Microsoft KB Archive/887852

= Input.dll error message when you click Details in the &quot;Regional and Language Options&quot; dialog box =

Article ID: 887852

Article Last Modified on 4/3/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional
 * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

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Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure that you back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows registry



SYMPTOMS
You click the Languages tab in the Regional and Language Options dialog box on a computer that is running the Japanese version or the Korean version of Microsoft Windows XP. When you click Details, you receive the following error message:


 * shell32.dll control.run.dll input.dll



CAUSE
Input Method Editor (IME) 9 is not set as the default input method editor.



RESOLUTION
Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall the operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.

To resolve this problem, use one of the following methods depending on your version of Windows XP:

Japanese version
 Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK. Locate the following registry key:

 In the details pane, right-click the SetPreload DWORD value, and then click Delete. Exit Registry Editor. Restart the computer.

Note If there are other user accounts on the computer, log on to the computer as each user, and then follow these steps for each user.

Korean version
 Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.</li> Locate the following registry key:

</li> Right-click Migrated, and then click Delete.</li> Exit Registry Editor.</li> Restart the computer.</li></ol>

Note If there are other user accounts on the computer, log on to the computer as that user, and then follow these steps for each user.

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

Keywords: kbprb KB887852

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