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Assuming you have XP (though I think it is the same in other Windows versions), go to Control panel, Regional and languages applet, languages tab, click details, settings tab, shows the language(s) selected; click add, add the language you want to have from the drop down box, click OK. Add more if you want, click OK. You can also select and remove any you don't want in the settings panel.

Then, if you want to set the new one to the default, select it in the default dropdown box, click apply.

You can also use the language bar to change quickly from one to another of the selected languages (click language bar button in the settings tab).

Another useful tool is the on screen virtual keyboard, which will switch to the language selected in the language bar when you hover over it (useful if you don't have keyboard overlays and don't know where the characters are on the keyboard of a different language). If you don't have a shortcut to it, it is C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\osk.exe

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