On a computer that is running a Japanese version of Windows Vista, the items in the Recent Items folder on the Start menu may be unexpectedly listed in English.

When you print text that includes underlined Japanese characters in Windows Vista, the Japanese characters print without the underline.

The Japanese Shockwave Player does not work on Windows Vista.

When you view certain underlined Japanese characters in Windows Vista, the characters appear as expected. However, when you print these characters, the underlined part of the character is not printed.

After you upgrade a computer that uses a Japanese PS/2 Keyboard (106/109 Key) keyboard to Microsoft Windows XP or to Windows Vista, Device Manager indicates that the keyboard is a Standard 101/102-Key keyboard or a Microsoft Natural PS/2 keyboard. The keyboard functions as a 106 key keyboard but appears in Device Manager as a 101 key keyboard.

When you configure Windows Vista to use the High Contrast color scheme, some of the text in a Japanese program is not displayed in Japanese characters. Instead, this text may be displayed in English characters or in garbled or unrecognizable characters. When you restore Windows Vista to a default color scheme, the Japanese program displays text in Japanese characters as expected.

You experience this problem if you use the keyboard shortcut that enables the High Contrast color scheme. For example, you experience this problem if you press left SHIFT+left ALT+PRINT SCREEN to enable the High Contrast color scheme.

Consider the following scenario:

• You have the Japanese version of Microsoft Works 8.0 installed on a Windows Vista-based computer.
• You try to insert clip art in a Microsoft Works Word Processor document in Works 8.0.

In this scenario, a blank clip art image is inserted in the Works Word Processor document.