Enabling Language Support in Windows 2000
Start, Settings, Control Panel, Regional Options
Under “Language settings for the system” check Central European.
Click the Input Locales Tab.
If a Change button is visible, click it.
Click Add, drop down the list of languages, click Polish
Drop down the Keyboard Layout list and select a layout for your language. Some languages offer multiple layouts - e.g. English offers QWERTY or Dvorak, French AZERTY or French Canadian QWERTY, Polish either 214 or Programmers (see description of Polish Keyboard layouts on the next page of instructions).
Click OK.
Back on the Input Locales dialog, make sure that “Enable indicator on taskbar” is checked.
Click OK.
You may be asked to insert the installation CD or enter the folder location from which you installed.
If you want to use Polish letters outside of Office documents, or have a program that shows menus and dialogs in Polish, perform these steps:
Log into the system as Administrator
Start, Settings, Control Panel, Regional Options
On the General tab, click Set Default.
Drop down the list under “Select appropriate locale” and select Polish.
Click OK.
You may be asked to insert the installation CD or enter the folder location from which you installed.
You must restart the system for this change to take effect.
Now, Polish letters will be properly displayed in menus, dialogs, in a Command window, in .TXT files.
Sorry, you can’t do this trick with earlier versions of Windows.