excell,word and other programmes are not displaying charecters properly (Change the system locale )
Change the system locale charecters for languages like arabic wont open properly. A csv file with arabic name list is opened in excel but excel is showing as junk charecters. change the charecter set to your locale control paner > Regional and Language options > Administrative >change system locale Select the system locale you want and click ok The system will restart with newly selected language http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Change-the-system-locale