Upgrade Uniscribe
Web Browsers: Currently only Internet Explorer 8 supports tb-lr (displaying vertically from left to right). Internet Explorer 6 & 7 support displaying vertically, but only tb-rl can be used. None of the other web browsers support displaying vertically.
Use Complex Scripts on Your Computer
Please configure your computer and applications step by step.
Windows 2000/XP/2003:
Step 1: Enable Complex Script Support
Step 2: Upgrade Uniscribe
Step 3: Install Fonts
Step 4: Install Keyboard Layout
Step 5: Configure Applications
Windows Vista/2008/7:
Step 1: Install Fonts
Step 2: Install Keyboard Layout
Step 3: Configure Applications
If there is anything wrong, please go to Test and Troubleshooting.
Upgrade Uniscribe
Uniscribe is the Microsoft Windows set of services for rendering Unicode-encoded text, especially complex text layout. They are implemented in the DLL USP10.DLL. USP10.dll became available to the public with Windows 2000 and Internet Explorer 5.0.
USP is an acronym for Unicode Scripts Processor. The main purpose of Uniscribe includes the following:
1. arranging input text from the input sequence to visual sequence.
2. substituting glyphs according to context (e.g. different forms of Mongolian characters)
3. ordering displayed text based on text flow direction (e.g. LTR vs RTL, Horizontal vs Vertical)
Although Uniscribe has been available since Windows 2000, new versions of Uniscribe provided more functions to the system, namely, support for other writing systems. An earlier update of it supports the display of Arabic and Hebrew, then Thai and Vietnamese. Since Windows XP, more South Asian and Assyrian alphabets are supported.
The first generally available version of Uniscribe which included Tibetan script support was the one included in Microsoft Office 2003 SP2. The one which included Mongolian script support was the one included in Microsoft Windows Vista. Devanagari was supported from Windows 2000.
Windows 2000/XP/2003 users must upgrade Uniscribe to support Mongolian or Tibetan scripts. Windows Vista/2008/7 users do not need to upgrade Uniscribe.
Notice: Please be very careful when doing the following steps. A mistake may cause your computer unbootable.
==== Users of 32-bit Windows 2000/XP/2003 ====
1. Download USP10.exe. Put it on the Desktop. Restart your computer.
2. Run USP10.exe.
3. When the Command Prompt window (Replacer : replace) says:
Checking script…
1 file(s) will be replaced.
Press any key to start the script.
Press any key (for example, the space key) to continue.
4. When the Command Prompt window (Replacer : replace) says:
* usp10.dll:
- Copying to DllCachee…
- Copying to ServicePackFile…
- Replacing system file…
Complete. Reboot to see changes.
Press any key to quit.
Press any key (for example, the space key) to quit.
Note: If you do not see the above windows, please run USP10.exe again.
5. System File Protection will report that a system file was replaces. Please ignore it.
6. Restart your computer.
==== Users of 32-bit Windows 2000/XP/2003 (Manual Upgrading) ====
1. Download USP10x86.rar. Decompress it to folder USP10x86. Put the folder on the desktop.
2. Restart your computer. After the POST, press and hold F8 key, then choose Safe Mode.
3. In Safe Mode, open My Computer. Click Tools, then click Folder Options. In the View tab, check Show hidden files and folders and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended), ignore the warning (click Yes) and then click OK.
4. Enter Windows\System32\dllcache, delete usp10.dll.
5. Enter Windows\System32, delete usp10.dll.
6. Copy usp10.dll (in USP10x86) to Windows\System32.
7. Copy usp10.dll (in USP10x86) to Windows\System32\dllcache.
8. Open My Computer. Click Tools, then click Folder Options. In the View tab, uncheck Show hidden files and folders and check Hide protected operating system files (Recommended), then click OK.
9. Restart your computer.
==== Users of 64-bit Windows 2000/XP/2003 (Manual Upgrading) ====
1. Download USP10x64.rar. Decompress it to folder USP10x64. Put the folder on the desktop.
2. Restart your computer. After the POST, press and hold F8 key, then choose Safe Mode.
3. In Safe Mode, open My Computer. Click Tools, then click Folder Options. In the View tab, check Show hidden files and folders and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended), ignore the warning (click Yes) and then click OK.
4. Enter Windows\System32\dllcache, delete usp10.dll and wusp10.dll (if it exists).
5. Enter Windows\System32, delete usp10.dll.
6. Enter Windows\SysWOW64, delete usp10.dll.
7. Open USP10x64\Windows\System32. Copy usp10.dll to Windows\System32 of your system.
8. Open USP10x64\Windows\SysWOW64. Copy usp10.dll to Windows\SysWOW64 of your system.
9. Open USP10x64\Windows\System32\dllcache. Copy usp10.dll and wusp10.dll to Windows\System32\dllcache of your system.
10. Open My Computer. Click Tools, then click Folder Options. In the View tab, uncheck Show hidden files and folders and check Hide protected operating system files (Recommended), then click OK.
11. Restart your computer.