Is it possible to display Chinese characters if I don't install files for East Asian languages for my English Windows XP?

Question

As you know, we can install files for East Asian language in Control Panel-->Regional and language options-->Languages tab-->Supplemental language support.

The question is: if I don't install this files (by unchecking the checkbox) for my English Windows XP, does that mean none application on the PC can display Chinese characters properly?

Or, if a app says that it's "UNICODE compatible", does this mean that it can handle the Chinese characters properly even when we don't have East Asian language support on our pc?

(I don't have the permission to uncheck the checkbox and test it on my own, so I hope I can get an answer from you guys.)

Any answers will be appreciated.

Answer 1

If an application is operating system dependent, you won't be able to see Chinese characters without adding supplemental language support. But os independent softwares will not be affected by that. So, it completely depends on the softwares you are using.