Internet Explorer in PCWNT Cannot View Chinese BIG5 Characters. (166426)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation, Pan Chinese Edition, version 4
This article was previously published under Q166426

SYMPTOMS

Internet Explorer version 3.0 in Pan Chinese Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 cannot view a Chinese BIG5 home page or any Chinese text that is in BIG5 code page format. This is true even when Chinese (BIG5) is selected in the Font Settings dialog box.

CAUSE

This problem may have the following causes:
  • Language support for Internet Explorer 3.0 and Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0 is not installed.

    -or-
  • The MingLiU font is missing or corrupted.

    -or-
  • Internet Explorer 3.0 (4.70.1158) in Pan Chinese Windows NT Workstation 4.0 is the U.S. version.

RESOLUTION

To install language support for Internet Explorer 3.0 and Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0:
  1. Log on to an account with administrator privileges.
  2. Use the right mouse button to click the Tchinese.inf file in the Langpack folder on the Pan Chinese Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Compact Disc, and then click Install. Once installation is complete, shut down and restart your computer.
  3. On the Internet Explorer View menu, click Options.
  4. On the General tab, click Font Settings.
  5. In the Character Sets box, click Traditional Chinese.
  6. In the Proportional Font box, click MingLiU.
  7. In the Fixed-width Font box, click MingLiu.
  8. In the MIME Encoding box, click BIG5, click OK, and then click OK again.
With the LangPack installed, Internet Explorer 4.0 users can install and use the Japanese/Korean Input Method Editor (IME) for Windows 95 & Windows NT 4.0. This will allow users to not just display but also input Japanese and Korean text into Web forms and Outlook Express 4.0 e-mail messages. For more information, please see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articlse:

ARTICLE-ID: 186113
TITLE : Internet Explorer Input Method Editor 4.0 for apanese/Korean

ARTICLE-ID: 152421
TITLE : Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.01 for Windows 95 Available

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:8/9/2001
Keywords:kbnetwork kbprb KB166426
©2002 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.