花了五个小时终于下载到了 WINDOWS 98英文版本，平时看惯了几十K的下载速度，今天才几K，并且还只能单线程，而且还经常断掉重新连接，用virtual  PC虚拟机软件安装了三遍，一遍装到文件复制到100%，结果报告什么文件找不到乱码，一遍复制完文件重新启动后，结果死在扫描硬件那里。最后终于成功了。

装完之后，安装传真软件英文版，又等了半天，最后一运行：0X80004005错误  好像用中文版本OFFICE制作的MDB文件用于英文版本的操作系统就会出现这种错误 这是微软官方的说明

ACC: "Selected Collating Sequence Not Supported" or "Unrecognized Database Format" Error
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When you try to open a database or an object in a database, or when you try to compact a database, you may receive one of the following error messages:

Selected collating sequence not supported by the operating system.
Invalid collating sequence.
Unrecognized database format '<pathname>\<filename>'.
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CAUSE
One of the following conditions is true:
? You are trying to open a database or an object in a database that was created in another language edition of Microsoft Access. 
? You are trying to open a database that was created or compacted while the New Database Sort Order was set to a value other than General. 
To check the setting of the New Database Sort Order, follow these steps:
1. Open an existing database that was not created or compacted while the Sort Order was set to a value other than General. For example, open the sample database Northwind.mdb. 
2. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the General tab. 
3. Make sure that the New Database Sort Order is set to General and then click OK.

If you are receiving the errors described in the "Symptoms" section, setting the New Database Sort Order back to General does not resolve the problem; however, it prevents the problem from occurring with new databases. 

 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/184988

我试验了几个方法解决：

1、一般来说WIN2K以上版本没有这个问题，WIN98要在添加删除程序那里 WINDOWS安装 Multilanguage Support 勾选 然后安装，这样就可以了

To install multiple-language support in Windows: 1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. In Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove Programs.
3. Click the Windows Setup tab.
4. Click to select the Multilanguage Support check box.
5. Click OK.
To enable support for a specific language after you follow the previous steps: 1. In Control Panel, double-click Keyboard.
2. On the Language tab, click Add.
3. Click the language that you want to use, and then click OK.
4. Click OK.

2、一般VS6.0自带的都是英文版本VB，我先用OFFICE2000/2003将MDB文件转换为OFFICE97格式，然后用英文版VB自带的VISDATA.EXE进行压缩和修改。

第一种方法适合唯一安装部署的情况，不适合通用软件，因为你不可能要求每个客户都做这一步；第二种方法比较麻烦，但是一劳永逸；还有一个办法就是 安装OFFICE英文版本。这个估计比较难找。

这几天都是团团转，机器老婆又要拿来加班，所以只能转贴一些技术文章。今天算了算，一个传真管理软件协助抓包调试、一个传真软件远程指导修改、一个网管软件指导制作、一个PTT通讯中心协助调试，真是RAN。