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Question by Bill: How come Firefox displays a weird character when it should show a word?
How come I get these ☠ using Firefox and when I show the Internet Explorer, what should I get (Wed), as the text if you can not see what I have a small box laid with the numbers 26 and 20 inside of it ist.Gibt a fix for my problem? Thanks in advance.

Best answer:

Answer by TerminatioN
Some symbols may not show because your computer does not contain the font set and/or your browser is not set to the correct Character Encoding. Changing browser’s encoding is usually done from its View Menu.

If you see squares or question marks instead of the symbol you need to make sure you have the language pack installed necessary to show the symbols.

Installing Windows XP Language Packs:

(depending on the version of XP you have, you may need to insert your Windows XP Setup CD) then go to Control Panel >> Add/Remove Programs >> Windows Components scroll down in the list and put a checkmark next to “language packs”. If you cant find that, then go here instead Control Panel >> Regional and Language Options >> Languages then made sure both boxes under Supplemental Language Support are checked. Click NEXT and then let it do its thing. You will probably then have to reboot.

Enabling International Support in Windows XP/Server 2003 Family: http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/handson/user/xpintlsupp.mspx
How to Configure Regional and Language Support for User Accounts: https://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/reginalsup.mspx

Vista:

Install a display language: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/4a90fe71-cca6-4965-ab39-97f92ca1a03f1033.mspx
Windows Vista Ultimate language pack release information: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925471
Installing Language Interface Packs: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766278(WS.10).aspx

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