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Q81527: International Versions of Windows and Windows for Workgroups

Article: Q81527
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): 3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): win31
Last Modified: 04-FEB-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1 
- Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.11 
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SUMMARY
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The following is a list of the international versions of Microsoft Windows that
are currently available. Additional localized versions are being considered for
the future.

MORE INFORMATION
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Most of these versions are OEM and hardware specific and must be run on the
hardware suggested by the manufacturer.

Windows 3.1
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The international versions of Windows 3.1 are as follows:

Arabic
Bahasa
Chinese - Simplified
Chinese - Traditional
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Eastern European
Farsi
Finnish
French
French Arabic
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Portuguese
Polish
Russian
Scandinavian
Spanish
Swedish
Thai
Turkish

Windows for Workgroups 3.11
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Czech
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Spanish
Swedish

Windows 3.0
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The international versions of Windows 3.0 are as follows:

Chinese           Korean
Danish            Norwegian
Dutch             Portuguese
French            Spanish
German            Swedish
Italian           Thai
Japanese

Additional query words: 3.00 3.0a 3.00a 3.10 3.1 national language 3.11

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Keywords          : win31 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbWFWSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin300 kbWin300a kbWin310 kbWFW311
Version           : :3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11

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