After you install additional languages, you can use the Regional and Language Options dialog box in Control Panel to define the standards and formats the computer uses, a user’s location, and the input languages used by the user profile.

To add an input language for a user profile in Windows XP

  1. Log on to the specific user account for which you want to change the user input language.

  2. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

  3. In Control Panel, double-click Regional and Language Options.

  4. In the Regional and Language Options dialog box, click Languages, and then, under Text Services and Input Languages, click Details.

  5. In the Text Services and Input Languages dialog box, choose the user input language you want to add to the user’s profile from the list under Default input language. You can add additional services for the selected input language under Installed services.

  6. When the input language has been added, log off the user account and log on as the Windows SteadyState administrator.

  7. Reset the restrictions you want on the user profile you have just modified.

To add an input language for a user profile in Windows Vista

  1. Log on to the specific user account for which you want to change the user input language.

  2. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

  3. In Control Panel, under Clock, Language, and Region, click Change display language.

  4. In the Regional and Language Options dialog box, select the Keyboards and Languages tab.

  5. Click Install/uninstall languages, and follow the steps in the Install/Uninstall Languages Wizard.

  6. When the input language has been added, log off the user account and log on as the Windows SteadyState administrator.

  7. Reset the restrictions that you want in place for the user profile you have just modified.