For the record, if anyone else was curious, the process is hilariously different for different revs of windows. I did numerous searches for the global IME for Win2k... it's only in a little note at the bottom of the one for 95, 98, and NT4 that it mentions that Win2k comes with everything you need.
In Windows2000, you need to
1. Go into "Regional Options" in the control panel (why can't they just have a tab called "languages?"), add Japanese to the list of "Installed Input locales", which requires the Win2k CD.
2. Add a hotkey of either Alt + L-Shift or Ctrl + L-Shift, or manually switch it in the taskbar (wonder what happens if you attempt to ownz0r your prey sassily in UT2004 while strafing)
3. When you shift between languages, it only applies the language switch to the front application. At first I was annoyed about it, but after some thought it's preferrable. Don't know why don't make that a checkbox, tho.
Still don't quite have a hang of the auto-switch from hiragana to kanji... mostly because I can't read kanji. So at the moment my problem is limited to "please don't."
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Date: 2004-03-08 05:23 pm (UTC)In Windows2000, you need to
1. Go into "Regional Options" in the control panel (why can't they just have a tab called "languages?"), add Japanese to the list of "Installed Input locales", which requires the Win2k CD.
2. Add a hotkey of either Alt + L-Shift or Ctrl + L-Shift, or manually switch it in the taskbar (wonder what happens if you attempt to ownz0r your prey sassily in UT2004 while strafing)
3. When you shift between languages, it only applies the language switch to the front application. At first I was annoyed about it, but after some thought it's preferrable. Don't know why don't make that a checkbox, tho.
Still don't quite have a hang of the auto-switch from hiragana to kanji... mostly because I can't read kanji. So at the moment my problem is limited to "please don't."