Firefox Problems...

My Firefox won't display any text in Japanese and similar languages. Any idea how to fix this? It's really annoying.

 

View -> Character Encoding -> [Select Language]

 

I tried all of the Japanese options. It still didn't work.

 

You most likely don't have a Japanese translator installed on your computer.

 

Well before I wiped my hard drive(virus), It was fine, and it started out that way. I never installed any translators.

 

That shouldn't happen at all. If view>character encoding> Japanese Shift_JIS doesnt work, it will NEVER WORK. Translations, add-ons, and plug-ins of language encoding depend on the browsers character encoding. Mozilla should always work. One problem is that people switch from tab to tab, DON'T. Sometimes, you don't even need to encode at all (say for instance, a website; home). It all depends on the URL. Give me the url, and i will see if it works on mine. If it doesn't, give up; sometimes you cant win them all.

 

Okay, I got it working. Turns out I needed to check a box in the Windows Control Panel.

 

WHAT?!!! I typed a lot of stuff for nothing?! RAWR!!!!!!!!! THE SHARK IS MAD!!!!!

 

Closing this as the problem was resolved.