Posted by Amun on 01/02/06 19:48

"DB_Story" <DB_Story@att.net> wrote in message
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> "Morton Davis" <antikerry@go.com> wrote in message
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> > "DB_Story" <DB_Story@att.net> wrote in message
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> > > Funny characters in user and file names. Where do they come from and
> can
> > > they be converted to regular Ascii?
> > >
> > >
> > They're part of the keyboard character sets activated for foreign users,
> > among others.
> >
> >
> Okay. Maybe they're unicode. But can I switch in a character set myself
> that will let me read them?
>
>

You can add the language set to your own system, if you know which of
several dozen to add.
But it will only be any good if you can read the language.

If you want a "babble-fish" type solution that changes it inside Winmx to
readable English, that is just not possible.


Give Mr. Gates a call and tell him that you don't like the way windoze
handles languages.

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