Difference Between OEM Russian and OEM Cyrillic Character Sets

ID: Q226244

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

SUMMARY

This article describes the difference between OEM Russian and OEM Cyrillic language settings.

MORE INFORMATION

The Russian language setting always uses the Cyrillic characters and fonts. The Regional tool in Control Panel installs code page conversion tables and does not install fonts.

Note the different numbers at the begining of the string for the "855 OEM-Cyrillic" language setting and the "866 OEM-Russian" language setting. One is an IBM standard and the other is an MS-DOS standard.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbui
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo