Takeshi

Home computers are most likely to use retail or OEM versions and not VLK. You can confirm this by looking at the product ID in System properties: the second group should say OEM if it's OEM. #####-OEM- If it's a work computer then ask the IT person.

Many thanks indeed, that's what I wanted to know, esp. I wanted to add the New M$ Ph IME. I don't seem to have the reg key you listed but I just found a list of keyboard input codes elsewhere in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Keyboard Layouts In mine: E0010404 is Phonetic E0080404 is New Phonetic E0090404 is New ChangJie

Thanks. Actually I did find the two extra input codes under Chinese (Taiwan) on M$ website: 0404:e0080404, 0404:E0010404 but not sure what they are. There're only two codes shown but a lot more IMEs. Looks like I'll have to use the registry monitoring (I use RegMon) and File Mon.

Is there any way to install individual language input method editors (IMEs) for E Asian languages in unattended mode for En Windows XP? Specifically the various Chinese IMEs such as Phonetic and Quick IMEs (there are quite a few) under CH Chinese (Taiwan)? I cannot find any info in ref.chm or Microsoft website, apart from LanguageGroup 9 is Traditional Chinese and InputLocale 0404 is Chinese (Taiwan). The relevant winnt.sif section I've tried is: [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup = 1, 9 SystemLocale = 000001009 UserLocale = 00001009 InputLocale = 1009:00001009, 0404:00000404 This only installed Chinese (Traditional) US Keyboard under Chinese (Taiwan) in Regional and Language Options. The US Keyboard does not input Chinese. Any help appreciated.