> Hi all, I am glad to find this list (through The Computer Lady). I am
> Sherrie Sanders, in WInston-Salem, NC. I have very few problems with my
> software but when I do, I am clueless. I hope this list will give me an
edge
> over the meanies in my machine. Today I have a problem. I hope you can
help.
>
> Today I began receiving an error message that I have never received before
> and with all the virus hype these days with Outlook Express, I am afraid
to
> act on the message without first confirming its validity. The following
> message pops up with only certain messages in my inbox:  Internet Explorer
> Install On Demand (This is in the window's title bar) The message reads:
"To
> display language characters correctly you need to download and install the
> following components - Japanese Text Display Support" I then have an
option
> to cancel or download a 2.7 MG file. There is a visible option to "never
> download these files" with a click box but it is not available to me. (It
is
> shaded out) Just canceling the message does not resolve anything because
> each time I come across one of these messages it pops back up. There does
> not seem to be any pattern that I can determine. It does not limit itself
to
> any one particular sender or subject and there are no attachments
involved.
> The only consistent thing I see is that it always happens when I click on
> those particular messages. I was afraid to just download the files without
> confirming the message first. Can anyone help me with this, or do I need
to
> learn Japanese? (sigh)
>
> Sherrie


Hi Sherrie,
Internet Explorer will give you this message when you go to a site that is
displayed in a foreign language. I usually just cancel when this occurs and
then get out of the site. I can't read Japanese anyway so why bother
downloading the language support program.

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