Arabic-L:GEN:Windows Responses

[Dilworth B. Parkinson]

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Arabic-L: Fri 09 Jul 1999
Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu>
[To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu]
[To unsubscribe, send message to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading:
          unsubscribe arabic-l                                      ]

-------------------------Directory-------------------------------------

1) Subject: Windows Response
2) Subject: Windows Response
3) Subject: Windows Response

-------------------------Messages--------------------------------------
1)
Date: 09 Jul 1999
From: uns2 <w_samy at aucegypt.edu>
Subject: Windows Response

I am not clear on exactly what the problem is.
However, on the Windows CD are two subdirectories.
One is called Enabled, and the other Localised.
Each has a complete system, the difference is that
the Enabled one gives you English menus.  The
Localised gives Arabic menus.
One of the ways to install Windows is to boot your
PC with 'CD support', then change directory to the
CD, to the Enabled subdirectory on the Win98
CD, and from there run the setup program.

If I have understood correctly, you are planning to
keep an English version of Windows as well as the
Arabic one.  In my estimation, this is quite unnecessary.

Waheed

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
2)
Date: 09 Jul 1999
From: GnhBos at aol.com
Subject: Windows Response

Dear Mohammad,

I am sorry about your troubles and you having to go all the way
to the "Gulf" to pay for a Full Version, that you did not need in
the  first place. MS Arabic Windows 98 Upgrade would upgrade
your English Windows.

Partitioning your hard drive is no longer required, as before, with
MS Arabic Win 95 (being a FAT 16). Now, the Arabic version of
MS Windows 98 is as superior as the English version. Having
said that, you may NOT switch between the Localized and the
Enabled versions when you please, this option is ONLY valid
during installation. I suggest that you uninstall the Localized
Version, then, install the Enabled.

Option one for Installing Windows 98:

In order to install Arabic Windows 98 the CD-ROM drive must first
work under MS-DOS. Please make sure your CD-ROM drive is accessible
under DOS. Most PC manufacturers shipped their Windows 95 systems
with the CD-ROM drive not working under DOS. So you have to contact
your PC hardware manufacturer for instructions on editing your
[config.sys] and [autoexec.bat] files, to make the CD-ROM work
under DOS.

1) edit your [CONFIG.SYS] file and add a 'DEVICE='statement
for the CD-ROM driver, and (2) edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to add
an 'MSCDEX' statement. The contents of these two statements are
hardware specific and you need to ask your PC manufacturer. Calling
us for this information will NOT help.

Once the CD-ROM drive is working under MS-DOS you need use the
[Add/Remove] Programs icon in the [Control Panel] to make a Startup
Disk. Reboot the system with the Startup Disk and install Arabic
Win 98 upgrade from there: 1) switch to CD-ROM drive (usually
E:<enter>), and 2) Type (CD \win98\ena <enter>), and run Setup
from there.


Option Two for English Win 98:

To remedy the Arabic Windows 98 installation problem, please restart
the computer with the current English Windows 98 Startup diskette.
Then, the Arabic Windows 98 Setup program will run OK; it always does.

Please keep us posted with your progress, we would like to help in
any way we can. Support is one reason why you should have called
AramediA first :-) you may still call the undersigned, anytime.

Wassalaam Alaykum,

Best Regards,

George N. Hallak           Microsoft Sakhr Arabic Islamic Software
AramediA Group             T 617 825-3044 F 617 265-9648
761 Adams Street           mailto:sales at aramedia.net
Boston, MA 02122, USA      http://aramedia.com
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
3)
Date: 09 Jul 1999
From: dil at byu.edu
Subject: Windows Response

I have no idea how to fix your problem, but for the record, there IS a
reason to install both an English and an Arabic Windows system.  This took
about two weeks of calling by our computer support person here to figure
out, but it turns out that Arabic Windows is not entirely compatible with
some kinds of Novell networks that are installed at some universities (ours
would be one), so when I am in an Arabic environment, some network services
are not available.  I partitioned my disk and installed an English system
on one part, and go to that system when I need those services.
A second annoying thing that it took quite a while to discover is that if
you buy a computer with English Windows pre-installed, and then buy the
Arabic Windows updater, it won't work if by chance the version of Windows
that was preinstalled has a certain code at the front (a B or something;
naturally mine did).  In the end, the only solution for us was to entirely
wipe the hard drive clean, partition it, and install both systems from
scratch.
Not fun. Annoying. Time-consuming.  Lots of calls to tech support people
who ended up knowing less than we did.  No, this is not a bitter Mac person
speaking.
Dil

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
End of Arabic-L: 09 Jul 1999