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Frequently Asked Questions

FAQs

Dr. International constantly receives questions over a broad range of internationalization, globalization, and localization topics. From time to time, the good Doctor gets enough questions in a specific area to create an FAQ page for that topic.

•	Complex scripts Information about scripts used in languages such as Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi, and Thai.

•	Input Method Managers and Editors (IMEs) Find out more about the IMEs used to enter East Asian Characters.

•	Locales and Language Groups Learn more about how locales and languages work in Windows to enable multi-lingual computing.

•	Windows 2000 Find facts about Windows 2000's international features.

•	Windows XP Find facts about Windows XP's international features.

•	Windows Multilingual UI Version Answers about Windows XP and Windows 2000 Multilingual User Interface (MUI) versions.

•	Windows XP Professional Language Interface Pack Answers about Windows XP Professional Interface (LIP) versions.

•	Windows Keyboard Layouts Answers about keyboards in Windows XP and Windows 2000.