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kayakorea2
Joined: 03 Apr 2005 Location: Vancouver
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Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:06 am Post subject: My windows vista won't read hangul |
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This is not related to hwp. I avoid it like the plague. But I bought my HP notebook in Korea, and set it up in English...
(that's awesome that now you set your own brand new HP computer up at home and it asks you Korean or English? and it's an authorized version! I remember buying computers in Yongsan and having some bootleg English version installed every time.)
anyway, when I get emails in Hangul they are just garbled symbols. Is there a download that will fix this? I tried to install a windows Global blah blah blah but it said it cannot be installed on my computer.
Also, my keyboard only types English and that's fine. But if I could switch back and forth it would be a nice convenience. But I just mainly want to be able to read emails in Korean.
Any ideas? |
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the_beaver

Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:33 am Post subject: |
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For emails:
In Explorer, got to the view menu. Under encoding, select either Korean or Unicode -- one of them should work...
To type in Korean:
In the start menu go to the control panel. In the Clock, Language, and Region options, select the change keyboard option. Select that an install Korean (Microsoft) IME. When it's installed, make sure that it's at the top of the list. |
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kayakorea2
Joined: 03 Apr 2005 Location: Vancouver
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Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:12 am Post subject: Thanks |
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Got the first part figured out.. haven't tried the keyboard yet. will play with that. Is the D. from the old Edae & Hongdae Beaver's Wings? If so, you know ,me... Is there one still around? |
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kayakorea2
Joined: 03 Apr 2005 Location: Vancouver
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Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:20 am Post subject: .... |
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second part worked too.. awesome. Thanks for the good advice. |
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jboney
Joined: 14 May 2008 Location: Northern Seoul
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 12:27 pm Post subject: |
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a problem that I'm having is that while I am using skype, hangul is being displayed sideways....anyone else have this problem??? |
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Otherside
Joined: 06 Sep 2007
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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jboney wrote: |
a problem that I'm having is that while I am using skype, hangul is being displayed sideways....anyone else have this problem??? |
Yes, I just put my monitor on its side when I'm skyping. |
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Col.Brandon

Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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I bought an HP notebook with English Vista, and when I tried to install the Korean language pack, it told me that I needed Vista Professional, not the Home version the computer came with. Vista sucks - I miss XP. |
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eamo

Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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Col.Brandon wrote: |
I bought an HP notebook with English Vista, and when I tried to install the Korean language pack, it told me that I needed Vista Professional, not the Home version the computer came with. Vista sucks - I miss XP. |
Well, it's more like your version of Vista is stripped down to be cheaper. Vista Ultimate and Premium can use language packs no problem. Whereas, no version of XP ever could. |
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undauntedoh
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:11 am Post subject: |
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mine works fine.. sorry :) |
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the_beaver

Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 11:28 pm Post subject: Re: Thanks |
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kayakorea2 wrote: |
Got the first part figured out.. haven't tried the keyboard yet. will play with that. Is the D. from the old Edae & Hongdae Beaver's Wings? If so, you know ,me... Is there one still around? |
This skipped under my radar...
That's me. Give me some clues to your identity.
And no, Beaver's Wings is long gone. |
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