- Open the Control Panel, and then click the "Keyboard" icon.
- Select the "Input Locales" tab
- Click the "Add..." button
- In the box that pops up, choose "Japanese" from the "Input locale:" drop-down menu, and "Japanese Input System (MS-IME 2000)" from the "Keyboard layout/IME" drop-down menu. Click "OK".
- Click "OK" in the "Keyboard Properties" window that is open, and then reboot your system (you may be asked to insert your Windows 2000 install CD-ROM in the CD drive so that the relevant files can be copied across to your hard drive
- After rebooting you should (if you don't already) see the IME icon in your task bar. Japanese will be an option in the list found by clicking the icon.
