Interface pack from Windows Update and install it to change and use your programs display in Chinese language.

·         Please see the link below to how to get additional display language and change them,

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/How-do-I-get-additional-display-languages How do I get additional display languages? To check for programs that are compatible with Windows 7, including your Chinese programs please refer to the link below, http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/windows-7/en-US  

Hope this information helped you.

Regards,

 

 

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Microsoft – Come on..! I am like the others. I simply will not purchase the Windows 7 Enterprise upgrade to get a feature which was widely used, supported and included in earlier versions. By asking your loyal customers to continually expend more to get the same is a blatant slap in the face; a slap hard enough to turn one’s head in the direction of Apple. Remember, “Home Users” have a choice.

On one hand Microsoft markets cultural connectivity but charges an arm and both legs to actually participate in meaningful cultural exchange. This type of business practice may have been successful in the past, but as you know, our current economy has drastically reduced consumer discretionary spend.

Please reconsider charging for the Language Packs for Windows 7 Home Premium.

Thanks,

Mr. Sensible1

The Language Interface pack are for translating windows it self and may come with a better IME. For non-Unicode programs/games you need to change the system locale(in Region and Languages) or you can use AppLocale. There no need for ultimate...

AppLocale:
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/tools/apploc.mspx

AppLocale Windows 7 installing(As administrator...):
http://blog.wentoday.com/?p=136

I just purchased a laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium and found that I could not display a couple of Chinese software -- well, I am not going to buy the upgrade for sure. Maybe, just return the laptop and buy a laptop with xp version, or install my old XP -- it is very SAD and feel BAD for the laptop vender.

I am using 95% English and 5% Chinese for my laptop. Here is what I found to display Chinese (however, still a couple of Chinese software are not working well). To type Chinese: install google (sorry MS) pinyin or sogou pinyin and to display Chinese using NJStar communicator(30 days trial and have to pay $$ after)....Hope MS will solve the language problem......

I was hoping to find out whether windows 7 can run chinese programs and show proper characters without the language pack?

In Vista, I can't read my chinese games because it shows up as funny signs. Will that be an issue on Windows 7 if I don't use the Ultimate Edition and Language pack?

Control Panel -> Change keyboards or other input methods -> [Tab] Administrative -> Change system locale      [ This is under "Language for non-unicode programs ] -> Then set to preferred language. =]

I was hoping to find out whether windows 7 can run chinese programs and show proper characters without the language pack?

In Vista, I can't read my chinese games because it shows up as funny signs. Will that be an issue on Windows 7 if I don't use the Ultimate Edition and Language pack?

OMG!!!!!!