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This page outlines the steps for installing East Asian languages on a computer running Windows Vista so that the user can both read them.

First open the Control Panel dialog box by clicking on the Start button, and then clicking on Control Panel. By default the Control Panel is in the Category View. If that is the case, click on Clock, Language, and Region. If, instead you are in the Classic View, click on Control Panel Home on the left side to bring up the Category View. Under Clock, Language, and Region, click on Change keyboards or other input methods.
In the Regional and Language Options dialogue box that opens, click on Change keyboards ...

In the Text Services and Input Languages dialog box that opens, click on the Add ... button.
The Add Input Language dialogue box opens.
Scroll down the list until you find the language you want to add. Skip to section 6 if you only want to add traditional Chinese. Skip to section 7 if you only want to add Japanese. If you want to add simplified Chinese, scroll down to Chinese (PRC), and click on the + button to expand the list of keyboards available. Select the keyboard(s) you want to use by checking the corresponding box. In this example, the Microsoft Pinyin IME and US keyboards are selected. Click on the OK button if you are done with adding languages. Otherwise continue to select additional languages and keyboards.
If you want to add traditional Chinese, scroll down to Chinese (Taiwan), and click on the + button to expand the list of keyboards available. Select the keyboard(s) you want to use by checking the corresponding box. In this example, the New Quick and Phonetic keyboards are selected. Click on the OK button if you are done with adding languages. Otherwise continue to select additional languages and keyboards.
If you want to add Japanese, scroll down to Japanese (Japan), and click on the + button to expand the list of keyboards available. Select the keyboard(s) you want to use by checking the corresponding box. In this example, the Microsoft IME is selected. Click on the OK button if you are done with adding languages. Otherwise continue to select additional languages and keyboards.
After you have finished selecting the languages and the keyboards you want to add, click on the OK button in the Add Input Language dialogue box. Then, in the Text Services and Input Languages dialog box that opens, click on the OK button to finish the installation.
The Regional and Language Options dialogue box opens. Click on OK to exit.