When you try to install files for East Asian languages, you are asked for a Windows XP installation disk. These days, Windows comes pre-installed, so few people have a real Windows XP disk. Here’s how to install without the DVD/CD-ROM.

• Windows Xp Sp3
• Windows Xp Sp3 Laptop
• Windows Xp Sp3 I386 Language

Only Happens on Earlier Versions of Windows XP

Right Click in my computer Then Properties. And see if your version is Service pack 2 (Sp2),Service Pack 3 (Sp3) or.It is most likely a copy of the Windows XP Installation CD-ROM, or the I386 directory that is on that CD-ROM. I have no i386 folder.Find Deals on High PerformanceLaptops w/ Intel Core at Dell! I386 Lang Win Xp Sp3 Download - tmasanapet. This is the self-extracting executable that contains the update package for Windows XP Service Pack 3. Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating. Select and download one of the language packs below.

1. XP pro SP3: make the above files plus one named WIN51IP.SP3 Slipstream the latest SP update. If you have ever upgraded your Windows XP installation with a Service Pack, then you will need to upgrade your installation.
2. Windows XP Service Pack 3 Install Instructions To start the download, click the Download button and then do one of the following, or select another language from Change Language and then click Change.

Windows Xp Sp3

I bought two Thinkpad laptops with Windows XP in 2002 and 2007. The 2002 (no service pack, I think) exhibits this problem; the 2007 model (Service Pack 2) does not. So some time between 2002 and 2007, this ceased being an issue.

Installation Procedure

The key is that the East Asian language installation files are on your hard drive, not some separate DVD or CD-ROM.

Windows Xp Sp3 Laptop

Here is how to install East Asian languages on English Windows XP:

• In the Control Panel, go to Date, Time, Language, and Regional Settings
• Select Add other languages. The Regional and Language Options form will appear. Select the Languages tab.
• Check Install files for East Asian Languages. Dismiss the Install Supplemental Language Support dialog that warns you of how this will consume lots of disk space.
• Click OK in the Regional and Language Options form.
• You will be asked to specify a location for the files. The file browser will ask you to insert your Windows XP installation disk, and propose a file path on your DVD/CD-ROM drive like D:I386. But you don’t have a CD-ROM.
• Instead, you need to specify the folder that contain file cplexe.exe:
  • It could be anywhere, but first try the usual suspects:
    • C:I386
    • C:I386lang
    • C:WINDOWSI386
    • C:WINDOWSServicePackFilesi386lang
  • Try searching your entire hard disk for cplexe.exe
  • If all else fails, search the Internet for cplexe.exe and download it. Past readers have seen good results with the East Asian Language Pack from Recent Solutions. Wherever you get them, make sure to scan the files with an up-to-date virus scanning program.
• Now back to the Regional and Language Options form. Specify the folder containing cplexe.exe as the DVD/CD-ROM drive (instead of D:I386).
• Reboot
• Return to the Languages tab of the Regional and Language Options form
• Click the Details button. The Text Services and Input Languages form will appear.
• In the Settings tab, click the Add button
• In the Add Input Language form, select Input Language (I selected Japanese) and Keyboard layout/IMEMicrosoft IME Standard 2002. Click OK on all forms to finish.
• In the Taskbar at the lower right of your screen, EN should appear, indicating that you are currently in English mode.
• Click on the EN, and you will be offered a choice of all the input methods you currently have installed.

Windows Xp Sp3 I386 Language

That’s the procedure for Windows XP. I also have an article that tells you how to set up Japanese and Chinese on Linux.