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Using TigerNet Software
on your Windows PC
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Advisories

These instructions are written specifically for students accessing TigerNet from their residence hall rooms. You must have a valid TUCC UserID and password and be successfully logged-in to the TUCC server for the software to work correctly. These programs are protected by copyright and may not be copied without permission.

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Wenlin
Directions
1. On your desktop click on My Computer
2. Click on drive S (software): Packages
3. Click on the folder labeled "Wenlin"
4. Then click on the WENLIN icon (the Chinese characters for "literary forest").
For more information about this software, click here:

 

 

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Difficult Chinese Consonants

To install, click here, unzip the downloaded file to some folder, then click “setup.exe” and it will start installation.

For the Chinese characters to show properly on Windows XP, you need to do the following:

1. Go to Control Panel, find Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options. Click on Regional and Language Options.
2. Click Advanced tab.
3. Under Language for non-Unicode Programs, select “Chinese PRC”, then hit Apply.

For Windows 2000 and below, you can download and install NJStar Communicator.

Chinese Input method editor (IME)

Windows XP Installation:
 
Control PanelRegion and Language OptionsLanguagesText Service and Input LanguageDetails

In Installed Services, look for and click Chinese(PRC) and then click Add→ check Keyboard Layout/IME (Try out QuanPin too). Then Apply, then OK.

 
Then you will see on the task bar, right bottom, that you can switch from EN (English) to CH (Chinese). When you are in the CH mode, you can type pinyin and you will be given a list of Chinese characters for you to choose.
 
 
 

 

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