Vista - Email in Russian

I receive emails to my hotmail account written in Russian and the characters
are displayed as jibberish but I would like to read these emails.
Do I have to purchase special software to read these emails? Does Microsoft
have a download or are there special settings I can change?
Thanks...

That's could be a problem with your encoding settings. In IE7 go to Page,
Encoding and select what you need.


"Lost in Siberia" wrote:

> I receive emails to my hotmail account written in Russian and the characters
> are displayed as jibberish but I would like to read these emails.
> Do I have to purchase special software to read these emails? Does Microsoft
> have a download or are there special settings I can change?
> Thanks...

Mary,

Thanks...I have done that but it only allows me to type in Russian, not read
incoming emails in Russian characters...unless I am doing something wrong.

"Mary" wrote:

> That's could be a problem with your encoding settings. In IE7 go to Page,
> Encoding and select what you need.
>
>
> "Lost in Siberia" wrote:
>
> > I receive emails to my hotmail account written in Russian and the characters
> > are displayed as jibberish but I would like to read these emails.
> > Do I have to purchase special software to read these emails? Does Microsoft
> > have a download or are there special settings I can change?
> > Thanks...

"Lost in Siberia" <LostinSiberia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks...I have done that but it only allows me to type in Russian, not
> read
> incoming emails in Russian characters...unless I am doing something wrong.

Windows Vista handles Cyrillic languages fine out of the box, as long as
they're using Unicode. So my guess is this is down to how the e-mail has
been encoded.

Does the following webpage display OK (alphabet in upper and lower case)
http://www.windowsresource.net/cyrillictest.htm

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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Paul - I can read the alphabet in upper and lower cases. What does that mean
for me? Downloading software? Purchasing software?
P.S. I have actually been to Yeovil!

"Paul Smith" wrote:

> "Lost in Siberia" <LostinSiberia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EAA40092-85E1-4D0D-9EFE-C166C014327E@microsoft.com...
>
> > Thanks...I have done that but it only allows me to type in Russian, not
> > read
> > incoming emails in Russian characters...unless I am doing something wrong.
>
> Windows Vista handles Cyrillic languages fine out of the box, as long as
> they're using Unicode. So my guess is this is down to how the e-mail has
> been encoded.
>
> Does the following webpage display OK (alphabet in upper and lower case)
> http://www.windowsresource.net/cyrillictest.htm
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>
> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>
>
>

"Lost in Siberia" <LostinSiberia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Paul - I can read the alphabet in upper and lower cases. What does that
> mean
> for me? Downloading software? Purchasing software?

It means your computer is working OK 8-) But something is either up with
Hotmail or how the e-mail is being sent.

Does this happen with all Cyrillic e-mails or just ones from a particular
sender?

You could try going to Control Panel -> Clock, Language and Region ->
Regional and Language Options -> Administrative -> Change system locale.
But I doubt if that'll have any effect on Hotmail but probably worth a try.

> P.S. I have actually been to Yeovil!

That's even more freaky than the other poster on here called Paul Smith. <g>

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Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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Thanks...I have made the location change to Kazakhstan. I will see if that
makes a difference. Do you have any other suggestions if this doesn't work?

"Paul Smith" wrote:

> "Lost in Siberia" <LostinSiberia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:29A7846A-72EA-4F4E-8C04-920509EAF3F8@microsoft.com...
> > Paul - I can read the alphabet in upper and lower cases. What does that
> > mean
> > for me? Downloading software? Purchasing software?
>
> It means your computer is working OK 8-) But something is either up with
> Hotmail or how the e-mail is being sent.
>
> Does this happen with all Cyrillic e-mails or just ones from a particular
> sender?
>
> You could try going to Control Panel -> Clock, Language and Region ->
> Regional and Language Options -> Administrative -> Change system locale.
> But I doubt if that'll have any effect on Hotmail but probably worth a try.
>
> > P.S. I have actually been to Yeovil!
>
> That's even more freaky than the other poster on here called Paul Smith. <g>
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>
> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>
>
>

"Lost in Siberia" <LostinSiberia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks...I have made the location change to Kazakhstan. I will see if
> that
> makes a difference. Do you have any other suggestions if this doesn't
> work?

Unfortuneatly not, Hotmail is out of my field of expertise. I'd be willing
to e-mail in a few different character sets to see if there is one specific
one causing the problem. I used to run into things like that with Windows
98 and ME, but never with XP and up.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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thanks...if you think of anything, let me know...

"Paul Smith" wrote:

> "Lost in Siberia" <LostinSiberia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8135509E-DF0A-430E-BFF1-403170D898D7@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks...I have made the location change to Kazakhstan. I will see if
> > that
> > makes a difference. Do you have any other suggestions if this doesn't
> > work?
>
> Unfortuneatly not, Hotmail is out of my field of expertise. I'd be willing
> to e-mail in a few different character sets to see if there is one specific
> one causing the problem. I used to run into things like that with Windows
> 98 and ME, but never with XP and up.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>
> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>
>
>