Russian Language

One of the things you need to know if you marry a Russian Woman is how to add the Russian language onto your computer.

Here is how:

Configuring your computer to type in Russian

Windows 95/98/ME
From the Control Panel (Start -> Settings -> Control Panel) go to Add/Remove Programs  -> Windows Setup, click on 'Multilanguage Support' and then click the 'Details' button, select 'Cyrillic Language Support' and then click 'OK' from this window and 'OK' from the previous window. The Cyrillic Language Support should then be installed and you will be asked to restart Windows.
(If the language support was not available then you can download and run it (lang.exe) from here.)

Then from the Control Panel double click on 'Keyboard', select the 'Language' tab and click the 'Add' button, choose 'Russian' from the list and click 'OK'. Ensure that the 'Enable indicator on taskbar' is ticked and the switch languages by 'Left Alt + Shift' is selected.

Windows 2000 only
From the Control Panel (Start -> Settings -> Control Panel) double click on the 'Regional Options' icon, then the 'General' tab and within 'Language Settings for the System' click on 'Cyrillic'.

Windows 2000 continued and Windows NT
From the Control Panel double click on 'Keyboard', select the 'Input Locales' tab and click the 'Add' button, choose 'Russian' from the list and click 'OK'. Ensure that the 'Enable indicator on taskbar' is ticked and the switch languages by 'Left Alt + Shift' is selected.

Windows XP
From the Control Panel (Start -> Settings -> Control Panel) double click on the 'Regional and Language Options' icon, then 'Languages', then 'Details' within 'Text Services and Input Languages', then 'Add' within 'Installed Services', and then click on 'Russian'.

Windows Vista

1.  Open Regional and Language Options by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking Clock, Language, and Region, and then clicking Regional and Language Options.

2.  Click the Keyboards and Languages tab.

3.  Under Display language, choose a language from the list, and then click OK.

Note: If you don't see the list of display languages, you need to install additional language files first.

You should now be able to type in Russian in Microsoft Word, Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, and most other applications by switching to 'Russian' by either clicking on the 'Ru' icon from your task bar or by using Alt + Shift.
(You can likewise switch back to English by clicking on 'En' or using Alt + Shift again.)
(In some programs such as AOL and old versions of Word (95) you will also need to choose a specific cyrillic font such as 'Arial Cyr'.)