Installing the Chinese IME in Windows Vista NEW!
How do I install? the Chinese IME in Windows Vista?
To install the Chinese IME in Windows Vista, start by opening the Control Panel.
Click the Start Button:
and chose Control Panel:
Then click the "Clock, Language and Regional" option.
You should then see the Regional and Language Options option as shown below. Under the Regional and Language Options item select Change keyboards or other input methods.
That will bring up the Keyboard and Languages tab in the Regional and Language Options dialogue. Click the Change keyboards... button:
In "Text Services and Input Languages" dialog box we need to add the Chinese IME and the Chinese Keyboard components.
Click the "Add..." button.
You should now see the "Add Input Language" dialog box.
Scroll down to the Chinese (PRC) entry, expand it and select the Chinese keyboard that you would like to use (I would recommend the Microsoft Pinyin IME is you are using Simplified Chinese) as shown below:
Finally click the "OK" button.
You should end up with a "Chinese" entry under "Installed Services".
Finally click the "OK" button.
You may be asked to put your Windows Vista CD-ROM in the CD drive so that the relevant files can be copied across to your hard drive. NOTE: You can not install the IME without the CD (please do not email me to ask..!).
That's it. You should now see the IME icon in your task bar that has a Japanese option when it is clicked... like this:
How do I use the Chinese IME in Windows Vista?
After you have select CH (Chinese) from the IME task bar menu the task bar look like this.....
If you have the Chinese IME selected as above and you right click on the CH you will bring up the Options Menu:
Choosing the Restore Language bar option will convert the IME into a floating toolbar with all the IME options visible:
Click on the Input Mode button (set to Chinese by default) will allow you to toggle the Input Mode between Pinyin and English. The keyboard shortcut for this is the left shift key.
 
The IME Pad button will bring up the IME Features menu. This includes hanzi by radical dialogue:
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