How to Install Urdu Language On Windows XP

There are two aspects on Installing Urdu Support on Windows XP:

1. Enabling Web Browsers to Render Urdu Pages Correctly.

2. Setting Up the Computer to Write in Urdu Script.

Enabling Web Browsers to Render Urdu Pages Correctly

In order so that you browsers be able to render Urdu text correctly, you need to have Urdu fonts installed on your system. A quick way to install all essential fonts required by most of Urdu websites.

After installing these fonts, you should be able to read Urdu correctly in major Windows-based web-browsers including Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox, etc. If after installing fonts, and restarting your web-browser, you still dont see urdu text properly, then you need to enable UTF-8 encoding in your browser. Please follow these directions:

For Internet Explorer, go to View->Encoding->Unicode (UTF-8).

For Mozilla Firefox, go to View->Character Encoding->Unicode (UTF-8).

Above steps should enable you to read Urdu properly. Now we proceed to the second-part which would allow us to even write Urdu script on our PCs.

Setting Up the Computer to Write in Urdu Script

1. Open "Regional and Language Options" from control panel OR from start menu -> Run "intl.cpl".

2. Choose Language tab.

3. Check the "Install files for Complex Script and right-to-left languages (Including Thai)".

3. Press Apply to proceed.

4. Click "Details" button.

5. Click on "Add" button from "Input Language" list box select Urdu.

6. Press OK

Now you can type Urdu text after selecting it from the taskbar. For more help please visit: http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/msdn/urdu.htm