tetsuo500 Posted December 20, 2003 at 02:41 PM Report Share Posted December 20, 2003 at 02:41 PM I'm trying to get qq running on my (on university campus) computer. For those who don't know qq is Chinese chat program similar to icq, except it's better - because it's Chinese. You have a list of friends, when they are online you can chat to them. You can also just add random people to your list, or people from a certain city, age range etc. and ask if they want to chat. It's a good way to practice chatting in Chinese. Anyway, I can't quite install the program. No Chinese characters are being displayed. I'm running XP etc. etc. I think I need to be running a Chinese version of Windows. Can anyone confirm this, or offer a solution to the problem? Erk... - I think I'm having another problem.... can't get past the firewall. To get to the point, has anyone had any success installing and running qq on non-Chinese Windows? Download: www.qq.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quest Posted December 20, 2003 at 02:57 PM Report Share Posted December 20, 2003 at 02:57 PM Yes, here are three options for you: 1. Go to Control Panel -- Language/Region -- Advanced, and set your localization to Chinese (PRC) 2. Download the English version, though you still won't be able to read messages in Chinese. 3. Download Microsoft AppLocale here: http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/tools/apploc.mspx As to the firewall, what kind of firewall is it, university firewall or XP firewall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunku Posted December 20, 2003 at 03:06 PM Report Share Posted December 20, 2003 at 03:06 PM I couldn't get past the firewall either when I tried installing QQ, and it's the only program that seems to have any kind of firewall program. I think you need to open some specific ports or something, but I got frustrated and gave up. You can also use Chinese characters to chat with MSN, and it's free. QQ is also apparently pretty easily hack-able. I think there was a thread about this once before ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tetsuo500 Posted December 20, 2003 at 03:31 PM Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2003 at 03:31 PM Woo-hoo! Thanks Quest, I never knew you could do that in XP! It's the university firewall. It shouldn't be too big a problem though, we have two different firewalls. One for inside the computer labs and one for everywhere else. I think it's fine if I go outside the computer labs... I think the English version is pretty old now, it's definately not up to speed with the Chinese version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catdiseased Posted October 2, 2004 at 05:05 PM Report Share Posted October 2, 2004 at 05:05 PM I now that this topic is veeeery old, but I didnt want to start a new one. Can anyone tell me how to make a new account? It does cost money now, as far as I now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostybird Posted October 3, 2004 at 02:26 AM Report Share Posted October 3, 2004 at 02:26 AM One of my friends told me that you can get a new QQ account for a small fee. I have no idea what the fee is, or where you should pay it, though. They also give them away with certain mobile phones, I think. I got mine from a friend who had five or six accounts, she just gave me one of hers. If you have some friends in China, let them know that you want an account -- they'll probably have an extra one they can give you. By the way, I just started using NJStar Communicator in QQ, and it works pretty well. After playing around with the settings for a while, I can read and write in Chinese. I'm using the English version, too, on Windows 2000 pro. My 30-day trial period is almost up, though, and I'm not sure about paying $100 for it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catdiseased Posted October 3, 2004 at 09:04 AM Report Share Posted October 3, 2004 at 09:04 AM Thanks. I just dont now if it is worth the money. Think it would be better if they had a "lite" version to download for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quest Posted October 4, 2004 at 04:39 PM Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 at 04:39 PM There are many free alternatives, I dont see why you should pay to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niubi Posted October 4, 2004 at 09:35 PM Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 at 09:35 PM There are many free alternatives, I dont see why you should pay to use it. another reason not to use qq: there is a dictionary of censored/banned words/terms in qq which was implemented under order by the chinese government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedwell81 Posted November 17, 2004 at 03:48 PM Report Share Posted November 17, 2004 at 03:48 PM you can get the latest version of QQ in English, the installation file is called qq2003iii_eng. I downloaded it at www.pconline.com.cn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Posted November 17, 2004 at 07:45 PM Report Share Posted November 17, 2004 at 07:45 PM to display the chinese character on a non-chinese system, you need to install the language for "Asian Language Support". Even so, you also need to change the language for non-unicode UTF-8 programs to Chinese. But in your case, you may need Taiwan, rather than PRC - for the traditional character set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballbox1982 Posted December 3, 2004 at 01:10 AM Report Share Posted December 3, 2004 at 01:10 AM 你们可以用MSN MESSAGE,Many chinese use this tool now.I am a chinese,and I want to improve my english .Is there anyboby would like to chat with me? e_mail:ballbox1982@msn.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephrus Posted December 6, 2004 at 10:01 PM Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 at 10:01 PM when i try to register for a number it gives me this message after i put in all my information and then it doesn't do anything 沓迡陓洘祥ㄛ砆牉沓迡斛沓窒煦腔陓洘!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephrus Posted December 6, 2004 at 10:12 PM Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 at 10:12 PM also i installed a previous version of 2003 from www.qq.co.za so i dunno if the number i got from that place is why it doesn't work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chappie Posted December 13, 2004 at 01:59 AM Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 at 01:59 AM 2004 english was released a few weeks ago. Im gonna put that on my website cause its only fast in china but outside its SLOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pengduoming Posted February 4, 2005 at 11:41 AM Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 at 11:41 AM Did anyone manage to get QQ (English or Chinese version) working properly on English Windows 2000 without njstar? Even with njstar I experienced some problems with all character encodings (some characters would only be displayed as '?') - and it is now beyond its trial period anyway. Without njstar I can type characters but they are sent as blanks. I have Chinese PRC set as my default locale, and Microsoft Pinyin installed. I have no problems writing/reading characters in other applications.... 可以帮助我吗? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chappie Posted February 6, 2005 at 09:09 PM Report Share Posted February 6, 2005 at 09:09 PM http://www.chappies.org/setup/QQ2004.exe (its hosted on a dutch server so shoul dbe quick) That problem swith ??? is that NJstar builds a character up with 2 parts. If you mis a part you will see ??? There is a problem. With win2k you need chinese windows. I have dutch win2k and I cant type chinese char in QQ. The software of QQ is coded in "chinese" so it requires "chinese" windows. I use NJstar of just chinese windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
browny Posted February 11, 2005 at 04:07 AM Report Share Posted February 11, 2005 at 04:07 AM Hey everyone, my website can give you a hand setting everything up, you can download pinyin ABC5.22 IME or wubi (五笔) input methods, and It has the latest versions of QQ english + chinese. I also wrote a little info up to help you register a QQ number (for free). so check it out: http://qq.bur.st It has a forum + translator as well. Tell me how you go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chappie Posted February 11, 2005 at 08:07 PM Report Share Posted February 11, 2005 at 08:07 PM Where the hell did you get those translator and such? Perhaps its me but Its fricking slow. (Nethers => Australia) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
browny Posted February 12, 2005 at 06:32 AM Report Share Posted February 12, 2005 at 06:32 AM Don't worry! The website is on another server in america -- Here is the link: http://qq.clawz.com/ Tell me if it's faster. As for the translator, I'm using the google translator! (I can send queries to the translator using HTML POST method -- I'm such a hacker! hahaha ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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