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Windows Internet Explorer language support installation
Tools needed:
Windows Millenium Edition (Me), Windows 2000, or Windows XP
Internet Explorer 6.0 (or higher)
Windows Installation CD (required in rare instances)
Automatic configuration wizard:
When browsing a non-roman language web page for the first time with
Internet Explorer 6, you might see a message indicating that you will
need to download additional software to properly see the page (Figure 1).
The message will only appear once. If you cancel this request to install software, it will not return unless you first quit the web browser and then again attempt to view a web page in that language.
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Figure 1. The "Install
on Demand" information
panel for Chinese language support. |
Starting the install process:
If you are able to install software on the computer, clicking the "Download"
button will start the configuration process. As shown above, Internet
Explorer will attempt to calculate the time required to download the
necessary software.
Typically, the next message to appear will be a request (Figure 2) to allow the installation of software that is distributed by Microsoft and "digitally signed" by a trustworthy organization.
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Figure 2. You can review
security messages before installing additional browser software.
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Status indication:
If you accept to install the software, and are able to install software
on the computer, you should then see some indication of the
installation progress follow in a new window (Figure 3).
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Figure 3. Installation progress
display (shown here for Korean language support).
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Most frequently encountered error (insufficient permission):
If you are unable to install the additional support software, you might
see a message (Figure 4) indicating that the installation cannot proceed.
Typically, a reason is given. If the reason is that you do not have sufficient
priviledges
to install software, you may wish to ask the administrator or owner of
the computer if they are willing to install the software following this
same procedure.
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Figure 4. An example error
message. Here the error message indicates that the current user
cannot install software updates.
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Text size:
After successfully installing the language support, you should
quit the web browser program, and start it again. Try accessing the text
samples again and be sure that they display properly and that you are
able to read them. For some language scripts you may find it useful to
enlarge the on-screen text. To do this, use the "Text Size" submenu of
the "View" menu (Figure 5).
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Figure 5. If needed, you
can enlarge the on-screen text to improve legibility.
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If it doesn't "just work":
The procedure outlined here should typically work for
test takers using the software indicated in the supported configurations
matrix.
If you
are experiencing difficulties installing
the language support for Internet Explorer in Windows Me, 2000 or XP,
please address e-mail the technical support address, providing as much
information as you can:
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