How To Add and Enable French Languages in Windows
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 2000
To add an French language in Windows 2000, follow these
steps:
- Click Start
, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
- Double-click Regional Settings.
- Click the General tab, click to select the check box next to the French
language group you wish to install, and then click Apply. The system will either prompt for a Windows 2000 CD-ROM or
access the system files across the network. Once the French language is installed,
Windows 2000 will prompt you to restart the computer.
To enable a newly added French language and specify a French keyboard
layout in Windows 2000, follow these steps:
- Click Start , point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
- Double-click Regional Settings.
- Click the Input Locales tab.
- In the Input Locales box, click French language, and then click Properties.
- In the Keyboard Layout box, click the French keyboard layout, click OK, and then click OK.
Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK)
The French language support for text display and text input
can be included when you create an IEAK package for Microsoft Windows 98,
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, and Windows NT clients. This occurs in
"Stage 2 - Automatic Version Synchronization" of the IEAK Customization
Wizard.
Windows XP
To install French language and French keyboard layout in Windows XP,
follow these steps:
- In the Windows XP standard Start menu, click Start
, and then click Control Panel.
In the Windows XP classic Start menu, click Start , click Settings, and then click Control Panel.
- Double-click Regional and Language
Options.
- Click the Languages tab, and then click Details under "Text Services and Input Languages".
- Click Add under "Installed Services", and then click French language and the French keyboard layout you want to use for that language.
- To configure the settings for the Language bar, click Language Bar under "Preferences".
Windows Vista
1. Open Regional and Language Options by clicking the Start button 
, clicking Control Panel, clicking Clock, Language, and Region, and then clicking Regional and Language Options.
2. Click the Keyboards and Languages tab, and then click Change keyboards.
3. Under Installed services, click Add.
4. Double-click French language, double-click the text services you want to add, select the text services options you want to add, and then click OK .
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