I installed the English version of the operating system for the first time and encountered Chinese garbled characters. I posted some symptoms and solutions to help you.
When installing Windows XP Professional in English version, if you do not consider the language, install it directly as prompted. After installation, all the Chinese folder names and Chinese files on the disk are garbled, when you open your browser to browse the Web page, it is also garbled, And the sogou Chinese input method cannot be installed. In this case, I guess there is a lack of language packs. The English version of Windows XP installation disk should be available, but there is no installation disk at hand. You only need to search for a solution on Google with the English keyword, difficult to find a URL, locate.
To fundamentally solve the problem, you can only install the Language Pack, which is hard to find on the Internet, and there is a ready-made installation disk in the English language. The two steps are completed. 1. Choose Control Panel> date, time, language, and regional Options> regional and language options> documents ages. Select the install files for East Asian documents file, the installation of the East Asian Language Pack starts. After a few minutes, you will be prompted to install xjis again. NLS file, and then find xjis in the CD. install the NLS file. 2. Under Regional and language options-> advanced, select Chinese (PRC) from the select a language to match the language version of the non-Unicode programs you want to use drop-down menu ), click Apply. Restart to solve the problem.